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Clinton mourns passing of friend
Former President Bill Clinton mourned the passing of friend and former adviser Maria Haley, who died September 13 from a brain aneurysm. Haley, who was executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, was 70. She was appointed by Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe to AEDC, an agency with more than 100 employees. A statement said […]
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Maharlika’s popping up all over
A podcast interview with Nicole Ponseca is available courtesy of Feet in Two Worlds. By Cristina DC Pastor Pop-up restaurants are a relatively new dining concept, and Filipinos are curious about them. So when Maharlika Filipino Moderno opened its first pop-up on First Avenue and 12th Street early this year, the question after ‘what’s on […]
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Flower girls
From Cagayan Valley to Hawaii, Ivie Joy Agustin’s family has always been into farming: rice in Tuguegarao and macadamia nuts in the Big Island. As a floral designer in New York, she used her farming know-how and the diligence she learned from her plucky clan to run Celadon & Celery. Ivie Joy manages the Chelsea […]
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‘Textile bill most important PH-U.S. trade initiative in half a century’
By Ambassador Jose Cuisia, Jr. There is now a critical bill pending for action in the U.S. Congress that will create jobs and strengthen Philippine-U.S. relations. This legislation is called the SAVE Our Industries Act (S. 1244/H.R. 2387), and is the most important economic initiative involving the United States and the Philippines in a half […]
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Act now to SAVE textiles bill: Write your legislators
Consul General Mario de Leon, Jr. is appealing to all Filipino Americans in the northeast to send online petition letters to their senators and representatives to help push for the passage of the Save Our Industries Act (SAVE Act. The petition letters can be accomplished by following these steps: 1. Go to saveourindustriesact.org 2. Click […]
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An office warming in Chelsea
After a decade in the marketing business, Grace Hufano-Labaguis opened on July 15 a Manhattan office for her Essential Consulting Services, LLC. The ‘office warming’ was a gathering of close friends, associates and clients, with Fr. Mike Lagrimas officiating at the blessing. “I’m blessed with great, supportive, thoughtful friends and family,” she said. Among her […]
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Can 4 million FilAms SAVE this bill?
By Cristina DC Pastor Call it a case of “if at first you don’t succeed…” The Save Our Industries Act bill is slated to be refiled in the current 112th Congress, after it was snubbed in the last legislative session. The bill proposing to allow the Philippines to import American textiles and export apparel back […]
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Food empire drives growth to the Max’s
Phil-Am Food Mart is unshakeable in its Jersey City neighborhood, its home since the ‘70s. But something is different now. The grocery, founded by the Aguila family from Batangas, has expanded into a merchandising behemoth supplying Asian food products to restaurants and groceries throughout the East Coast. The grocery has branched out into a restaurant-bakery, […]