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In 'Citizen Pinoy,' meet naturalized Filipinos voting in the 2013 elections


“CITIZEN PINOY”
Dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino
April 29, 2013
  
Their hearts are Filipino but their faces say otherwise. They are naturalized Filipinos, people born in other countries who made a deliberate decision to become Filipino citizens. 
 
Many of these naturalized Filipinos will be voting this May and treasuring that right because it comes with a citizenship gained through much effort, waiting, and often money. 
 
I-Witness' series of episodes on voters continues with this documentary on how naturalized citizens decide whom to vote for and why they chose the Philippines to be their adopted land. 
 
Howie Severino and his documentary team spend time with naturalized citizens from Hong Kong, India, Jordan, and America, and discover that as much as they all want to vote, some still face struggles familiar to many unnaturalized Filipinos. 
 
Join Howie Severino as he meets foreigners who have chosen to be Citizen Pinoys this Monday, April 29, 11:30 pm in I-Witness.
 
 
Filipino version:
 
Pinoy sila sa puso pero sa histura, hindi sila tulad ng karaniwang Pilipino. Sila ang mga naturalized Filipinos, o mga dayuhang lumaki at isinilang sa ibang bansa pero piniling iwan ang kanilang kinagisnang lahi para maging isang Filipino citizen.
 
Marami sa kanila, boboto ngayong Mayo. Hindi tulad ng ibang Pilipinong maaaring pinagkakaila ang karapatang ito, ang mga naturalized Filipino na nakilala ni Howie Severino, pinapahalagahan ang kanilang boto. Marahil kasi ang proseso sa pagiging Filipino citizen, kanilang pinili, pinaghirapan, at ginastusan.
 
Kabilang sa I-Witness Election Special ngayong Abril, na nakatuon sa mga botanteng Pinoy, sisilipin ng dokumentaryo kung bakit nga ba pinili ng ilang banyaga na maging isang Pilipino at kung ano nga ba ang hinahanap nila sa kandidatong kanilang iboboto.
 
Makikilala ni Howie Severino ang ilang naturalized Filipino citizen mula sa Hong Kong, India, Jordan, at America. Tulad ng mga Pilipinong dito na lumaki at ipinanganak, hinaharap din nila ang mga problemang karaniwang nararanasan tuwing eleksyon.
Ngayong Lunes, April 29, 2013, samahan si Howie Severino kilalanin ang mga Citizen Pinoy sa I-Witness.
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