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Nanding Mendez opens up about wife’s final moments, the future of Fiesta
By Cristina DC Pastor Nearly two years after his wife passed away, Nanding Mendez still speaks of Mila like she is just in the next room — the kitchen, perhaps, making his favorite beef with olives dish — and very much a part of his life. “I am writing a book about her,” said the […]
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Asian American professionals form The Promise Society
Calling itself a new generation of leaders with “fresh and innovative approaches” to achieve their mission, The Promise Society (TPS) officially launched on February 22nd as a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing health and social issues. The launch, held at the Museum of Chinese in America, also introduced the people behind TPS, which is trying […]
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No longer just Nurse Sally
By Cristina DC Pastor A nurse with 24 years’ experience, Sally Nunez has seen nearly everything, including Auschwitz-surviving Sephardic Jews whose ID numbers remain imprinted on their arms now parched and wrinkled with age. Sally has been a long-time nurse to New York’s elderly Jewish community, from the time she arrived in the New York […]
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‘Job usurpation’ and what it means to the Filipino worker in America
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Interestingly, thanks to some observers’ remarks, this space’s writer ran into a few native Americans who were in prolonged discussion of the immigrant society. They talked about the national concern of all, or most among them who felt the high unemployment rate sprung from the ‘new’ United States where they […]
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U.S. organization looking to reduce corruption in PHL private sector
EXCLUSIVE TO ‘THE FILAM METRO D.C.’ By Maricar CP Hampton & Cristina DC Pastor Graft and corruption in the Philippines is probably as old as the country. While this socio-political scourge is commonly associated with government, the private sector is very much a part of why corruption has remained widespread and largely unmitigated. In some […]
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How one middle-class family made the wrenching decision to leave the Philippines
By Cristina DC Pastor ‘How Sweet the Mango, No? The Journey of a Hispanic Amerasian’ By Matthias Mendezona BookSurge/CreateSpace Publishing May 2009 Much like Forrest Gump, Matthias Mendezona found himself playing cameo roles through various episodes in his country’s history. Like the Tom Hanks character, Mendezona emerged from a series of debacles in his life […]
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OFF THE WALL: 2013’s winners and losers in the bull market
By Rene Pastor Just around Christmas, guys who play the market like taking a look at their stocks to see who did well, who did lousy, and who did so-so. The fund managers do it because they have to show to their clients how spectacularly well they did and use that as a selling point […]
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OFF THE WALL: In stores and in stocks, JCPenney and Macy’s duke it out
By Rene Pastor Let’s face it. Nothing says American Christmas more than a tinsel-wrapped present from JCPenney or a gift card from Macy’s. Despite the Pope’s declaration of war against the commercialism of Christmas, holiday shopping has become the spectator sport as shopper versus shopper trample all over each other over a 50″ HDTV. The […]
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He repaired typewriters for Woody, Coppola; after 28 years he’s closing up shop
By Heather Dubin Bino Gan of Typewriters ‘N Things (profile) from Rupeshi Shah on Vimeo. After 28 years in the business, Bino Gan, owner of Typewriters ’N Things in the West Village, is closing up shop. Gan and his wife, Nita, who also sell office supplies and stationery, will bid their loyal customers a final […]