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Happy birthday, Iskwelahang Pilipino
Massachusetts-based Iskwelahang Pilipino (IP), the oldest cultural school for FilAm children on the East Coast, will celebrate its 35th birthday May 29 at The Eleanor Welch Casey Theatre of Regis College in Weston. Organizers said tickets are all sold out, proving the “strong Filipino American community support and following that IP has.” IP began in […]
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• Fifth Avenue showcase for tofu chef • Ambassador receives Wharton honors
Chef Alex Dino is the latest talent to be featured in the Best of the Philippines on Fifth Avenue Project of the Philippine Consulate. This means that for one month, a mural poster of Alex will be gracing the consulate window for all Fifth Avenue passers-by to see. Alex was chosen to represent the month […]
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Why I decided to leave New York
By Laurel Fantauzzo Berto is speaking in exclamation points again. He is that kind of man: always some emphasis of joy. We have just ordered pulled pork sandwiches, and the sun in Iowa City seems to be shining specifically for us at this outdoor café, congratulating us for having made the seventeen-hour drive here with […]
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Cory at the Mount was an ‘intelligent, lovely’ student
By Maricar CP Hampton High school senior Marjorie Martinez, a bright, wispy girl of 17, has three choices of where to go to get a nursing degree: Hunter, Rutgers and CMSV: “CMSV? You know, the school of Cory Aquino.” Among Filipinos, the College of Mount Saint Vincent in the Bronx is known as the school […]
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‘Hard to say who’s a journalist now’
By Cristina DC Pastor; TF photo Sheila Coronel is director of the Columbia University Graduate School’s Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. TF: I’m sure there’s a lot, but can you discuss just one notable project of the Stabile Center. SC: One of the stories that started out as a school project won the Polk Award. […]
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‘New York through my granddaughter’s eyes’
By Ludy A. Ongkeko, Ph.D Alina is L.A.-born, the oldest child of my oldest child, hence, my eldest grandchild; that’s how I became a ‘lola.’ And that’s what she started to call me the very first time she could utter a few words. A UC-Berkeley alum, where she espoused two majors –legal studies and social […]
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• Multicultural women’s art exhibit opens • UP’s Gabriel Esteban is new Seton Hall president
The exhibit by 12 multicultural women artists will continue to hang at the Project Reach 4th Floor Gallery, 39 Eldridge Street until March 31. The event is part of the feminist organization AF3IRM‘s commemoration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. “Arrivals/Departures: Women’s Experience of Migration Under Globalization,” curated by Leilani Montes, a Guatemalan-Mexican, […]