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Suyomano: A platform for Filipinos yearning to reconnect with their roots
By Zia Kalong Suyomano is a virtual platform focused on cultural learning experiences touching on local languages, indigenous tribal cultures and medicine, mythology, traditional martial arts, food and beyond. Suyomano is made up of two unique Tagalog words: “Suyo” which means gentle affection and “mano” which is a gesture of respect. “We believe that bringing forth the […]
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West Pointer is among 2021 Rhodes Scholars
West Point Cadet Tyrese Bender was recently named one of 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholarship awardees, possibly the first Filipino American to receive the prestigious honor. He hopes to earn a Master of Science in Sociology and Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation from Oxford University. Beyond that, he will belong to an exclusive league of the […]
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Remembering Pat Salaver on FilAm History Month
Labor organizers Larry Itliong and Philip Vera Cruz are honored in murals and history books as important leaders in the Filipino American community. There is one who is rarely mentioned. His name: Patrick Salaver. Salaver founded the first FilAm student organization, the Pilipino American Collegiate Endeavor, in 1967 to help students not only improve their […]
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Foreign students taking only online classes told to ‘leave the country’
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced modifications on July 6 to temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online classes due to the pandemic for the fall 2020 semester. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to publish the procedures and responsibilities in the Federal Register as a Temporary Final Rule. Temporary exemptions for […]
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FilAm businesses reopen amid uncertainty
By Cristina DC Pastor Glenda Villajuan welcomed children back to her CitiTots day care in Brooklyn on June 8 as New York City began Phase 1 of its planned return to normalcy. In New Jersey, Amable Yalong announced his men’s wear shop in downtown Englewood will reopen on June 15, pledging to assure the safety […]
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Teaching our children the truth
By Johnson Lazaro, Esq. ‘Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong’ The book cited above, by James W. Loewen and reissued by New Press in 2008, sits beside my bed these days and makes for some very interesting and rather unsettling reading. The subtitle conveys the gist of the book. […]
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East Coast Bedans form alumni association
The San Beda University Alumni Association East Coast Inc. has been formed following a meeting in November. The group elected its officers and announced the board of directors after which they adopted a mission statement as well as a set of bylaws. The SBUAAEC declared it would be a not-for-profit community organization. Elected to serve […]
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Filipino scientists call for immediate action on climate change
By Sero Toriano Parel and Carla Bertulfo On December 7, Filipino scientists, science advocates, and allies gathered at Columbia University to learn about the effects of climate change in the Philippines as well as Palestine. This occasion marked the inaugural event of the newly formed Association of Filipino Scientists in America (AFSA). The theme of […]
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Dance artist Roberto Villanueva goes on a mission trip to the PHL to ‘give back’
Filipino American dance artist Roberto Villanueva will embark on a mission trip to the Philippines as his way of giving back to his birthland. From November 8 to 16, he will be donating his performances, lecture presentations, workshops and master class to some of the top universities in Manila—namely University of the Philippines, De La […]