TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Cebu Updates

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Cebu Updates - links re Gwendolyn Garcia

I've been following events in Cebu, in particular about Suspended Governor Gwen Garcia. Here are some links about the topic:

LP-Cebu to File Charges Against Gwendolyn Garcia
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/290202/news/regions/lp-cebu-to-file-charges-vs-suspended-gov-garcia

UNA - Additional Charges Against Garcia Politically Motivated
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2013/01/15/una-additional-charges-vs-cebu-guv-politically-motivated-263004

Archbishop of Cebu, Jose Palma Visited Gwendolyn Garcia
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2013/01/14/palma-visits-gwen-his-anniversary-262780

Court of Appeals not Inclined to Grant TRO
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/338865/court-asks-who-would-suffer-more-injury-gwen-or-govt

Garcia Can Dance During Sinulog
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2013/01/12/gwen-can-dance-during-sinulog-devotee-not-guv-magpale-262497

Gwen Dances at 2013 Sinulog
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/343775/gwen-garcia-dances-all-her-heart-out-at-sinulog-festivities

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/343709/gwen-garcia-leaves-cebu-capitol-to-take-part-in-sinulog-parade

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.