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Amidst bullying, Joanne Baniqued hears need for nurses to have a strong voice
By Cristina DC Pastor Comedian Joy Behar’s crude comment about nurses wearing “doctors stethoscopes” did not really upset dialysis nurse Joanne Baniqued. Joanne, 25, thought the Miss America episode that offended many of her fellow nurses was a simple case of lay people needing “more education, better communication.” Precisely for this reason she founded QD […]
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Suspense thriller explores dark side of grief
Author Jason Tanamor’s new novel, “Drama Dolls,” is an intimate dark, psychological, suspenseful thriller about loss and obsession, survival and grief, and the desiring need to take control of one’s own life. This new psychological thriller revolves around Jeffrey’s bizarre, yet disturbing, world. “I saw a documentary about grown men who dressed up as dolls. […]
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Confessions of a ‘proxy voter’ at a PIDCI election
By Cristina DC Pastor How I ended up casting a ballot at the October 3 PIDCI election is a story with all the charm of a bad reality TV show. Coming from MAKILALA taping in East Harlem, I, together with Victor Palmos and Laura Garcia, arrived at the Philippine Center close to the end of […]
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Young FilAms dish on the Dating Culture: ‘My parents are heavily pushing Catholicism on my boyfriend’
By Christian Catiis One wonders. How do Filipino American millennials date? With the integration of Filipino tradition and American culture, are there parallels between our parents’ idea of sex and romance and ours? My dad, being Mr. Suave, used to send my mom hundreds of handwritten love letters across the sea when she lived here […]
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Lone candidate Prospero Lim is a shoo-in for PIDCI presidency
By Cristina DC Pastor Staten Island psychiatrist Prospero Lim is almost certain to be elected president of the Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. (PIDCI), but until votes are cast and counted on October 3, nothing is final. Lim is the lone candidate for the position after accountant Albert Diala withdrew from the race because, he […]
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First Filipina worker-owned cleaning cooperative launched
More than two years after Rina Hernandez was rescued from human trafficking from a Middle Eastern family, life has quieted down a little bit for this former school teacher. She now lives in Queens secure in her resolved immigration status and has worked job to job to get by. Some days are hard because her […]
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Mentorship program between NYC and young FilAms explored in meeting
Consul General Mario L. De Leon, Jr. on September 11 made a diplomatic visit to the office of Maria Torres-Springer, who was recently named president of New York City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Torres-Springer is the first woman — and first Filipino American — to be appointed to lead the EDC, which serves as the […]
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RN Lea Batomalaque: Nursing prodigy who graduated cum laude at age 19
By Cristina DC Pastor If there’s such a thing as a nursing prodigy, that may well be RN Ma. Lea Batomalaque. The post-anesthesia care nurse at Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital graduated cum laude at age 19 paying tuition of a little less than $20 for a four-year course. While all this happened in the 1980s […]
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Buildings Commissioner Rick Chandler warns landlords vs illegal, multiple bedspacers
By Cristina DC Pastor The Elmhurst, Queens apartment where housekeeper Wilma de Jesus lives looks like a maze for lab rats. The living room is creatively partitioned using book shelves, wall dividers, and bamboo screens. Each space has a futon or a sleeping bag a tenant calls her bedspace. Wilma shares this apartment with a […]