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All in God's Hand She enthralled the Christmas party crowd in December 2018 with her solo 'you light up my life' dance performance.  So graceful and cool was her movement that even the young kids and the youth were in awe and surprised, just like the adults, that its a dance rendition coming from someone who is turning 90 this year. Yet even at...

February 15, 2019
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IN June 2005, Ronald Rajesh Lewis originally from India, was first introduced by a common friend to the then-OFW Cathrina Buday (“Kathy”), a sweet 28-year old Visayan lady from Panitan, Capiz, at Starbucks in Tsim Sha Tsui. “It was love at first sight,” he said. “As we began talking about ourselves, about life and families and man...

February 14, 2019
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Twenty-five years after they exchanged vows and said “`Till death do us part” to each other, this lovely couple again looked at each other’s eyes and said “The deeper we experience God’s love, the more we love each other unconditionally”. Indeed, with God’s graces, Pastor Deo Fermin and his wife, Grace, were meant to be for ea...

December 4, 2018
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When David Chen, founder and chief executive officer of OWTEL, envisioned a company that would be a household name, he knew that to realize the vision, the company would have to expand its geographical reach. And Chen and OWTEL have taken another step to make this vision come true. OWTEL Store opened its first shop in Macau recently. "Thro...

November 19, 2018
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SHE was the answered prayer to her goodly parents, who wished for a baby girl. So, with joyful hearts, they named her DEO GRACE ( meaning “God’s Grace” ) to celebrate God’s providence. That time, they also prayed for their little baby girl to be a channel of God’s grace and love. This time, they are happy to say ‘it was another ...

October 5, 2018
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OVERSEAS Filipino worker Emely Cabanas Balabis, 36 years old and from Leon, Iloilo, came to Hong Kong in June 2010 in order to support the family and help her four children—a son and three daughters---in their schooling. She is now into her 2nd contract with an American family, her fourth employer since coming here. As a young girl of f...

September 7, 2018
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MARISSA Dumagsa, 42-year-old and a single mom from Ormoc City, was full of joy when she learned that her daughter Marianne Jene, 21, successfully passed the October 2017 licensure examination for mechanical engineers. Amid the excitement, the first thing that the happy mother did was to sincerely pray and thank God for His guidance and protectio...

May 14, 2018
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OWTEL first established in Hong Kong in December 1999 and opened its rst Retail Store Outlet in World Wide House, selling Mobile Phones, Audio & Visual Products, Accessories, 1624 IDD, and One World Phone Cards. Throughout years and with continuous demand for high quality service, our retail stores have expanded to oer installment pl...

January 12, 2018
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WITH an opening line that states “I am Filipino and I am proud’ and the famous quote “ask not what your country can do for you, [but] ask what you can do for your country”, Gemma ‘Gem’ Lauraya emerged as the winner of the on-the-spot  essay-writing contest held at the Kennedy Town Bayanihan Center on Nov. 19. The essay-writing tilt ...

December 11, 2017
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FOOD is taken seriously in Osaka. It did not become known as Japan's food capital for nothing. The Japanese word “kuiadore” – which roughly translates to “eat until bankrupt” (or to put it mildly, eat until you drop), perfectly captures the spirit of gustatory pleasures in Osaka. From that unassuming stall selling street food to the ub...

November 10, 2017