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Daku kaayo ang kalipay: Reunited in Valencia, Bukidnon (April 1, 2005)

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April 2, 2026 at 01:17PM by pinoybuilt ​The April 1, 2005 Archive: Valencia, Bukidnon ​On March 25, 2005, the distance finally ended. After being separated since December 2004, I reunited with Tess and our girls in the cooler, quieter highlands of Bukidnon. ​This is a 30-second raw window into that afternoon, captured on an Olympus C3000z in the Barangay of Poblacion. You can hear the unedited "hiss" of 2005 technology, but more importantly, you hear my late wife, Tess. In the last third of the video, her laughter cuts through the decades—a reminder of the joy that anchored our diaspora journey. (I'll have to find video of her speaking fluent Bisaya). ​At PinoyBuilt.com, we analyze the news of today through the lens of where we’ve been. Sometimes, the most important "data" isn't a statistic, but a voice from 21 years ago. ​#PinoyBuilt #Bukidnon #Bisaya #FilAm #Diaspora #Legacy #2005Archive via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQZR7qkJx20
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Morning Brief — March 30, 2026: The Quanzhou Reset, Japanese Troops Return, and a Diaspora Caught Between Two Crises

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Vallejo, CA • March 2026. PinoyBuilt Morning Brief — March 30, 2026: No Kings III Protests, DHS Shutdown TSA Crisis, Iran War, March Madness Final Four, Quanzhou Reset, Balikatan 2026 Japanese Troops, ICE Crackdown Filipinos, OFW Repatriation, Sara Duterte Impeachment, Oil Crisis Remittances. fil-am, filipino, pinoy, ofw, immigration, balikatan, south china sea, duterte impeachment, ice crackdown, oil crisis, remittances, philippines china, no kings, dhs shutdown, iran war, march madness. DAILY BRIEFING • MARCH 30, 2026 Morning Brief — March 30, 2026: The Quanzhou Reset, Japanese Troops Return, and a Diaspora Caught Between Two Crises Eight million Americans marched Saturday. TSA agents aren't getting paid. The war in Iran just hit a U.S. base. And from the South China Sea to the streets of Daly City, the Filipino world woke up navigating oil shock diplomacy, an 81-year military milestone, and an immigration crackdown that is reaching deeper into Fil-Am life by t...
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UC Irvine Received 153,025 Applications for Fall 2026 — What Filipino-American Students Need to Know

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California • March 2026. UC Irvine Received 153,025 Applications for Fall 2026 — What Filipino-American Students Need to Know. uc irvine admissions 2026, filipino american college, uci fall 2026, california university admissions, fil-am students UC, anteater, orange county. EDUCATION • CALIFORNIA • MARCH 2026 UC Irvine Received 153,025 Applications for Fall 2026 — What Filipino-American Students Need to Know Before you chase the admit rate, understand the community waiting for you. At UC Irvine, Kababayan is not a club — it is a 50-year institution, a family of 600, and the reason Fil-Am students have been calling Irvine home since 1974. There is a version of the UC Irvine conversation that Filipino-American families across Southern California have been having for a generation — the one about admit rates and whether it's a "target" or a "reach," about how it compares to UCLA, about whether...
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UC Davis Received 122,271 Applications for Fall 2026 — What Filipino-American Students Need to Know

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California • March 2026. UC Davis Received 122,271 Applications for Fall 2026 — What Filipino-American Students Need to Know. uc davis admissions 2026, filipino american college, uc davis fall 2026, california university admissions, fil-am students UC, aggie pride, sacramento. EDUCATION • CALIFORNIA • MARCH 2026 UC Davis Received 122,271 Applications for Fall 2026 — What Filipino-American Students Need to Know Before you chase the admit rate, understand the community waiting for you. At UC Davis, Filipino identity isn't an extracurricular — it is an infrastructure, a history, and a home. There is a version of the UC Davis conversation that Filipino-American families have been having for years — the one about admit rates, GPA thresholds, and whether it's a "safety" or a "target." That conversation matters, and we will get to those numbers. But there is a deeper reason Fil-Am students ha...
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