Hala! Halalan na! (Kapihan sa Tsukuba)
Posted on 19. Apr, 2007 by dimaks in Life
As kathy already posted about the “Kapihan sa Tsukuba” –basically a community forum organized by the Association of Filipino Scholars in Tsukuba (FAST) led by Benjamin San Jose in cooperation with Philippines Today Online and Uninetwork Inc., I am hereby posting the same, in hope to maximize the means in spreading the word.
Date: April 22 (Sunday), 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Venue: Friends International Mart, Amakubo, Tsukuba
The topics to be tackled during the forum will be the following:
- “Ang Kahulugan ng Halalan para sa mga Migrante” –Tonton Hernandez, Community Leader
- “Absentee Voting Mechanism” –Consuls Gerardo E. Tamayo and Felipe F. Cariño III
- “Elitismo, Showbiz at Partidong Pulitikal sa Pilipinas” –Dr. Nathan Quimpo, University of Tsukuba
- “Election-related Cheating and Electoral Anomalies” –Socorro (Yuko) Takei, PWLJ, UPAA-Japan,
Coalition of Enlightened Filipinos in Japan
Forum moderator: Benigno Tutor, Jr. –Uninetwork Inc. and Philippines Today Online
Event’s main sponsor: ABS-CBN –will provide promotional t-shirts and caps to the participants, plus, KDDI to give away phone cards.
So, for the Filipinos currently residing in Japan, especially those registered as overseas absentee voters, this event is for you. The “Kapihan sa Tsukuba” poster can be downloaded here (pdf) and the flyer here (pdf). Feel free to print them out and distribute to your fellows who have no access or no time to access the internet.
Below is the access map to the venue:
For details, you may contact the following:
Benny Tutor – Uninetwork, Inc.
029-858-3016, 090-4547-5840, bennytutor[at]yahoo[dot]com
Benjamin San Jose – President, Association of Filipino Scholars in Tsukuba (FAST)
090-1733-4531, benja_genki25[at]yahoo[dot]com
Hala! tara-lets!
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verns
Apr 20th, 2007
Hey Dimaks!
Just dropping by to say hi. Glad you’re back na.
sexy mom
Apr 20th, 2007
what i noticed here is the Hala header! now, i am thinking…
greenpinoy
Apr 25th, 2007
i read Benjamin’s name. He’s a good friend of mine
I used to study in Japan as well. Went to ICU around the same time Benja was in Hiroshima. anyway, yun lang 
just got excited that you know Benja as well haha