PinoyCentric
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Blog
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) that focuses on Filipino
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
arts
Arts of the Philippines
Arts of the Philippines is diverse. Weaving is popular in the northern part of the Philippines. Pottery is also common in pre-Hispanic societies. Ornate carvings are found in the southern Philippine islands...
, culture and sciences. As a digital-medium publication based in Chicago, Illinois, it caters photographs, news, featured events, stories and editorials regarding the status of Filipino visual, film, literary and performance arts to Filipinos in the Philippines and those overseas
Overseas Filipino
An Overseas Filipino is a person of Philippine origin who lives outside of the Philippines. This term applies both to people of Filipino ancestry who are citizens or residents of a different country and to those Filipino citizens abroad on a more temporary status.Most overseas Filipinos migrate to...
through the use of the Internet
Internet
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.
History
PinoyCentric, a descendant of the 2000 website Ambibo, was founded by the award-winning Filipino photographer and journalistJournalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, Armand Bengua-Frasco, in September 2006. Frasco, a native of Dipolog City
Dipolog City
The City of Dipolog is a 1st class city and the capital of the province of Zamboanga del Norte on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao...
, Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Norte or simply known as ZANORTE is a province of the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao. Its capital is Dipolog City and the province borders Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay to the south and Misamis Occidental to the east...
, is also a correspondent
Correspondent
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for the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
newspaper.
Specific
- Mayuga, Sylvia L. PinoyCentric: A Delight of Art and Memory, Global Nation/SOSY, INQUIRER.net, March 23, 2007, retrieved on: July 22, 2007
General
- PinoyCentric, Flickr.com, 2007, retrieved on: July 22, 2007
- Introducing PinoyCentric, BayanihanBlogs.com, April 10, 2007, retrieved on: July 22, 2007
- Seasonings and Greetings: Armand Frasco, Diaspora - Diaspora, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inquirer.net and INQ7.net, December 15, 2006, retrieved on: July 22, 2007
- Kikkerland Design Acquires Moleskinerie.com, Moleskinerie:Legends and Other Stories, Molineskerie.com, January 12, 2007, retrieved on: July 22, 2007
- Walker, Rob. The Way We Live Now: 6-26-05: Consumed; Look Smart, Magazine Desk, The New York Times, Late Edition - Final, Section 6, Page 26, Column 1, 752 words, and NYTimes.com, Sunday, June 26, 2005, retrieved on: July 22, 2007
External links
- PinoyCentric.com, retrieved on: July 22, 2007