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Angat Buhay Foundation USA to hold fundraising for advocacies in support of marginalized Filipinos
Angat Buhay Foundation USA Inc., the first international partner of former Vice President Leni Robredo’s foundation of the same name, announced a fundraising event and round table discussion to activate their advocacies in public health, public education, disaster relief & rehabilitation and community engagement. The announcement was made by Executive Director Roger Santos of New […]
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1,477 books banned across the U.S. mostly about race: PEN America
By Selen Ozturk PEN America reports 1,477 individual U.S. book bans during the first half of the 2022-2023 school year — 28% more than the prior six months. Forty percent of books banned from July 2021 to June 2022 had protagonists or prominent secondary characters of color; 21% had titles indicating race issues. Examples of such banned books […]
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Computer science major receives Outstanding Achievement award from university
Patrick Emmanuel Sangalang, a computer science major in the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at Cal State LA, hopes to use his passion for computer science to inspire young students to pursue the many career possibilities in the STEM fields. “Mr. Sangalang’s aptitude for computer science, coupled with his commitment to helping others, […]
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Lady Aileen Orsal: Harvard preceptor on what it’s like living around Boston
By Cristina DC Pastor The first Filipino language preceptor to teach at Harvard University originally aspired to be a journalist. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication (major in Journalism) from Cavite State University. Along the way to getting a higher education, she “fell in love” with the Filipino […]
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Inquirer.net takes down story on Martin Romualdez’s reported funding of Tagalog course in Harvard
By Carmela Fonbuena Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Did Speaker Martin Romualdez give $1 million (about P56 million) to fund a new Tagalog course at Harvard University? On Thursday, Inquirer.net, one of the Philippines’ most-read news websites, asked that question in an article based on an exclusive report by The FilAm, an online magazine based […]
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Imelda Marcos’s nephew funds Harvard’s new Tagalog language course
‘The FilAm’ EXCLUSIVE By Cristina DC PastorA nephew of Imelda Marcos and the late Philippine dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., has given a “generous gift” to Harvard University to fund its new Tagalog language course, according to sources connected to Harvard University. The university, through a Harvard spokesman, declined to disclose the donor’s identity. The FilAm was […]
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Maria Ressa to teach at Columbia in 2024
Maria Ressa, the Nobel laureate and Filipino-American journalist known for her pioneering efforts to protect media freedom in the Philippines, will join the Columbia SIPA faculty in July 2024 as a professor of professional practice. In the interim she will serve as a distinguished fellow this fall at the School’s forthcoming Institute of Global Politics […]
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A plea for kindness, understanding from mom, teacher of special needs children
By Veana del Carmen Pastor They’re called “special” for a reason, children who are a little bit different, some a little bit slow, others a little bit frisky, still others with exceptional abilities we may never be able to understand. Why are they excellent with numbers, why is their art so beautiful, their music so […]
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Clementina Ceria-Ulep is named dean of University of Hawaiʻi School of Nursing
Clementina Ceria-Ulep has been appointed permanent dean of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing (NAWSON) effective April 1, 2023, according to a March 16 announcement by the university. Ceria-Ulep has served as acting dean from August 1 to October 31, 2021, and as interim dean since November 1, 2021. Ceria-Ulep joined the School of Nursing […]