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Philippines: Internet Star

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 @ 15:02 UTC

by Preetam Rai

Countries:: Philippines
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Business, Internet & Telecoms, Media

Mike Abundo has a post on Christine Gambino, a Filipina nursing student in the U.S. Gambito is giving up her nursing career to pursue her online career. “With one fell swoop, Christine has singlehandedly begun the viral transformation of the Filipina global image: from lowly-paid nurse to social media maven.”

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roy winchester

im interested in setting up a internet service at asinan proper zambales philipines do u cover that area resident has comp set up and ready for internet conn contact me or give 1-800 # please thank you roy winchester usa

# 2008-05-15 at 5:57 am

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