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FilAm scientist Katherine Luzuriaga, who helped find a cure for HIV baby, among TIME’s most influential people
By Elton Lugay One of two Filipinos who made this year’s TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World is Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga, a pediatric allergist and immunologist from the University of Massachusetts. She was part of the team that developed a cure for an HIV-positive infant. The other awardee is Philippine President Benigno ...
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‘The FilAm’ is now in the Nation’s Capital
By Cristina DC Pastor Maricar CP Hampton, a longtime contributor to our site, has joined The FilAm family. She is now the editor of The FilAm Metro D.C., covering the areas of Metropolitan D.C. Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, with a Filipino population of more than 75,000. Maricar is a seasoned community journalist who has ...
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‘I’m gay, I’m undocumented, I’m done coming out’ (Part 2)
On how he handles criticisms: I’m a trained writer so I’ve developed a thick skin. Thankfully, that prepared me for all the criticisms that come my way every day. Some of it is constructive, a lot of it is projection. People are just projecting anger, frustration, some jealousy. And I have no control over that. ...
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Jose Antonio Vargas: ‘If you think I’m not Filipino that’s your problem, that’s not my problem’
By Cristina DC Pastor Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas did not enter the Pan de Sal bake shop for the March 29 Kapihan forum of the Filipino American Press Club of New York. He bounced into it. A cup of coffee in one hand and two thin books under his arm, ...
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The FilAm at 2: The rocks and the horse in our blogging life
Cristina DC Pastor The FilAm turned 2 on March 15, a blogging toddler that is starting to come into its own. Ours is a modest growth. Just like my niece, Aris Pastor, who when she was 2, was just starting to form words. Our gains in the last two years mirror the development of my ...
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The FilAm writer wins ethnic media award
Freelance reporter Ryan Gajudo Macasero was chosen one of four Emerging Youth Voice awardees by the New America Media for a personal essay on overcoming depression he had written for The FilAm. Ryan and dozens of awardees will be honored March 7th at the 2013 NAM Ethnic Media Awards for Southern California, honoring exceptional journalism ...
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Why Ryan Songalia’s heart belongs in the Philippines
By Ryan Songalia Admittedly, I’d rather be writing this essay from the warm, tropical surroundings of Manila than the arctic environs of New York City in February. Since my first trip to “the Motherland” in December of 2010, my heart has been torn between my native New Jersey and the Philippines. As time has gone ...
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Sheila Coronel says Newsweek business model is ‘obsolete’
By Cristina DC Pastor Investigative journalism is finding itself increasingly orphaned by dwindling funds and the evaporation of support by major news organizations that are becoming leery of lawsuits and pressure tactics. Sheila Coronel, the executive director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University, said that despite the increase of investigative journalism ...
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Why protecting the Internet is our responsibility, too, as FilAms
By Ryan Gajudo Macasero January 18 was Internet Freedom Day, a milestone for websites and netizens around the world. Last year, many netizens showed their solidarity by protesting proposed legislation that would restrict our access to certain sites. They showed their anger by showing black screens in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) ...