By Tina Marie Romero I am convinced my dad set a Guinness World Record that no one will ever attempt to break. My dad, Dr. Florentino Romero, holds the record of taking the U.S. Veterinary Board exam eight times until he finally passed and became a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in New York City. […]
By Cristina DC Pastor It’s been a turbulent two years for many businesses, not the least the laundry and dry clean industry. Juliette, a boutique wash-and-fold business in Manhattan, lost one of its drop-off locations and furloughed 75 percent of its staff. “That’s the hardest part,” said founder and CEO Rechelle Balanzat. The business hit […]
Attorney General Letitia James offers various tips to protect New Yorkers from future scams: Do not use the same password for multiple accounts. Cybercriminals use passwords stolen from one company for other online accounts. New Yorkers can protect themselves with the following safeguards: -Never reuse passwords. While reusing login information may be convenient, it also puts consumers […]
By Cristina DC Pastor Lauren Lalicon threw herself into PFAY – or the Professional Filipino American Youth — in 2017 without much of a plan or a second thought. The following year, she began working for the office of Tammy Murphy, the First Lady of New Jersey, as a policy director. Then, she got engaged. […]
President Biden on January 27 announced the appointment of Geraldine ‘Geri’ Sanchez Aglipay as Small Business Administration (SBA) regional administrator for Region 5. As Region 5 administrator, she will oversee SBA programs, offices, and operations in the Great Lakes region, serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Aglipay is a second-generation American and a […]
By Cristina DC Pastor The country is experiencing a historic shortage of labor across the board. Filipino Americans who work in schools and the restaurant industry are seeing a workforce crisis, seemingly another downside to the never-ending pandemic. When businesses closed at the height of the coronavirus outbreak, many workers lost their jobs as businesses shut […]
The American Dream entered Tina Marie Romero’s consciousness as a young girl growing up in Bacolod City in Negros Occidental. In fact, she confessed to the excitement of opening balikbayan boxes sent by cousins working as nurses in the US. America came in these boxes, through the cornucopia of Oreos, Cabbage Patch kids and Nine […]
Alvin Adriano, the CEO of Travelwise International, was among the winners of the 2021 Magellan Awards representing the best professionals in the industry around the world, as announced by Travel Weekly publication. “It’s humbling to be recognized as an industry leader,” said Adriano when reached by The FilAm. “As Filipino American this is a major […]
By Loida Nicolas Lewis The life story of Reagan John Rada fits a line in the comma poems of Jose Garcia Villa: “peaks, and, precipices, my, proud, geography”. Born in Panganiban, Camarines Norte to Romeo and Milagros Rada, he was the youngest of seven children — six boys and one girl. His parents adopted an […]