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In quarantine, juggling isolation and the need to run errands for survival
By Lindy Rosales People Under Quarantine. They are the unwilling martyrs in the global health emergency resulting from the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus. I spoke with two of them and learned of their dilemma while being in a state of self-containment. Elna Bicar of Teaneck, New Jersey, went into self-quarantine heeding the call […]
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Masks made by mom
By Lindy Rosales Anna de Jesus* works in the dialysis center of one of the acute care hospitals in the Bronx. Amid the deadly Covid-19 epidemic, she discovered she could do something other than extend direct medical treatment to her patients. She can make face masks! She spent her precious days-off manufacturing cloth masks using her […]
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FilAms helping FilAms in a time of Covid-19
By Cristina DC Pastor In a time of calamity, trust the Filipino American community to act quickly and act with heart. Powerful earthquakes and typhoons in the past have prepared Filipino organizations to efficiently rally their members to fundraise. But in a time of Covid-19, a fast-spreading virus that has forced the shutdown of cities […]
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A nurse’s reflections on the dreaded COVID-19 while waiting to be tested
By Lindy Rosales I have been having chills since the previous Saturday but with no fever. I take the subway to work, pass by Grand Central terminal where a lawyer from New Rochelle, who tested positive for COVID-19, also takes his subway train. I called two private doctors to see if I could be tested […]
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The brave, healing hands of surgeon Zahrah Taufique
By Danielle Vania Bonus Dr. Zahrah Taufique grew up spending her summers in India and the Philippines where her parents are from. These memorable holidays also exposed her to poverty in these countries and developed in her a desire to help the underprivileged. A Chief Resident Surgeon of ENT (ear, nose and throat — also […]
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Teaching our children the truth
By Johnson Lazaro, Esq. ‘Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong’ The book cited above, by James W. Loewen and reissued by New Press in 2008, sits beside my bed these days and makes for some very interesting and rather unsettling reading. The subtitle conveys the gist of the book. […]
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Dr. Dely Po Go: Portrait of a Filipina as an American nurse
By Cristina DC Pastor There was a time Filipino nurses in the U.S. were seen as hospital workers in their starch whites scurrying at the beck and call of doctors and providing their patients an affectionate kind of care. They still are — in their dainty scrubs — but they’re no longer the one-dimensional caregivers […]
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Dr. Emilio Quines: Alone again
By Cristina DC Pastor The Summer of 2019 was a time of a profound grief for Dr. Emilio Quines. He lost his wife, Felicisima, to deadly pancreatic cancer on June 26. Through years of treatments and a determination to hold fast, she passed away at the age of 75. Emilio lost his best friend of 43 […]
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Dr. Alice Almendral: Soaring into the world of beauty and healing
By Maricar CP Hampton Alicia Almendral (nee Sta. Maria) – the youngest of three siblings from Pasay City — knew she wanted to be a doctor. A nurturing doctor-uncle took care of her when she was bitten by a dog as a little girl. She healed, felt good and was amazed at the whole process. She wished she was that kind of […]