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Jersey City violinist to perform in Dec. 8 winter concert
Ryan Ramos of Jersey City will perform in the Greater Newark Youth Orchestra’s 24th annual winter concert on Sunday, December 8, at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. The program showcases New Jersey’s student musicians in one concert. They include the Greater Newark Youth Orchestra (GNYO), the Greater Newark Chamber Orchestra (GNCO) and […]
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Youth to celebrate Andres Bonifacio’s 150th birthday with 2 festivals
Progressive Filipino youth in New York and New Jersey will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio as a working-class hero and a freedom fighter. Two festivals will be held on November 30 in his honor: the Bayanihan Cultural Festival and the Sumisigaw Youth Festival to be held at St. Jacobus Lutheran Church, Rainbow […]
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For Haiyan survivors vulnerable to PTSD, prayers and reaching out to family can help
By Cristina DC Pastor A calamity, especially one as forceful as category 5 Typhoon Haiyan, has the capacity to trigger Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among survivors, according to Dr. Kevin Nadal, associate professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Nadal, who also trains NYPD officers working with people suffering from mental illness, said […]
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Jersey boys on a mission: To collect old clothes and cash donations for the PHL
By Cristina DC Pastor The morning after Typhoon Haiyan mauled the Philippines’ Visayan islands with unmatched fury, three well-scrubbed suburban boys from Cranford, New Jersey sprang into action. “I asked Ryan if he wants to help. He’s my best friend, he lives on my street,” said Josh Furer, 12, a seventh-grader at Hillside Avenue School. […]
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Rachelle Ocampo enters second term as UniPro president
Health educator and Makilala co-host Rachelle Ocampo was re-elected president of the Pilipino American Unity for Progress, vowing to continue UniPro’s efforts at collaboration and breaking barriers in the Asian community. Also elected to the executive board for 2013-2014 are Iris Zalun as vice president, Jonelyn Planillo as treasurer, Kirklyn Escondo as secretary, Randy Gonzales […]
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FilAm families unaware of Obamacare (Part 2)
By Cristina DC Pastor Of approximately 230,000 Asian American children in the metropolitan New York, about 13 percent or 30,000 are Filipino American. FilAm children in New York have a high insurance coverage, said Noilyn Abesamis‐Mendoza of the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families. Filipinos have the lowest rate of uninsurance at 3 percent […]
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Affordable Care Act improves access to care for children with disability: advocates (Part 1)
By Cristina DC Pastor Zariah Jimenez, a young girl with autism, regularly reports to two specialist doctors. Paying her medical costs would be financially draining, but her mother made sure she is covered under the government’s Medicaid for Individuals with Disabilities (MID). “As one with a documented disability, she has actually the highest coverage available,” […]
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On board Kate Blanco’s Jeepney Hub
By Maricar CP Hampton & Cristina DC Pastor For one who came to the United States at age 18, Kate Nicole Blanco has stared in the face the struggles of one trying to get started, assimilate and survive, belatedly, in America. The first hurdle: language and accent. “I have to tell people that I was […]
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FilAms urged to join the Jersey City police force
Jersey City Mayor Steven M. Fulop and Council President Rolando Lavarro, Jr. are launching a Jersey City Minority Police Recruitment Drive on August 23rd in a bid to bring in bring in more officers into the police force who come from immigrant communities. “We have made a commitment to expanding and enhancing our Jersey City […]