Japanese admirers organize fan club for Filipino enka singer Yolanda

Yolanda

Admirers of Filipina enka singer Yolanda Tasico, more popularly known by her first name, have launched a nationwide campaign to recruit members for the Yolanda Supporters’ Club since June this year, targeting October as the month in which the club will be officially formed.

The campaign is launched from the singer’s home base in Onigawa Onsen in Tochigi Pref. and is envisioned to be widened first to the Kanto area and then to the whole of Japan.

Yolanda started her singing career in Japan with her debut album Migatte and Koi no Onigawa released by Columbia Records. She followed it with the album Sayonara Tokyo, and true to her song, decided to make her home the provincial setting of Onigawa where she performs regularly in a hotel. She has since then been featured in various media, including NHK, NHK Satellite TV, Asahi TV, magazines like Karaoke Fan and Nikkan Sports. She is now preparing for her third album.

The fan club is aimed to support her singing career by helping her with CD production and marketing as well as concert-staging. *

Important Announcement for Filipinos in Ibaraki

PHILIPPINE EMBASSY OUTREACH

October 27, Sunday, 12 to 5 pm
Tsukuba Catholic Church

Magkakaroon ng consultation at magbibigay ng consular services ang Embassy team katulad ng passport renewal, registration of birth and marriages at iba pang serbisyo at assistance na kailangan ng ating mga kababayan. Makakatulong ito lalo na sa mga may katanungan at problemang nais nilang ipaabot at mabigyan lunas pero hindi nakakapunta sa Embassy sa Tokyo.

Para sa karagdagang kaalaman, pwedeng tawagan si Prof. Cherry Ballescas sa 0298-55-6154 o mag-email sa cballescas@yahoo.com. *

Center for Japanese-Filipino Families launches lantern campaign

The Center for Japanese-Filipino Families (CJFF), which aims to promote strong family values in mixed Japanese-Filipino marriages, launches the lantern or parol campaign as a symbol of the Christmas spirit of family solidarity.

The project also seeks to provide alternative livelihood for these families, especially single mothers who are in dire financial need.

This year, the CJFF has tapped the support of Philippine National Bank as sponsor for a series of lantern-making workshops that kicked off September 1. Starting with the offer of its office lobby as venue for lantern production, the PNB partnership is also expected to bring this income-generating skill into selected communities in time for the Christmas season.

The lantern campaign has twin objectives not only of teaching skills for production but also cultivating the market by encouraging Japanese-Filipino families to hang these lanterns at home during the yuletide season. If this practice is established, CJFF says that it will also serve as a token of welcome for the burgeoning number of these families.
Last year, the Christmas Lantern Campaign was supported and participated in by the Filipina Circle for Advancement and Progress (FICAP), the Kalipunan ng mga Filipino na Nagkakaisa (KAFIN) chapters in Saitama, Nagoya and Osaka, KAPATIRAN, Filipino Migrants Center in Nagoya, and the Open House.

For more inquiries, please send e-mail to cjff@zah.att.ne.jp or call CJFF at 03-5414-5876/03-3794-2784 and look for Cesar, Debbie or Joy.*

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