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From one ‘kababayan’ to another: NYPD Det. Cicero Coloma reaches out to Noel Quintana
By Cristina DC Pastor A couple of weeks after Queens resident Noel Quintana was slashed across the face while riding a train, Detective Cicero Coloma of the NYC Asian Hate Crime Task Force reached out to him. Theirs was a touching story of ‘kababayan’ extending a hand of sympathy and concern to another ‘kababayan.’ “I […]
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What is the Biden government doing to combat anti-Asian hate crimes?
The Department of Justice held a listening session with more than a dozen Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community groups as part of its continuing efforts to deter hate crimes and other unlawful acts against the AAPI community, and issued the statement below. “No one in America should fear violence because of who they […]
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NaFFAA decries as ‘appalling’ cops’ knee-to-neck response to Angelo Quinto
The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) issues the following statement on the death of 30-year-old Angelo Quinto from Antioch, California. “We are saddened and outraged to hear of the killing of fellow Filipino American, Angelo Quinto, this past December in Antioch, California. He was brutally handled by the police officers responding to his […]
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Asian American Federation condemns attack on Noel Quintana, anti-Asian bias
On February 3, Noel Quintana was on his way to work when another subway rider slashed Mr. Quintana’s face from ear to ear, simply for asking the attacker to stop kicking his tote bag. Just a week earlier, Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Thai man, was shoved and killed while out for a walk in his […]
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‘I said, what’s wrong with you? He came toward me and slashed my face’
On February 10, Noel Quintana, an accountant and a volunteer at The Migrant Center of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Midtown, spoke before a gathering of friends and supporters via Zoom. At the “prayer and healing gathering,” he recounted how, on February 3, a man on a subway train knifed him across […]
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Attack on Filipino man slashed across the face denounced
Filipino Americans slammed the assault of a 61-year-old man whose face was slashed in a Manhattan subway on February 3. Noel Quintana, 61, was on the L subway train on his way to work in Harlem when he was attacked by an “emotionally disturbed” man, according to news reports. The man was allegedly kicking his […]
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Why FilAm veteran, ex-cop Jurell Snyder took part in the Capitol protest
By Cristina DC Pastor A U.S. Army veteran and former Oakland, CA police officer was among the mob that rallied on January 6 at Capitol Hill in support of Donald Trump. Filipino American Jurell Snyder said he was protesting alleged voter fraud, adding he just “stayed outside” and did not enter the building. “The intention […]
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FilAms shocked that Kenyan man in 9/11 plot got pilot’s license in the PHL
Filipino Americans were shocked to learn that a Kenyan national, who was planning a 9/11-style attack against the U.S., had obtained a pilot’s license in the Philippines. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies announced on December 16 the unsealing of an indictment charging Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 30, with six counts of terrorism-related offenses, “including conspiring to […]
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Domestic violence, trafficking victims can now apply for confidentiality program
Victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual offenses and human trafficking can now protect themselves from their perpetrators by getting a new undisclosed address. The Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) of the New York State Department of State will facilitate a swift and secure enrollment into the program for individuals who previously could only apply for the program […]