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Mentorship program between NYC and young FilAms explored in meeting
Consul General Mario L. De Leon, Jr. on September 11 made a diplomatic visit to the office of Maria Torres-Springer, who was recently named president of New York City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Torres-Springer is the first woman — and first Filipino American — to be appointed to lead the EDC, which serves as the […]
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Kabayan restaurant opens right beside Tito Rad’s: Awkward!
By Cristina DC Pastor Tito Rad’s Grill has been lording it over that forked corner of Queens Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue for nine years. And then about two months ago Kabayan restaurant opened next door, prompting some in the FilAm community to wonder how the two eateries are getting along. The situation has been described […]
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OFF THE WALL: I am looking to buy
By Daniel de la Rosa I took a look at my IRA Monday morning. Everything was in the red. From Apple to Lockheed Martin, from Facebook to Gilead – there was no stock in the portfolio that was not being pounded in Wall Street. Despite all that, believe this: I am looking to buy. For […]
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OFF THE WALL: Is it time to invest in oil stocks again?
By Daniel de la Rosa Is it time to buy an oil stock? I mean, would you buy Exxon Mobil at this point? Or Chevron? As I write this, Chevron is trading at $81, very much within hailing distance of its 52-week low at $80.20. Exxon Mobil, which at one time was the most valuable […]
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Geena Rocero’s Gender Proud is now both a non-profit and a business entity
By Cristina DC Pastor Gender Proud, the non-profit organization founded by transgender model Geena Rocero in 2014 as a vehicle for her gender marker advocacy, is now also a business entity. Rocero and colleague Allison Hoffman announced the creation of Gender Proud Productions LLC (GPP) as a media production company that may develop products like […]
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The FilAms of Silicon Valley: Where are they in high-tech? (Part 3)
By Harvey I. Barkin Jing Torralba observed that Filipinos in her line of work didn’t socialize at work. That they tend to socialize outside of work. When she worked tech pubs at a security company, she worked with a young Filipino engineer. She told him to call her by her first name. She was intending […]
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The FilAms of Silicon Valley: Surviving the layoffs; the rise of Dado Banatao (Part 2)
By Harvey I. Barkin Edwin’s wife, Josefina or Jing, was also a tech writer but followed the path into software. She has a Psychology degree and is no more an engineer than Edwin. She started as a recruitment receptionist for Xerox when she joined Edwin from Washington DC in 1984. That meant, “All I did […]
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The FilAms of Silicon Valley: They are not all techies (Part 1)
By Harvey I. Barkin SAN JOSE – “The story goes,” Edwin Torralba related, “when it was time to choose, the Philippines chose to have an Asian Institute of Management while India chose an Asian Institute of Technology.” Edwin was a technical writer but when the permanent job became contractual and then dried out, he re-invented […]
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9/11 survivor Frank Cruz comes home, creates jobs through his dirty ice cream business
By Cristina DC Pastor September 11, 2001 would be a turning point in the life of businessman-banker Frank Cruz, 67. Frank narrowly escaped his workplace at One World Trade Center. Eight minutes after he got out, the World Trade Center came crashing down. “My co-workers and I were going down the stairs of the World […]