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My heart aches for my beloved Baltimore
By Bella Santos Owens After having a great weekend with my family celebrating our children’s birthdays who are young adults and half African Americans, I am very sad watching Baltimore City being destroyed. Baltimore City had been my home and my work location ever since I came to this country in the 1980s. Our kids […]
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OFF THE WALL: Lockheed Martin: An ethical dilemma
By Daniel de la Rosa About two years ago, I invested some money in the tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris. There was some uneasiness at first for ethical reasons, but it was a good entry price, the dividends were robust, and it looked like the share price was going straight north. While cigarette consumption was on […]
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The tragedy of Mary Jane Veloso: History repeats itself in a terrible way
Today, April 27, at 6 p.m., Bayan USA is calling on concerned Filipinos in the New York area to join a candlelight vigil outside the Indonesian Consulate on 5 East 68th Street, between 5th and Madison avenues. It would be a matter of hours before Mary Jane Veloso’s execution on April 28. To those who […]
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Gail Banawis to sing PHL anthem at May 2 Pacquiao-Mayweather match: ‘Great blessing!’
By Cristina DC Pastor The multi-talented, well-liked teen from the Bronx, Gail Banawis, has been handpicked to sing the Philippine National Anthem at the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in Las Vegas on May 2nd. “With God, all things are possible, right?” writes Gail, as she announced the news on Facebook. Gail, 19, will perform the Philippine anthem, […]
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‘We know we’re not dealing with angels:’ Miriam Coronel-Ferrer
By Cristina DC Pastor There are 11 steps toward the creation of an autonomous Bangsamoro region by 2016. So far, the Philippine government is only at Step 4, which is the certification of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) as an urgent piece of legislation. But something happened that is preventing it from moving forward […]
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Iris Zalun wants an end to ‘creepy’ catcalling, street harassment that violates women’s personal space
By Cristina DC Pastor Iris Zalun, 26, has been wolf-whistled by construction workers, stared at, called “beautiful,” and patted on her rear by some random men. “It’s creepy,” she told The FilAm. Street harassment is a terrifying experience that has happened to almost all women at some point in their lives, but many have not […]
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How theater musicals helped me overcome shyness
By John Sapida I started performing in musicals in the 7th grade. As a shy immigrant boy of about 12 or 13 years old, it was hard for me to make friends and talk to people. I was having a serious case of culture shock! Over the years, I stepped out of my shell when […]
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150 East Coast teachers honored by UNIFFIED
By Jen Furer “My dream is to become a teacher. Without a teacher, there’s no carpenter, doctor, nurses, engineer — and even priests. The teacher is the first person needed by every individual next to our parents. The reason why I want to be a teacher is that I want to motivate other people how […]
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A nurse’s daughter
April 16 was a typical day for Guillermo Fabro. He was at work at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan where he is a registered nurse at the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Toward noon, Guillermo stepped out for his lunch break and there he saw his daughter Chrissi, the chairperson of Anakbayan New York, about to […]