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Lucio Tan’s crown jewels PAL and PNB now in the Theatre District
Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Philippine National Bank (PNB) recently transferred their offices from Downtown to Midtown Manhattan, near Times Square and the Philippine Consulate. The address: 561 Seventh Avenue. An office blessing, officiated by Monsignor Oscar Aquino, was held on May 7th attended by Consul General Mario de Leon Jr., company executives, Philippine tourism officials […]
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Filipino food: Tops in taste ‘but not pretty on the table’
By Cristina DC Pastor With lavish patriotic pride, we declare Filipino food to be the best in taste. But we also wonder: Why hasn’t the Kare Kare crossed over to mainstream American tables the way General Tso’s Chicken has? About 20 restaurant owners and chefs who gathered recently to launch Filipino Restaurant Week — from […]
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Tech company ordered to pay its Filipino engineers more than $160K in back wages, overtime
A federal court in San Francisco has entered a consent judgment that orders a Silicon Valley electronics manufacturer to pay more than $80,000 in minimum wage and overtime back pay and an equal, additional amount in damages to its workers after the U.S. Department of Labor discovered violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). […]
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Trail goes cold in case of missing ‘balikbayan’ boxes and vanishing freight forwarders
By Cristina DC Pastor This is a story familiar to many of us who have experienced shipping ‘balikbayan’ boxes around the holidays with relatives receiving them several months later, or worse, not receiving them at all. The story of Tess Madamba, a caregiver from Queens, is our story. She sent several ‘balikbayan’ boxes to her […]
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FilAms who live in affordable housing: It’s literally ‘winning a lottery’
By Cristina DC Pastor This article was written as part of the Business Reporting Fellowship of the Center for Community and Ethnic Media and funded by a grant from News Corp. For many years, “home” for Jocelyn Bernal Ochoa was her mother’s basement in Queens. There, she settled nicely when she was an unmarried accounting […]
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What the FilAm community needs to know about Multi-level Marketing
By Cristina DC Pastor This article was written as part of the Business Reporting Fellowship of the Center for Community and Ethnic Media and funded by a grant from News Corp. One can tell just by looking at her that Jen Furer, mother of four, is a fitness enthusiast. Her blog, GottaLoveMom, chronicles her weight-loss […]
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N.J. brothers race to protect their clothing brand from bootlegging
Two New Jersey-born brothers have created a lifestyle apparel company by combining their passions for drag racing and graphic design. Brian Mabutas, 30 and brother Francis, 36, are the owners of the clothing brand Eat Sleep Race (ESR) which recently moved into a large property in Edison, N.J. that serves as the warehouse, office, and […]
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New PAFCOM President Ledy Almadin reaches out to youth, emphasizes inclusivity
By Cristina DC Pastor Beginning January 1, the Philippine American Friendship Committee will welcome its new president: accounting professional, long-time pillar of the community, and mother of two teen daughters Ledy Almadin. Ledy, 47, becomes the 26th president of the Jersey City-based PAFCOM, an organization that seeks to unite Filipinos in the Garden State to […]
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The FilAm’s 10 most-read stories in 2015: From Lea Salonga to Stella Abrera
Filipino Americans love a feel-good story. Stories of regular folks who inspire, uplift, and to a certain degree, empower. That is why the profiles of entrepreneur Mita Quiogue, finance executive Elizabeth ‘Ninez’ Arreglado, and the dance theater acclaim achieved by Stella Abrera were among this year’s collection of stories that were appreciated most by the […]