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Harvard monument glorifies American colonial rule over the Philippines
By Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara For many people, what puts Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the map is that it is the city where Harvard and MIT are located. As a Filipino student at Harvard, I can also say that there are not many Filipinos in this part of the country. As I walk from my dorm […]
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Biden names 3 FilAms to the 23-member AAPI advisory board
President Biden has appointed 23 commissioners to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Three of them are Filipinos. They are Amefil Agbayani, Teresita Batayola, and Luisa Blue. In a statement, the White House said the commission will advise the President on ways the public, private, and non-profit sectors can […]
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Jersey City council adopts resolution supporting AAPI studies in public schools
The Jersey City municipal council unanimously adopted a resolution in support of state legislation Senate Bill No. 4021/Assembly Bill No. 6100, bills that require the inclusion of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) history in New Jersey’s K-12 curriculum. The council resolution approved during the November 29th city council meeting, states that the inclusion of AAPI studies […]
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Leila Policarpio: Representing N.Y. State at the Macy’s marching band
By Cristina DC Pastor Every year since she was a kid, Leila Policarpio, her parents and elder sister would watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, the world’s largest,on NBC. The morning tradition usually begins with the East Hills, New York family getting up for a special holiday breakfast and then turning on the TV for a […]
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Jobs all around, but no takers
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 […]
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Pre-colonial PHL history can be both educational and ‘enjoyable’
By Maricar CP Hampton As an enthusiast of anime, comics, Filipino oral traditions and folklore, an idea came to Arthur Soriano. Why not make Philippine history educational and also entertaining by using comic books? The idea preoccupied his imagination until several years later when he had acquired the finances, the time, and the right team […]
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Teacher Ronie Mataquel: Back to school with excitement, dread
By Mayette Geraldino & Cristina DC Pastor Consider Ronie Mataquel one of the thousands of public school teachers excited to return to work a year after the global pandemic put a pause on New York City life. Ronie, a Math teacher at John Bowne High School in Queens, is one of nearly 75,000 public school […]
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Cielo Franklin: A Tagalog teacher in Perth
By Vicky Potenciano-Vitug Japan, where she met her future husband, will always occupy an endearing spot in Cielo Franklin’s heart. But it was in Australia where she discovered she could be anything she wanted to be. A computer programmer, she founded the Tagalog School of Perth in 2013, the first cultural school of its kind […]
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The day Harvard Radio played 11 hours of Filipino music
By Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara I am a Filipino immigrant. I was born, raised, and lived in the Philippines for 11 years. My mother and I arrived here in America in 2011. My mother is a certified nursing assistant (CNA) doing the job of domestic caregiving, which is the arduous and literally back-breaking work that […]