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‘The world wonders’
The FilAm Editorial When the unofficial results of the Philippine elections began streaming through the Internet, the collective reaction of a disbelieving universe was echoed in the 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf when the Americans were fooled by the Japanese into chasing an empty carrier. “Where is Task Force 34,” asked the American commander in […]
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U.S. renews pledge to ASEAN ‘to guard against threats to international rules, norms’
Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin, Jr. led the Philippine Delegation to the two-day ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit which the White House announced was to re-affirm the importance of U.S.-ASEAN cooperation in ensuring security, prosperity, and respect for human rights. President Biden welcomed the leaders of ASEAN for the historic summit, held in Washington D.C. […]
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Lawyer Kevin Benedicto is 1st FilAm member of the S.F. Police Commission
Consul General Neil Ferrer joined San Francisco city officials and community leaders in the swearing-in ceremony of Attorney Kevin Michael Benedicto as San Francisco’s first FilAm police commissioner. The ceremony was held at the Tahanan Supportive Housing Building in San Francisco’s SOMA Pilipinas District on May 9 as the U.S. was celebrating Asian American and […]
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U.S. senators call charges against Leila de Lima ‘politically motivated’: Release her now
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, led by Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Ed Markey, called for the “immediate release” of Senator Leila de Lima who has been in jail for five years following bogus drug charges against her by the government of Rodrigo Duterte. They were joined by senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Marsha Blackburn […]
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Juliette CEO Rechelle Balanzat: ‘I am building a brand’
By Cristina DC Pastor It’s been a turbulent two years for many businesses, not the least the laundry and dry clean industry. Juliette, a boutique wash-and-fold business in Manhattan, lost one of its drop-off locations and furloughed 75 percent of its staff. “That’s the hardest part,” said founder and CEO Rechelle Balanzat. The business hit […]
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From nerd to communist cadre, the arc of Edjop’s life
By Allen Gaborro Rare is the man who is so driven by conviction and ideology that he sacrifices a comfortable bourgeois existence for the austere and dangerous life of a clandestine radical. That is exactly what Edgar Jopson did as a prominent student leader at the Ateneo University and as a leading communist figure during […]
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AAPI museum bill passes House unanimously, heads to Senate
The House of Representatives passed on April 27 a bill seeking to create a national museum dedicated to preserving the history, culture, and accomplishments of Asian Pacific Americans. The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) and passed unanimously by voice vote, is now with the U.S. Senate. Entitled the “Commission to Study […]
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Archdiocese of Newark celebrates 500 years of Christianity in the PHL: ‘We’re the missionaries’
The Archdiocese of Newark’s year-long celebration of the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines concluded with a cultural procession and joyous mass at Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart on May 1. Filipinos in traditional attire were in attendance. The festivities began with a massive procession meant to embody the pageantry that is […]
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Wanna Ver’s ‘cathartic’ meeting with torture survivor (Part 2)
By Wanna Ver, Atmi Pertiwi, Leonardo Taddei, Jody Fish, Adolfo Canales Recognizing the ‘Golden Age’ myth A year after her child’s birth, Wanna Ver reconnected with Michelle so she could come clean about her father. “Michelle almost fell over”, Wanna recalled. “She had to put her hands on the ground to hold herself up and […]