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Deferred Action: What you need to know and how to apply
Starting August 15, the process to apply for “Deferred Action” for DREAM Act immigrant youth is set in motion. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — or DACA — will allow immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and without proper documentation to stay in the country legally for two years if they met certain […]
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Shame on the Church for obstructing RH bill
By Ludy A. Ongkeko, Ph.D. Has the position taken by President Aquino (P-Noy) on the Reproductive Health Bill (RH) No. 4244 morphed into the Church’s open war against him? Has the bill, which is awaiting further action in the august halls of the Philippine legislature, become a weapon of the Church against P-Noy? Flashback to […]
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Language school is now in Queens
The Filipino School of New York & New Jersey will open a second location in the fall. FilAm parents may enroll their students for language and culture classes at the office of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development located at 53-22 Roosevelt Avenue, 2nd Floor in Woodside. The eight-week fall/winter semester is now accepting enrollment for […]
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Camarines woman finds bridge to her heart in N.J. foundation
What do you do when you’re desperate and nearing the end of your rope? Diane Beltran, 28, who is suffering from a rheumatic heart valve disease had nowhere else to go. The daughter of a street food vendor in Camarines Sur was steadily losing weight and whatever was ailing her, she knew her family could […]
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Dream come true
By Elton Lugay Aaron Enrick Gernarde, 18, had mixed feelings when he heard the news that President Obama is putting an end to the deportation of undocumented students. “Sana green card na agad,” he was exuberant at first and skeptical next. “Is that a sure thing. And then what?” Aaron and his family came to […]
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Embassy names outstanding youth leaders; 2 from N.Y.
Two community organizers from New York made the 10 Filipino American Youth Leadership Program awardees. Steven Raga, founder of the Pilipino American Unity for Progress (UniPro); and Michael Vea, co-founder of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) Infinity Charter School, will be joining the Ambassadors, Consuls General, and Tourism Directors Tour from July 11 to […]
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The resilient, resurgent race
By Cristina DC Pastor Ray Sison arrived in America when he was 6. He is brown, he was shy, he is small, and many made fun of his accent. His guidance counselor in Jersey City told him not to bother applying to schools in New York because he wouldn’t make it. But Ray ignored the […]
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Salsa for Rafael
By Cristina DC Pastor A death in the family would, in a strange kind of way, put the swing back into Mary Jane San Gabriel’s life. Also the cha cha, the merengue and the salsa. Her U.S.-based sister passed away in 2005. From Singapore, this chemical engineer rushed to New Jersey to take on the […]
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‘Aids no longer scares me’
By Elton Lugay “Aids is no longer a death sentence,” proclaimed Willie Espera of the Brooklyn public library as we walked with his partner and 45,000 others around Central Park for the May 20 Annual Aids Walk New York. Joining the walk was important for Willie, who is HIV- positive. “I’m doing this because I […]