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On Global Filipinos: Kinding Sindaw: Telling the stories of Mindanao for 30 years
By Loida Nicolas Lewis This year marks the 30th year of the inimitable and only indigenous dance and cultural group called Kinding Sindaw, which means “Dance of Light”, from the ancient Austronesian language: Kinding meaning graceful movement and Sindaw which means Light. To shed light to the unwritten stories of Mindanao through this graceful movement. […]
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Harvard monument glorifies American colonial rule over the Philippines
By Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara For many people, what puts Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the map is that it is the city where Harvard and MIT are located. As a Filipino student at Harvard, I can also say that there are not many Filipinos in this part of the country. As I walk from my dorm […]
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Jersey City council adopts resolution supporting AAPI studies in public schools
The Jersey City municipal council unanimously adopted a resolution in support of state legislation Senate Bill No. 4021/Assembly Bill No. 6100, bills that require the inclusion of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) history in New Jersey’s K-12 curriculum. The council resolution approved during the November 29th city council meeting, states that the inclusion of AAPI studies […]
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Watsonville riots film provokes difficult questions about race then and today: director
By Cristina DC Pastor Somewhere in California in the 1930s, they had the Watsonville riots. Framed within the current wave of anti-Asian violence, this aggression against Filipino farm workers has been a long-forgotten episode of our painful past in this country. Filmmaker Randal Kamradt, a Filipino American who teaches video production in Fillmore High School […]
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Documentary recounts bravery of Hunters ROTC Guerrillas in WWII
By Wendell Gaa I finally got to watch online the documentary “Unsurrendered 2: The Hunters ROTC Guerrillas” which chronicles the valiant campaign waged by Filipino resistance fighters against the occupying Japanese forces during the Second World War. I found this documentary, produced by the talented Miguel “Lucky” Guillermo in 2015, to be a very revealing […]
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Remembering August 22
By Tricia J. Capistrano It’s usually a 30-minute drive from Holy Spirit BF Homes, the grade school that I attended, to my parents’ house in Scout Fuentebella in Quezon City. As a fourth-grade school bus rider, however, my commute home from BF Homes Quezon City usually took an hour and a half. The bus would […]
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Archdiocese of Newark celebrates 500th anniversary of Catholicism in the PHL
The Archdiocese of Newark, in conjunction with the Diocese of Paterson, is honoring the 500th anniversary of the first Mass in the Philippines with a year-long Jubilee Celebration consisting of a special pilgrimage and several other cultural festivities that will enable Filipino parishioners to give thanks for their faith. Those participating in the pilgrimage will […]
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Expanding roles for FilAms: From mess stewards to doctors (Part 2)
By Andre Sobocinski Like Admiral Connie Mariano’s father, Bienvenido Dona enlisted in the Navy as a mess steward. At 27, the Northern Mindanao native was older than most recruits in-processing at the Naval Base Sangley Point, Cavite, P.I. in 1955. Dona was among the rare few able to break from the steward rating—going from steward […]
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The Filipino pioneers of Navy medicine (Part 1)
By Andre Sobocinski Filipino Americans have long played vital roles in the U.S. Navy and have helped to shape Navy Medicine through their numerous contributions as leaders, healthcare providers, medical administrators, and scientists. The story of Filipinos in the Navy began in wake of the Spanish-American War after Spain ceded the Philippine Islands (P.I.) to […]