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Michigan writer publishes comic books inspired by Philippine folklore
By Cristina DC Pastor Bayani, a boy of 11, is desperately trying to care for his sick father, a fisherman, and keep food on the table for his family. Unfortunately, the sun has been shining down on the islands for the last month and night refuses to fall. The land is growing parched from the […]
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Philippine gold exhibit part of Asia Society’s 60th anniversary celebration
By Cristina DC Pastor The exhibit, “Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms,” will be part of Asia Society’s programming leading up to its 60th anniversary in 2016. Asia Society President Josette Sheeran made the remark during a July 21 briefing, stressing the importance of the exhibit to the museum’s programming for the year. The gold […]
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Lawyer Dulce Valdes-Barangan is the new president of Ilocano association of N.Y.
By Cristina DC Pastor In the Barangan household in Long Island, the children of Caesar and Dulce Valdes-Barangan speak English as well as the Ilocano language of the northern Philippines. Somewhere in New York State’s multicultural quilt of young Americans, there’s Zack Barangan, who works in an advertising agency in Manhattan who speaks Ilocano, and […]
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A Mexi-Jewish, Trini-Filipino birthday feast in Queens
By Anne Noyes Saini Ruby Gonzalez and Lanna Andrews are celebrating their first birthdays together, with all the usual trappings: balloons, streamers, party favors, and cupcakes. But the real excitement isn’t opening the gifts—it’s the carving of the whole, spit-roasted pig. ‘Lechon’—slowly roasted over indirect heat until the pig’s outer skin is crisp and brown—is […]
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Gold exhibit in NYC: Pre-colonial Filipinos were not savages: organizers
By Cristina DC Pastor Once upon a time when the Philippines was just an assortment of scattered islands and each community was ruled by a ‘datu,’ there was evidence suggesting a craftsman way of life for the indigenous people. Using handmade tools, they hunted for food, built dwellings, and fashioned clothing from whatever they could […]
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June 28 PAFCOM parade a family, community celebration of PHL-U.S. friendship
By Jujo Conol The Philippine American Friendship Committee, Inc. (PAFCOM) is inviting Filipino Americans across the Tri-State to its 25th Philippine American Friendship Grand Parade to be held on June 28 in Jersey City. Jersey City has one of the biggest Filipino populations on the East Coast. PAFCOM wants to make the parade a family […]
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First-timers wait 4 hours for their Independence Day parade march!
By Cristina DC Pastor A dead man’s body ushered me to my first-ever Independence Day parade…as a marcher. The body, sprawled at the corner of 36th and Broadway streets, had a wound at the forehead from which a trail of blood had dried up. It was still early, not even 10 a.m. so I thought […]
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PIDCI addresses controversial issues, including Independence Day parade cost of $280K
By Cristina DC Pastor The Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. (PIDCI) laid bare the logistics of organizing the annual Madison Avenue parade, billed as biggest annual gathering in June of Filipinos outside of the Philippines. Last year’s parade had a budget of $280,000, disclosed PIDCI President Fe Martinez during the “ConGen Hour,” a collaborative forum […]
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Philippine mayors to march in 117th Independence Day fest
Mayors of Philippine cities will be joining the Independence Day celebration on Sunday, June 7. This was announced by Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. (PIDCI) President Fe Martinez in a statement. The mayors will be leading the parade march on Madison Avenue, together with Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto del Rosario, Ambassador to the U.S. […]