New Pinoy mag in Holland launched
03/12/2012
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| Partners Willem Snijder and Maarten Lemmers present the new Pinoy magazine "Tribe 1946" to selected guests in Assendelft, The Netherlands/Dheza Marie Aguilar, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau |
HOLLAND -- A new Filipino-Dutch magazine was recently launched in Assendelft, The Netherlands, to cater to the need for information and entertainment of Filipinos abroad, especially in Europe.
Tribe1946 magazine was an idea that Dutch businessmen Maartem Lemmers and Willem Snijder decided to pursue when the only Filipino magazine in the Netherlands, Munting Nayon, stopped publishing last year.
They aim to provide not only information but a sort of medium for networking for Filipinos living abroad.
“Last year, we started an idea to support and give services to the Filipinos here in Holland and from the services that we came up with, the magazine is the first one that we started with,” said Snijder.
Lemmers and Snijders came up with the name Tribe 1946 for the magazine because they believed that through their goals, they will help build a stronger Filipino community abroad. The partners also believed that the true Philippine independence was achieved when the United States recognized a free country in the Treaty of Manila signed on July 4, 1946.
In addition to the magazine, they also run an online community for Filipinos and are aiming to start to offer affordable phone rates to the Philippines. Both are happily married to Filipinas.
“What we are trying to do is get together and start a real community. I would like the Filipino community to be more informed, about what’s going on around the world with Filipino communities in other countries, see how to get them really to interact to really learn from each other and benefit from what everyone is doing,” Lemmers said.
According to Lemmers, they do not intend to make a profitable business out of the magazine, but make it more as a tool for Filipinos to become an instrument to help and support each other. They also aim to promote the Philippines not only for tourism but also for business and investments.
The magazine was warmly received by Filipinos in the Netherlands. Most of those who attended were excited that a new endeavor for the Filipino community was started, and promised to support the magazine.
“I’m very glad na may bagong magazine about sa mga nangyayari sa Pilipinas katulad ng Sendong at saka entertainment. Syempre importante din sa atin iyon kasi hindi lamang sa Pilipinas maraming entertainment,” said Irene Looze.
Looze, who owns a catering business, hopes that through the food articles that will be featured in Tribe 1946, Europeans will be able to discover unique and delicious Filipino dishes. She is happy to see that the magazine features Filipino talents not just from the Philippines, but also those who are making a name in Europe.
Tribe1946 is initially available in Spain, Germany, Belgium and Norway, and they hope to distribute it to more countries in Europe.
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