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Playing God
The FilAm Editorial We would very much prefer that in principle, a hospital or a doctor should not play God. But there is this man from Boston, whose resistance to vaccination left the hospital with no choice. Reports ABC News: “DJ Ferguson, who was diagnosed with arrhythmia four years ago, was admitted to Brigham and […]
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Spouses of frontliners: No place in health care for unvaxxed RNs
By Cristina DC Pastor The beginning of the pandemic was the first time Merck pharmaceutical research executive Joyce Andes-David saw her husband exhibiting some signs of stress. “Definitely burnout,” she said. Her husband Arman, a registered nurse at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, was working long hours, using garbage bags for protection against the coronavirus […]
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Year of the Tiger campaign to support children vs cancer
Gold House is partnering with several Asian and Pacific Islander-owned brands for its second annual Lunar New Year campaign for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to bring good fortune to St. Jude patient families and raise awareness and support for its lifesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children. From February 1 through April 30, when shoppers […]
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Caregiver with COVID is fired; gets restitution through NYC agency
By Cristina DC Pastor For four years, Antonio has been taking care of an elderly man with a long-term illness in New York. In April of 2020 — around the time COVID-19 was rapidly spreading in NYC – the Bataan-born caregiver caught the virus. When he asked his employer for a sick leave to see […]
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The human spirit will not be conquered
The FilAm Editorial Gloom and near despair are pervasive as we usher in 2022. The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is running riot in our country, affirming that the virus is not done yet and will be around for months and even years to come. The virus has led directly to a tsunami of hate for […]
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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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Albert Guerzon pens tribute song for his father who died from COVID-19
In April 2020, Broadway singer-songwriter Albert Guerzon (“The Visitor,” “Mamma Mia!”) lost his father, Robert Guerzon, to COVID-19. Along with thousands of New Yorkers, the Guerzon family was at the mercy of limited ventilators and hospital beds. In the end, Albert bid his father farewell through a telephone screen and a prayer. In the summer […]
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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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Well-loved Ridgway, PA Mayor Guillermo Udarbe, 81
Doctor Guillermo Udarbe, who was mayor of Ridgway, Pennsylvania for 12 years, died unexpectedly on November 11, according to an obituary announcement. He was 81. He is survived by his wife Gloria Aragones Udarbe of Ridgway, daughters Cherry Pie Udarbe Clark of Fairview, PA and Charina Udarbe Felix of Lutherville, Maryland; five grandchildren Isabella Udarbe […]