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Lolita Valderrama Savage opens solo exhibition in Florence in October
“In cerca dei sogni” – In search of dreams – is the new exhibition by Filipino American artist Lolita Valderrama Savage. It opens October 1 at Palazzo Bastogi, in Florence, Italy. The exhibition offers a selection of drawings and oil paintings, in which the artist narrates her longstanding affection for Tuscany, where her artistic education […]
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Fiesta In America grateful to the community for its loyalty
Fiesta In America presented Empowerment Awards to FilAm achievers, including a bank president and an advocate for autism education during its People’s Ball on August 9. This year’s honorees are Mary Grace Asufrin for Nursing Leadership, Roger Santos for Philanthropy, Alvin and Prima Hower for International Community Service, Dr. Lirio Covey for Autism Advocacy, Eric […]
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The Juliette story and how its founder became a Tory Burch fellow
By Rechelle Balanzat My story starts back in 2013 when I had the idea of developing an app that would take care of laundry and dry cleaning. It took just over a year of developing different prototypes, creating business models, and drafting business plans It wasn’t until September 2014 that I had a working […]
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Wave, Marvel’s latest superhero, is a Pinay from Cebu
By Wendell Gaa I was at the recent IndieKet Komikon convention in Ortigas assisting my good friend comic artist Clark Steven Lupton who was exhibiting at his table. I took some time to walk around to see what the other artist booths had on display. To my amazement, one was selling copies of the first […]
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Roxanne San Jose’s young adult novel on time travel is out now
Angelie Thompson is a time machine inventor. When her boyfriend accidentally travels back in 1970, she searches for him and meets a slew of odd characters. Twists happen along the way and lead her to change the world. “The story highlights love, dedication and friendship with a lot of excitement,” said author Roxanne San Jose, […]
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The Solomonic wisdom of an immigration consultant
By Cristina Dc Pastor “TNTs are my clients,” declared Gonzalo ‘Jun’ Policarpio, an immigration consultant. “I try to solve their problems.” TNT or ‘tago ng tago’ — always hiding in Tagalog – are Filipino migrants on the run. They flit from state to state, job to job, perpetually fearful an innocuous traffic stop might bundle […]
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40 years ago Rodel Rodis and Edna Austria got married
By Loida Nicolas Lewis On Sunday, July 28, 2019, Rodel and Edna (née Austria) Rodis celebrated their 40 years of marriage at Colma Community Center in California. Around 200 guests attended the renewal of marriage vows with Father Rey Culaba officiating, this time with their three adult sons Carlo, 33; Daniel, 30; and Eric, 27, […]
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FilAm musical about a famous faith healer to open Off-Broadway on Aug. 23
Ma-Yi is slated to open its 30th anniversary season with the world premiere of “Felix Starro,” a new musical by Jessica Hagedorn and Fabian Obispo. Based on a powerful short story by acclaimed Filipino American writer Lysley Tenorio, “Felix Starro” marks the first-time-ever a musical created by Filipino Americans will be presented Off-Broadway. It runs […]
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20 years for Trump fanatic Cesar Sayoc: ‘Beyond very sorry’
Cesar Sayoc, who mailed homemade bombs to prominent individuals, including Democratic politicians, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to reports. Sayoc’s father, Cesar Sayoc Sr., is a Filipino immigrant. His mother is an American woman from Brooklyn. Dubbed the “MAGA (Make America Great Again) bomber,” he is a fanatic follower of Donald Trump […]