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OFF THE WALL: Why ‘logged-outs’ like myself are the bane of Twitter
By Daniel de la Rosa I am what is called a “logged-out,” a Twitter user with an account, but does not really stay long on the site firing a series of 140-character tweets day after day. I usually log in, post a few tweets on sports and some politics and then vanish for a month […]
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Designer bag mom ventures into travel marketing
By Cristina DC Pastor Ever wondered what that “You Should Be Here” blue sign that is going viral all about? It’s all over social media and if you’re a friend of Jessy Daing-Musbeh, it’s all over her wall as well. Jessy is the first to introduce this travel concept in the Filipino American community. And […]
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OFF THE WALL: The stock split: why it’s a big thing for a small investor like me
By Daniel de la Rosa When you are a small investor nursing along your IRA, everybody will yap at you that a stock split does not change anything. Normally, they tell you that turning one share into two is just dividing the dollar. It’s worth exactly the same. Let’s see, I have 37-plus shares of […]
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Jessy Daing Musbeh knows the ABCs to a girl’s heart: Authentic Birkins and Chanels!
By Cristina DC Pastor How can she not? She wears them fashionably, sells them reasonably and urges women they’re a must-have in a wardrobe where style and deals can co-exist nicely. Designer handbags may seem overpriced at thousands of dollars a pop, but Jessy Daing Musbeh knows how to make them “within reach” of the […]
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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 […]