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Poet Bino Realuyo throws back UST award in protest of Mocha Uson’s alumni recognition
January 21, 2018 Very Rev. Fr. Bruno F. Cadore, O.P. MD, Chancellor University of Santo Tomas, and Officers and Members of UST Alumni Association To Whom It May Concern: My name is Bino A. Realuyo, a proud alumnus of the University of Santo Tomas and author of the novel, “The Umbrella Country” and the poetry […]
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UP president to keynote Oct 26-28 alumni homecoming in N.J.
By Aurora Cudal-Rivera UP President Danilo Concepcion will keynote the 19th Grand Reunion and Convention of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America, according to Nelsie Parrado, president of the UPAAA. The event will be held October 26-28, at the Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel in Iselin, New Jersey. Concepcion is attending the event with […]
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ARK’s Game Night to celebrate 12 scholars who are now in college
A poker tournament highlights a thrilling night of games and cocktails celebrating a momentous year for the Advancement for Rural Kids, a NYC-based nonprofit that provides feeding programs to Filipino children and sends them to school. ARK’s Game Night will be held on October 19th at the Ukrainian Institute of America building on 2E 79th […]
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Increasing the visibility of FilAms in the tech industry through mentorship
Amid reports of low diversity numbers at Silicon Valley’s elite technology companies, organizers in the Filipino American community are seeking to increase the visibility of Filipino Americans in the tech industry in the San Francisco Bay Area. Filipino Americans in Silicon Valley (FASTER), founded in 2015 by alumni from the University of California, Berkeley, is […]
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Daly City-born Steve Lupton finds the PHL a home for his many talents
By Wendell Gaa At the Berlitz Language Center in Makati City, students sit down and listen intently to the lessons of their English instructor, Clark Steven Lupton, or simply Steve. Little do most of them realize that their soft-spoken and eloquent teacher was, at one time, a cartoon voice actor. In the late 1980s, Steve […]
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Sept 6 is deadline to enroll your kids at language, folk dance classes
This fall, dive into the Filipino-speaking world of The Filipino School of New York & New Jersey’s Ang Mundong Pilipino. During this nine-week program, your child will learn the basics of Filipino and some aspects of Philippine history and culture through various interactive games, song, arts and crafts projects, Philippine folk dances, and other fun […]
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Moon River Dreamers turn gold, UP College of Medicine Class ‘67 celebrates
By Metty Vargas-Pellicer Fifty years since we left the college, a lifetime ago, but it seemed it was only yesterday. Fifty-four classmates made it to the Desmond Hotel in Albany on July 11-16 for the University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society in America’s 32nd Annual Grand Convention. The UPMASA is a 501 (c) (3) […]
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Northern Samar as the Silicon Valley of the Philippines? It can be done, says CodePhil
By Angelito Cabigao It was 9 a.m. on a Saturday when I met up with Kai Feliciano, who is a student from Columbia University based in New York. Cool note to know that Kai was born and raised in the Philippines. In my work as Human Resources manager for TaskUS Philippines, I get to meet […]
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As the comic book industry transforms, how do Filipino illustrators adapt?
By Cristina DC Pastor America’s comic book industry is going through a painful evolution, ditching print, migrating to web and film, forcing Filipino illustrators to either abandon the trade, become independent, or learn to adapt just to survive. Sales of comic books are shrinking, according to insiders, although they have been sustained by a growing […]