Click here to listen to the VOA report. By Bernard Shusman Web surfers around the world have an authoritative source for information about Filipino expatriates in the New York area – and their efforts to come to the aid of typhoon victims in the Philippines. In the wake of super typhoon Haiyan, the death toll […]
By Cristina DC Pastor Alfonso Alao, 31, is a cashier at Phil-Am Restaurant and Grocery in Colonia, New Jersey. When he learned Typhoon Yolanda – international name: Haiyan – was about to descend on his province of Leyte, he quickly called his family in Albuera town, urging them to take care and prepare canned food […]
The NYC Mayor’s Fund and Doctors Without Borders are now accepting donations for relief efforts to the Philippines trying to recover from the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. The NYC Mayor’s Fund announced that contributions will support on-the-ground relief efforts and will be turned over to community organizations in New York assisting in the grassroots recovery […]
By Jessica Abejar When news of Super Typhoon Haiyan — PHL name: Yolanda — hit the Philippines this past weekend, I was completely devastated. But instead of being wrapped up in the sadness at the fact that the strongest storm in recorded history just hit the place my parents called home, I was faced with […]
By Cristina DC Pastor If there is one thing Typhoon Haiyan has taught Filipino Americans, it is relearning the meaning and essence of trust. Trusting where to send help and who to send it to. Filipino Americans normally rush to help their compatriots when disaster strikes, and it seems to happen a lot of times. […]
The Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF), together with the companies led by Philippine business magnate Manuel V. Pangilinan, launched on October 25 a crowdfunding campaign to gather donations in response to the recent disasters that have devastated the Philippines, including the earthquake in Bohol and Cebu and the fighting in Zamboanga. Butch Meily, former president […]
By Veronica Pulumbarit Former Senator Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, urged the public to give to the most vulnerable victims of the deadly magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit Central Visayas. At a Kapihan sa Manila Diamond Hotel on October 21st, he said the Philippine government as well as non-government organizations like the […]
By Cristina DC Pastor Like most nights, Pam Meily was doing the dishes after dinner. Except that October 29 was not like any other evening. Power was out and hurricane Sandy was blowing ferocious winds throughout the Northeast. Pam was looking out the kitchen window of her Stamford, Connecticut home when an old tree – […]
A Filipino home in Jersey City offered itself as a charging station for the mobile devices of Filipinos without power, according to the Philippine Consulate. Consul General Mario De Leon Jr. said Filipinos have been helping each other cope with the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, which caused damage to the homes and properties of countless […]