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A Dubai Excellence awardee and a respected figure in the Filipino Community in Dubai, nurse Juliet Solas is involved in socio-civic work as part of the Legion of Mary, a worldwide organization conducting different apostolate missions such as hospital and prison visits.
Gabriel Rimando Entrepreneur Gabriel Rimando believes that Filipinos have the potential to be active contributors to a nation’s economy and industries. Founding Filipino Institute in 2015, he is on a mission to deliver quality training through uniquely designed programs that can equip kababayans all over the Gulf region with the skills to enable them to …
Michelle Guinto Entrepreneur Michelle Guinto’s career journey throughout the years has been filled with many colorful stories. The woman behind one of Dubai’s more popular locally-grown movers and cargo services, CMG, many people do not know that she is of humble roots and worked as a factory worker and sari-sari store owner in the Philippines, …
Jerome Rafael @jeromerafael Amidst the hustle and bustle of working full time in the corporate industry, Jerome Rafael finds an outlet of expression through his social media pages. Away from his day job as a Corporate Travel Supervisor for the Emirates Group for 12 years, Jerome gives way to his creative side through photography, which …
Ramon Navea Banking Professional & Community Champion Even as a top-caliber banking professional working as Sr. Asst VP, Total Quality & Business Excellence for Union National Bank (UNB) for over 13 years, and now Project Manager at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (which now owns UNB), Ramon Navea has never forgotten his humble roots. That is …
Angel Tesorero Journalist Journalist Angel Tesorero, formerly from Khaleej Times, and now working for Gulf News, has been covering the UAE’s diplomatic community and has interviewed high-ranking consular officials, ambassadors and diplomats from Asia, Europe and Africa. He has been assigned to various countries and was the first UAE-based journalist in recent years to enter …
Tess Bautista Community Heroine A veritable community heroine, the work Tess Bautista has done to help distressed Filipinos, oftentimes putting her own safety on the line, is nothing short of admirable. Formerly Chief Clerk at the Ministry of Labor in Fujairah in the ‘90s, Tess has been assisting kababayans stricken with hardship in the emirate …
Bethoven Filomeno Educator & Photographer Rising photographer, Bethoven Filomeno is a fervent creative media educator who equips his students with the knowledge and practical expertise to be instruments of change. Teaching for the last 15 years, he shares that the most significant part of his job is empowering those under his tutelage: “As an educator, …
Olga Barcelona Philanthropist This fierce Head of Operations of renowned branding agency Brash Brands is even more passionate when it comes to supporting the causes she so loves. An advocate of giving back, whose true calling is in charity, Olga has been working tirelessly through the years helping out various communities around the world. Together …
Game Changer: Miguel Syjuco Author & Democracy Advocate With a slew of prominent enemies, haters and bashers on social media, Miguel Syjuco is without a doubt a notorious thought leader among Filipinos. Despite the numerous public opinions and rumors about him in the end, he is an activist with a unique story that has challenged …
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