A Mother’s Christmas Story

Christmas in the Philippines is definitely one of the happiest. From simbang gabi to bibingka, puto bumbong, and twinkling parol, Filipinos surely celebrate Christmas as only Filipino families know how.

However, for the millions of Overseas Filipino Workers around the globe, this may be the loneliest time of the year as Christmas is spent alone in a foreign land away from their loved ones.

Miriam Carpio, 53, has been an OFW in Hong Kong for 17 years. While she has worked hard and persevered to provide for her family all these years, she had to endure several Christmases away from them, having to surprise them from afar with Christmas gifts sent through balikbayan boxes and padala.

This Christmas, it’s Miriam’s turn to receive the biggest surprise of her life from Philippine National Bank (PNB) and Philippine Airlines (PAL).

Witness how this has brought joy and happiness to the Carpio family.

Watch the video in YouTube today by searching: A Mother’s Christmas Story.

A Mother’s Christmas Story

Christmas in the Philippines is definitely one of the happiest. From simbang gabi to bibingka, puto bumbong, and twinkling parol, Filipinos surely celebrate Christmas as only Filipino families know how.

However, for the millions of Overseas Filipino Workers around the globe, this may be the loneliest time of the year as Christmas is spent alone in a foreign land away from their loved ones.

Miriam Carpio, 53, has been an OFW in Hong Kong for 17 years. While she has worked hard and persevered to provide for her family all these years, she had to endure several Christmases away from them, having to surprise them from afar with Christmas gifts sent through balikbayan boxes and padala.

This Christmas, it’s Miriam’s turn to receive the biggest surprise of her life from Philippine National Bank (PNB) and Philippine Airlines (PAL).

Witness how this has brought joy and happiness to the Carpio family.

Watch the video in YouTube today by searching: A Mother’s Christmas Story.

A Mother’s Christmas Story

Christmas in the Philippines is definitely one of the happiest. From simbang gabi to bibingka, puto bumbong, and twinkling parol, Filipinos surely celebrate Christmas as only Filipino families know how.

However, for the millions of Overseas Filipino Workers around the globe, this may be the loneliest time of the year as Christmas is spent alone in a foreign land away from their loved ones.

Miriam Carpio, 53, has been an OFW in Hong Kong for 17 years. While she has worked hard and persevered to provide for her family all these years, she had to endure several Christmases away from them, having to surprise them from afar with Christmas gifts sent through balikbayan boxes and padala.

This Christmas, it’s Miriam’s turn to receive the biggest surprise of her life from Philippine National Bank (PNB) and Philippine Airlines (PAL).

Witness how this has brought joy and happiness to the Carpio family.

Watch the video in YouTube today by searching: A Mother’s Christmas Story.

A Mother’s Christmas Story

Christmas in the Philippines is definitely one of the happiest. From simbang gabi to bibingka, puto bumbong, and twinkling parol, Filipinos surely celebrate Christmas as only Filipino families know how.

However, for the millions of Overseas Filipino Workers around the globe, this may be the loneliest time of the year as Christmas is spent alone in a foreign land away from their loved ones.

Miriam Carpio, 53, has been an OFW in Hong Kong for 17 years. While she has worked hard and persevered to provide for her family all these years, she had to endure several Christmases away from them, having to surprise them from afar with Christmas gifts sent through balikbayan boxes and padala.

This Christmas, it’s Miriam’s turn to receive the biggest surprise of her life from Philippine National Bank (PNB) and Philippine Airlines (PAL).

Witness how this has brought joy and happiness to the Carpio family.

Watch the video in YouTube today by searching: A Mother’s Christmas Story.

PAL Tacloban flights suspended during Pope’s visit

Philippine Airlines (PAL) passengers flying to or from Tacloban on January 17, 2015 are advised to rebook their tickets as Tacloban airport will be closed to all commercial flights during Pope Francis’ visit to the storm-ravaged city.

As part of the preparations for next year’s papal visit, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has issued a notice to all airlines, suspending all airline operations at Tacloban on Jan. 17, 2015 for security reasons.

Passengers with tickets to Tacloban on Jan. 17 should call PAL Reservations (02-855-8888) for rebooking or refund. Affected passengers will be accommodated on the next available flights.

PAL, as official papal carrier, will fly Pope Francis to Tacloban primarily to visit victims of typhoons Yolanda and Ruby.

PAL will also fly the Roman Pontiff directly to Rome, non-stop, at the end of his four-day visit to the Philippines.

PAL also served as official papal carrier during the two visits to the country of now Saint John Paul II in 1981 and 1995.