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Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue dresses up for Christmas
Christmas celebration the Filipino way is in full swing in New York as the lobby and glass windows of the Philippine Center along the bustling Fifth Avenue in mid-town Manhattan showcase a colorful collection of traditional parol (Christmas lanterns) and the nativity scene. Thousands of New Yorkers and tourists pass by the Philippine Center every […]
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‘Call her Ganda:’ The life and death of Jennifer Laude
By Cristina DC Pastor We will never know. On watching the documentary “Call her Ganda,” I was reflecting October 11, 2014 was probably the last time Jennifer Laude would be entertaining American servicemen in Olongapo for some R&R. After that, she would be moving to Germany to marry her German fiancé Marc Sueselbeck. Her visa […]
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Amazon, stay out, declares candidate for Public Advocate
By Cristina DC Pastor Melissa Mark-Viverito, who is running for NYC Public Advocate, called for “scrapping the Amazon deal,” which involves construction of a multi-billion dollar headquarters in Queens by the retail tech giant. Speaking before the community and ethnic media, the former speaker of the New York City Council said Amazon’s “track record” of […]
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On Global Filipinos: Filipina wins the Salmagundi Club’s Artists’ Choice Award
By Loida Nicolas Lewis D. Eleinne Basa is the first Filipino American to win the Artists’ Choice Award at the American Masters Show at the Salmagundi Club recently. Founded in 1871, the Salmagundi Club (the word ‘Salmagundi,’ which means a meat salad dish, is believed to be of French origin) has a membership of about […]
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Elaine Ficarra discovers the land of her mother
By Cristina DC Pastor In July this year, Pennsylvania-born Elaine Ficarra joined three other youngsters on a trip to the Philippines. She traveled with Bronx teen Feih Hidalgo, IT student Calvin Santiago from New Hampshire, and Alexandra Brown, a Filipina who lives in Australia. There is a common thread tying Elaine, a 17-year-old singer and […]
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Bima Baje: Stem cells help the body heal itself
By Cristina DC Pastor “How’s your snake oil, honey? Is it really working?” Accountant Bima Baje can afford a joke now as she looks back at a time she was very new in the cell therapy industry. Today, she is one of few Filipino Americans who know their stuff about stem cell therapy. She and […]
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Green Bay Packers rush to raise funds for wildfire victims
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Spurred by a crusade to raise funds for victims of the recent California wildfire — dubbed “the nation’s deadliest” — Wisconsin’s Green Bay Packers responded quickly to the need of the hour. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a native of Northern California, stated very humbly, that he was donating $1 million to […]
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Cooking while cruising with Chef Nilo Palma
By Wendell Gaa On most ship cruises around the globe, Filipinos almost always constitute a sizeable portion — around 30%-50% — of the cabin crew. They can be the cooks, waiters, customer service representatives, engineers, janitors, and onboard doctors and masseuses. The fact that we are English-speaking, industrious and adaptable to any regional culture is […]
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Paving the way for FilAms to emerge in classical music
Glorious and enchanting classical music will resound when soprano Margarita Gomez Giannelli and classical pianist Victor Asuncion perform at the “Arias, Lieder, and Kundiman” concert on January 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue. Margarita is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music in Pennsylvania, which counts among its notable […]