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Why Filipinos love Donald Trump: A psychologist’s survey
By Lirio Sobrevinas Covey, Ph.D. On January 20, 2021, a new president, Joseph R Biden, will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. It was, arguably, a close victory; his opponent, the incumbent president, Donald Trump, won nearly half (47.5%) of the popular vote. At latest count, 72 million Americans had voted […]
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PNA-NY’s ASPIRE to Empower celebrates nursing excellence, inducts new officers
September 26 marked the 26th Biennial Induction and Excellence Awards of the Philippine Nurses Association of New York, Inc. (PNA-NY), which is also celebrating its 91st founding anniversary. It is even more profound that the World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. This theme of the PNA-NY’s […]
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‘Bouquet of healing’ art project dedicated to Elmhurst hospital workers
The community arts project called Tandaan Ang Ating Ugnayan has offered a “bouquet of healing and connection” to Elmhurst Hospital workers, visitors, and community, through a street art installation surrounding the hospital. With this installation, the project — founded by artist Cecilia Lim – sought to give a “sense of ‘pakikipagkapwa’ (interconnectedness)” to workers who have […]
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Job trainings, burial scams proliferate during the pandemic
Consumer fraud is a shape-shifting demon that follows the headlines to target its prey, whether affluent or newly impoverished, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the key message from experts and consumer advocates speaking at a recent Federal Trade Commission Zoom conference for media and community stakeholders. The number of scams hasn’t increased because […]
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First-time voter Sophia Policarpio: Thrilled, independent, undecided
By Cristina DC Pastor There are two things that get Sophia Policarpio excited and anxious at the same time: Being an incoming freshman at Stony Brook University and a first-time voter in the November 3rd elections. On turning 18, she registered to vote in her East Hills neighborhood in Long Island, thrilled at the thought […]
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Preparing for your family’s future while in a hospital fighting COVID-19
By Janice V. Arellano, Esq. When Robina Araullo started getting a dry, itchy throat, the alarm went off: Could she be infected with the Coronavirus? Panic set in when she tested positive several days later. From that moment on, her days were spent taking medications to keep her body from shaking, looking for hospitals, and […]
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Howard Hoffman is CEO of first Filipino-owned cannabis company
By Cristina DC Pastor Howard Hoffman took a different path to the top. The CEO of Complete Hemp founded his first business at 13 years old, then dropped out of college. He recalled a conversation that would change the course of his life. He asked a teacher, who was then lecturing about becoming rich, if […]
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28M renters face evictions
An estimated 28 million renters in the U.S. are facing evictions as states begin lifting their COVID-19-related eviction moratoriums in the coming months. In April, most U.S. states imposed some manner of lockdown to control the spread of the virus, restricting most workers to their homes. Unemployment rates shot to 14.7 percent, according to the […]
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The Conways: A Filipino American family
By Cristina DC Pastor They’re not the Conners where the head of the family, Dan, works as a contractor, and his wife Roseanne ran a diner in a fictional working-class suburb called Lanford in Illinois. We are talking about the Conways where the head of the family, George, is a high-powered Manhattan lawyer, and his […]