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The Diwa ng Kalayaan 2008 was recently held last April 26 at the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Newark Airport Hotel. Erika May Pineda was crowned as Diwa ng Kalayaan 2008. She would be participating in the Independence Day Parade on June 1 as the Spirit of Independence, in her own special float, preceded by another float bearing the “Diwa ng Kalayaan” court of beauties. (AJ Photos/Miko Santos)
The Filipino community of New York and New Jersey warmly greeted Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to New York April 18-20. Pope Benedict on his first visit to the United States as the head of the Catholic Church, hoped to heal the wounds left in the U.S. church by a decades-long sex scandal, and to tackle other sensitive subjects, including the war in Iraq and immigration. (AJPress/Miko Santos)
For two days, the New Orleans Superdome became the focal point of a worldwide celebration of the 10th Anniversary of V-Day. (AJ Photos/Miko Santos)
Scenes from the recently held New York International Auto Show. (AJPress Photos/Miko Santos)
Philippines' own Arnel Pineda fronts rock group Journey in a concert in Las Vegas (AJPress/Robert Macabagdal)
