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In-depth coverage of the experiences of the global Filipino in all its complexity, providing analysis and discussion about the arts, culture, politics, media, sports, economics, history and social justice.

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Mother of All Devotions

May 22, 2013/ Ma. Ceres P. Doyo

The coffee table book Pueblo Amante de Maria is a guide to Marian shrines in the Philippines.

May 22, 2013/ Ma. Ceres P. Doyo/

Customs & Traditions

religion, Roman Catholicism, Saints, Marian devotion

Marinduque's Mesmerizing Moriones

March 27, 2013/ Wilma B. Consul

For a unique peek into the island’s Lenten folkways, witness the Moriones on Marinduque.

March 27, 2013/ Wilma B. Consul/

Customs & Traditions, Touring & Trekking

Holy Week, Lenten season, masks, crucifixion, festivals, rituals, Roman Catholicism, religion, folkways

Building A House? Oro, Plata, Mata

March 06, 2013/ Nid Anima

Superstitions to heed when building your home.

March 06, 2013/ Nid Anima/

Customs & Traditions

Filipino superstitions, house-building beliefs, rituals, ethnic rituals, fortune, jinxes

Pictures of a Day in Old Downtown

March 01, 2013/ Rick Rocamora

How to be a street photographer without breaking your heart.

March 01, 2013/ Rick Rocamora/

The Arts, Customs & Traditions

Quiapo, Black Nazarene, Manila's Old Downtown, street photography

Speaking in T-Tongues

January 15, 2013/ Emmily Magtalas Rhodes

Teaching my Brit baby Tagalog is easier said than done.

January 15, 2013/ Emmily Magtalas Rhodes/

Expat Parenting, Customs & Traditions

parenting abroad, Tagalog lessons, learning foreign languages, Filipino-British babies

January Is Fiesta Time

January 01, 2013/ Staff

A month of religious devotion and good time.

January 01, 2013/ Staff/

Customs & Traditions

Sinulog, Ati, Black Nazarene, Cebu, Panay, Ati-atihan, Iloilo, January festivals, Santo Niño, Holy Child, Malay, Dinagyang, Jesus Christ, Quiapo, Quiapo Church

My Filipino Survival Kit: The Definitive Go Bag For True Filipinos

December 19, 2012/ F. M. Ricarte

F. M. Ricarte considers what a true Filipino shouldn’t be caught without.

December 19, 2012/ F. M. Ricarte/

Customs & Traditions

Mayan doomsday, Manny Pacquiao, El Filibusterismo, Filipino heritage, baro't saya, tinikling, Noli Me Tangere, bayong, banana ketchup, patis, harana, Weapons of Moroland, big spoon and fork, apocalypse, barong tagalog, Darren Criss

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Positively Filipino

POSITIVELY FILIPINO is the online magazine celebrating the story of the global Filipino. POSITIVELY FILIPINO chronicles the experiences of the global Filipino in all its complexity, covering the arts, culture, politics, media, sports, economics, history and social justice.

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In Brief

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UK Had Highest Overseas Voting Turnout

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PH Inks Deal with Saudi on Protecting Maids

about 2 days ago

issues

May 2013 (23)
April 2013 (21)
March 2013 (24)
February 2013 (23)
January 2013 (24)
December 2012 (18)
November 2012 (14)

COLLECTIONS

Parenting (1)
Expat Parenting (2)
Stage & Screen (2)
In My Opinion (3)
Sports (3)
Who Are You Wearing (3)
First Person (4)
How To Do Anything (4)
Of A Certain Age (4)
Politics (4)
This Made Us Laugh (4)
Health & Wellness (5)
Community (6)
Cultural Trends (7)
Customs & Traditions (7)
Achievers (8)
All About Pinoy Food (8)
Business (9)
Postcards (10)
The Diaspora (10)
Entertainment (11)
The Way We Were (11)
The Arts (13)
Touring & Trekking (13)
Role Models (14)
Life Stories (16)
Homeland Focus (23)

CONTRIBUTORS

Anthony Borders (1)
Anthony Maddela (1)
Aries Rufo (2)
Aurora Almendral (1)
Baboo Mondoñedo (1)
Barbara Jane Reyes (1)
Belinda A. Aquino (2)
Benjamin Pimentel (1)
Bernard L. Supetran (3)
Bessie Badilla (1)
Carissa Leventis-Cox (1)
Carlos Zialcita (2)
Cathy S. Babao (2)
Chito Sta. Romana (1)
Corito Fiel (1)
Criselda Yabes (3)
Dean Alegado (1)
Dedette Sison-Santiago (1)
Elena Buensalido Mangahas (1)
Elizabeth Ann Quirino (2)
Emmily Magtalas Rhodes (1)
Erica Totten (1)
Esperanza Catubig (1)
Evalyn G. Ursua (1)
F. M. Ricarte (1)
Francis Calpotura (1)
G. Justin Hulog (1)
Gemma Nemenzo (5)
Greg Macabenta (1)
Gregg Yan (3)
Guia Y. Santos (1)
Harvey I. Barkin (1)
Hazel Salariosa-Alviz (1)
I. Wilfredo Ver (2)
Imelda Oppenheim (1)
Jaime FlorCruz (1)
Janet Stickmon (1)
John Dioso (1)
John L. Silva (3)
John Ricarte (1)
Joi Barrios-Leblanc (1)
Jonathan Best (1)
Jordan Ricarte (1)
Josefina Alforque (1)
Kaye Cloutman (1)
Lisa Juachon and Fiel Limjap (1)
Lisa Suguitan Melnick (2)
Lloyd LaCuesta (3)
Lori Blackburn (1)
Lyca Benitez-Brown (2)
Ma. Ceres P. Doyo (1)
Marcie Taylor (2)
Marilen J. Danguilan (3)
Marites Dañguilan Vitug (3)
Marites N. Sison (2)
Melissa Gibson (1)
Michi Valeriano Salta (1)
Micky Fenix (1)
Migs Bassig (3)
Mona Lisa Yuchengco (6)
Nenita Manglangit (1)
Nephthys Resurreccion (1)
Nid Anima (1)
Nikki Vilas (1)
Noel L. Senisante (1)
Odette Foronda (1)
Oscar Castaños (1)
Patricio Abinales (1)
Penélope V. Flores (1)
Raymond Virata (1)
Renato L. Santos (1)
Rene Astudillo (2)
Rene G. Ontal (1)
Rick Rocamora (3)
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz (2)
Ryan Gajudo Macasero (1)
Spandan Chakrabarti (1)
Staff (24)
Thelma Estrada (1)
Tiago Gutierrez Marques (1)
Titchie Carandang-Tiongson (1)
Viji Sundaram (1)
Virgil N. de la Victoria (1)
Voltaire Yap (1)
Wilma B. Consul (1)

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