By Allen Gaborro To even begin trying to understand Gina Apostol’s perplexing, historical, and political spectrum of a novel about the Philippines during its pre-turn of the century revolutionary era, “The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata,” a reader has to get out from under the tried and true empirical norms of the classical literary universe […]
By Glenn Magpantay, Esq. On the cusp of LGBTQ Pride Month and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Apicha Community Health Center (CHC) unveiled on May 31 the results of its yearlong study to address the health and wellness needs of New York City’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Asian, Asian American, South Asian, […]
By Marivir Montebon A hallmark in the celebration of the Asian American Pacific Islanders Heritage in the month of May is the significant increase in the New York State Fiscal Year budget for 2023-2024 of $30 million to AAPI communities. The office of Assemblymember Steven Raga, the first Filipino American elected official in New York […]
Michaela Ternasky-Holland, director and producer of the immersive film “Mahal,” is the first Queer Filipino American to be nominated for a major award at Tribeca Film Festival. The film features a full Filipino/Filipino American cast and a FilAm singer/score composer including names such as Loreto Delgado III, Daphne Nitsuga, Lee Sy and Anne Yatco. “Mahal” […]
By Cristina DC Pastor Who hasn’t met the husband of a nurse? We know him, he is in our circle of friends. We ask ourselves and sometimes wonder how he feels about his unconventional role in the family. In the Philippines, he was probably an engineer, an accountant, the manager in an office or the […]
By Barbara Caress New York City’s public hospital system faces high-stakes contract negotiations with the largest single component of its workforce: its registered nurses. At issue: A widening gap between what RNs earn in private and public hospitals – a pay differential that is causing public hospitals to hemorrhage fulltime nurses. The City’s contract with […]
By Felicitas Santiago, MD After a five-year dance drought aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the internationally recognized Leyte Dance Theater (LDT) of Jess de Paz Foundation, Inc is back on to its 9th U.S. tour. PAFCOM — or the Philippine American Friendship Community, Inc. — sponsored on May 13, 2023 a pre-Mother’s Day visual and […]
By Cristina DC Pastor Owning six Filipino restaurants — two that opened during the pandemic — should qualify Cherry Castellvi as a flourishing restaurateur in the Filipino community in the New York metro area. It wasn’t her first rodeo in the food industry, but it was her first time as a solo entrepreneur after her […]
By Loida Nicolas Lewis In May 2023, Gloria Cabrera Salon & Spa celebrates 50 years, an amazing story of the owner’s hard work, resilience and passion for making people look their best. This American Dream started in Lubao, Pampanga where Gloria was born to Blas Santos, a farmer, and Lauriana Lugtu who sold vegetables in […]