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Howard Hoffman is CEO of first Filipino-owned cannabis company
By Cristina DC Pastor Howard Hoffman took a different path to the top. The CEO of Complete Hemp founded his first business at 13 years old, then dropped out of college. He recalled a conversation that would change the course of his life. He asked a teacher, who was then lecturing about becoming rich, if […]
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New Jersey billionaires reap record profits while millions lose jobs: report
On Thursday August 20th, a new report, “Pandemic Profiteers: New Jersey’s Corporations and Wealthiest Individuals Reap Billions While Local Communities Suffer,” was released by the organizations called For the Many Coalition, and Americans for Tax Fairness. The report analyzes wealth accumulation and profits generated by New Jersey’s wealthiest residents and corporations headquartered or doing business in […]
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‘Painful discussions need to happen:’ NaFFAA Chair Brendan Flores on Barkada debate
By Cristina DC Pastor NAFFAA National Chairman Brendan Flores was in Mexico when the Barkada controversy blew up in the last few days of July. The Barkada Wine Bar in Washington D.C. opened on July 29, with segments of the Filipino American community accusing the bar owners of ‘cultural appropriation.’ In an instant the community […]
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Top companies fund ‘Fight the Bias, Fight the Virus’ campaign
With nearly 2,000 reported incidences of discrimination and hate speech against the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community in the U.S. amidst COVID-19, the Ad Council’s Emmy-Award winning Love Has No Labels campaign has premiered “Fight the Virus. Fight the Bias” anew PSA to dispel the racism increasingly endured by the API community throughout the […]
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Kai Hayes publishes her leadership, personal, and spiritual ‘growth book’
As a young girl, Lilibeth Salonga Avelino already knew what she wanted. Coming from a family of modest means, she yearned to get a good education so she could achieve bigger things and provide a comfortable life for herself and her family. Her mother was a stay-at-home parent, and her father was in the military scraping […]
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FilAm businesses reopen amid uncertainty
By Cristina DC Pastor Glenda Villajuan welcomed children back to her CitiTots day care in Brooklyn on June 8 as New York City began Phase 1 of its planned return to normalcy. In New Jersey, Amable Yalong announced his men’s wear shop in downtown Englewood will reopen on June 15, pledging to assure the safety […]
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When ‘staying home’ redefines the meaning of real estate
By Cristina DC Pastor “Stay home.” The cautionary phrase seems to have flipped real estate on its head in New York City where property is one of the hottest selling commodities aside from Broadway. People are selling homes and fleeing homes; they are renting instead of buying homes. Real estate has been “significantly shaken” by […]
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Arlene Cornejo-Isidro: Calm in the face of crisis
By Danielle Vania Bonus The world is vastly changing with this “new normal,” and the uncertainty of tomorrow leaves us apprehensive or maybe even depressed. COVID-19 has emerged on an epic scale affecting our daily lives; our coping methods are now being tested. Have many of us are prepared for such a time as this? […]
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Mom and pop businesses got no help from gov’t: lawmakers
By Sunita Sohrabji The mom and pop small businesses of Main Street America largely did not receive funding from the $2.6 trillion CARES Act, conceded Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., at a press briefing. CARES Act stands for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Khanna and California state Assemblymember David Chiu led an April […]