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Commissioner Bill Bratton assures NYPD will ‘actively pursue’ investigation into death of Queens man
Police Commissioner William ‘Bill’ Bratton has given his assurance that “cases involving Filipinos will remain a high priority” for the NYPD. Bratton made this statement in a July 6 meeting with Consul General Mario de Leon Jr. at the commissioner’s office in downtown Manhattan. De Leon called on Bratton as a diplomatic courtesy and also […]
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Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson: ‘No political ambitions, no issues with women’
By Cristina DC Pastor Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson will always be remembered for the 2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault, where he represented the accuser Nafissatou Diallo. He rose to prominence for his rousing defense of Diallo, the immigrant hotel housekeeper who accused Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, and was eventually elected in 2013. That case, […]
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Friends express shock over arrest, bribery charges vs CEO Rudy Quiambao
By Cristina DC Pastor Friends of Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Quiambao were shocked and saddened by published reports that the quiet and well-respected CEO of Rudell & Associates was recently arrested on bribery charges. Forbes Magazine reported in its June 5 issue that Quiambao, “the owner of an electrical-design company called Rudell & Associates, paid three Con […]
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HRW to Philippine government: Probe Mayor Duterte’s alleged ‘death squad’ links
The Philippine government should investigate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for his possible role in summary executions in the city over the past decade, the independent Human Rights Watch said on May 19 in a report published on its website. The full report below: Duterte has continued to espouse the killing of criminal suspects to […]
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Emotions run high at vigil on the eve of Mary Jane’s execution
About 70 Filipino-Americans and concerned community members gathered in front of the Indonesian Consulate in Midtown Manhattan on April 27 as part of international actions to save the life of domestic worker Mary Jane Veloso, who is awaiting execution by firing squad in Indonesia the following day. “The death penalty is a violent and inhumane […]
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My heart aches for my beloved Baltimore
By Bella Santos Owens After having a great weekend with my family celebrating our children’s birthdays who are young adults and half African Americans, I am very sad watching Baltimore City being destroyed. Baltimore City had been my home and my work location ever since I came to this country in the 1980s. Our kids […]
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The tragedy of Mary Jane Veloso: History repeats itself in a terrible way
Today, April 27, at 6 p.m., Bayan USA is calling on concerned Filipinos in the New York area to join a candlelight vigil outside the Indonesian Consulate on 5 East 68th Street, between 5th and Madison avenues. It would be a matter of hours before Mary Jane Veloso’s execution on April 28. To those who […]
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Iris Zalun wants an end to ‘creepy’ catcalling, street harassment that violates women’s personal space
By Cristina DC Pastor Iris Zalun, 26, has been wolf-whistled by construction workers, stared at, called “beautiful,” and patted on her rear by some random men. “It’s creepy,” she told The FilAm. Street harassment is a terrifying experience that has happened to almost all women at some point in their lives, but many have not […]
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The massacre of SAF 44: ‘Makes me cry with anger to see politicians make a circus out of it’
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Our homeland is in mourning. What emerges as reality is the price of peace. We are talking about the massacre of the 44 members of the Special Action Force (SAF), an elite unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP). They who lost their lives in the line of duty in […]