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Oakland Hills Filipina socialite Sylvia Ford, hosted a Japanese style welcome party for ABS-CBN Vice President for Entertainment Malou Santos, and Multi-award director Olive Lamasan held last Tuesday, June 1, 2011 at OSHO Japanese Restaurant in Milbrae. Shown in photo from L-R: Malou Santos, the honoree, Olivia Lamasan, movie actress Pacita Arena, Glenda Kennedy, JD, production coordinator of Star Cinema, Marcia Coulder, Vicky Garcia, and Miss Ford, the hostess of the party.

New Japanese restaurant OGON SUSHI. The perfect place to unwind, delicious food and fresh made sushi, reasonable prices and good service. Ogon is located in the city of Rodeo. They flipped this old house into a newly remodeled Sushi house. In photo the men and women behind the sushi bar L-R: The owners Efren Galang and Art Murphy, their waitresses and chef Luis.

HDI JOINS BASCO AT PITTSBURG - The Human Development International U.S.A. was invited by the Basco to join the family in giving their Uncle a surprise 50th Birthday Celebration at Pittsburg, Ca., last May 28, 2011.
HDI was comprised of Ryan Largo, Susan Largo, Ben Richard, JD Charisma and Ben Deldago of Team Pacquiao who joined the family in greeting and wishing their Uncle for more productive and fruitful years ahead. The Human Development International through the years has developed a strong family bond with the Basco aside from the fact that Dante Basco and the Basco Brothers are key endorsers of the organization’s initiated “Call to Save the Mountains of the World” that also enjoys the support of the whole family.
Ryan Largo, the HDI International Vice Chairman thanked the Basco for giving such privilege and honor to be with them during the special occasion.

Senator Leland Y. Yee, a front runner for the Mayorship of the beautiful City by the Bay San Francisco, California is shown placing a specially made small red roses lei for the Internationally known Beauty Impresario Ferdie Syquia de Villar, during the Red, White and Blue Memorial Day party celebrating his 74th birthday anniversary at the Villar Residence in South San Francisco. Looking while Senator Yee is placing the lei are: California State Commissioner Ray Benitez Satorre, and Club El Mundo proprietress Clarita (Baby) Bryam.

A long awaited reunion of brother and sister of Tess Gregorio from Kawasaki, Japan came to visit here in California USA, from left to right standing: Shoji Amano, Merly Amano and Lito Crizaldo, seated: Tess Gregorio.

TOP PINOY NURSING GRAD IN THE US- Frederic Mark Valera Balanag of Concord, CA will be graduating summa cum laude from the BS Nursing program of the CSU East Bay. Ceremonies will be held June 10th at the University campus in Hayward. He took and passed the NCLEX last month. He is the eldest son of Edward Medina Balanag of Bacnotan, La Union and Lilibeth Prado Valera of Bangued, Abra. Prior to his university education, he was a consistent scholar and recipient of the Dean’s and President’s list at the Solano Community College in Fairfield where he earned his Associate degrees in General Sciences and Liberal Arts with the Highest Honors. Prior to his immigration to the US from the Philippines in 2006, he was a full academic scholar at the Trinity University of Asia and served as SK Chairm of Barangay Sikatuna Village in Quezon City. He completed his grade and high school at the Claret School of the same city.