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Updated vaccines are your protection vs COVID this Fall: CDC
“Been there, done that.” People are feeling like they’ve heard enough about COVID-19. But staying on top of the facts, vaccinations, and level of spread in the community is still important to keep your family and communities safe. In fact, updated vaccines that can better protect against the highly transmissible Omicron variant and its subvariants […]
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Guest editorial: A tribute to working New Yorkers
By New York City Mayor Eric Adams In order to make the world a better and fairer place, first, we agitate, then, we negotiate and finally, we legislate. We experienced the rewards of this three-pronged approach last week, when I announced that the Adams Administration has provided 1,000 taxi medallion owners and drivers with more […]
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2 Filipino actors get breakout roles in Jeffrey Dahmer series
Two young Filipino actors are cast as Jeffrey Dahmer’s brutalized victims in the true crime series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” Kieran Tamondong, 20, and Brayden Maniago, 19, portray the Laotian brothers who became victims of the sadistic serial killer from Milwaukee who committed murders from 1978 to 1991. The portrayals of Tamondong as Konerak […]
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Petition calling for Cato’s return circulating; to be sent to BBM
By Cristina DC Pastor A petition is currently circulating among Filipino communities in the Northeast calling for the “immediate return” of Consul General Elmer Cato to his post in New York. The letter on the “protracted stay in the Philippines and immediate return” of Consul General Elmer Cato is being organized by Crispin Fernandez, MD, […]
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Celebrating the loving ‘lolas’ in our lives in Sophia Lee’s ‘Holding On’
By Cristina DC Pastor It seems Sophia Lee has so many grandmothers. Typically, you have two. In the story of how she became Simon & Schuster’s latest heralded children’s book author, her maternal and paternal grandmothersnot to mention the grand aunties, played pivotal roles. They all surrounded her with love from the time she was […]
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Where is Congen Elmer Cato?
By Cristina DC Pastor While he appears to be ghosting the Filipino community of New York, Consul General Elmer Cato has broken his silence addressing speculations about his nearly month-long absence. He said he is still in a Pampanga hospital recovering from “stress-related gastro issues.” He was advised to rest for two weeks, and said […]
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Philip Vera Cruz, the Manong Generation and quest for the American Dream
By Allen Gaborro Probably only a small fraction of Filipino Americans know who Philip Vera Cruz was. Once upon a time, during the late 1950s to the 1970s, Vera Cruz was a pivotal and pathfinding labor representative of the California farmworkers as well as a committed, empathic, and kindred soul to their plight. Craig Scharlin […]
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Punyeta! Filipina-owned clothing line uses sexist Tagalog words
A Filipina-owned clothing line that aims to “celebrate, own, and reclaim” Filipina identity was founded in Toronto in 2019. “Historically sexist and derogatory terms,” such as Maldita, Maarte, Lakwatsera, Ambisyosa, are front and center of the Pinay Collection of shirts, bags and accessories. Founder Jovie Galit said Pinay Collection is about taking back words that […]
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Medel Paguirigan, RN: Amid the pandemic, a baritone is born
By Cristina DC Pastor For nearly four decades, Medel Paguirigan diligently forged a career as a New York City nurse until his retirement in 2022. As he rose the ranks from hemodialysis nurse at Brookdale Hospital in the late 1980s to his final role as Corporate Senior Director in Nursing Education at New York Health […]