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New president’s name should be Ferdinand Romualdez Tabuebue Jr.: Book
By Tricia J. Capistrano In a parallel universe, last June’s presidential inauguration would have the Philippines welcoming a President Ferdinand Romualdez Tabuebue, Jr. This is because, according to genealogist, Todd Sales Lucero, after the Claveria surname decree of 1849, the Marcos family adopted the name “Tabuebue.” According to Lucero, President Marcos Jr.’s grandfather, father of […]
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Albany teen Sophia Kapunan wins Jose Rizal digital art contest
By Cristina DC Pastor A freshman from Albany won Sentro Rizal New York’s Digital Art Contest, a competition organized by the Philippine Consulate, with the theme “Reimagining Rizal, the National Hero, through the eyes of today’s FilAm Youth.” Sophia Gabrielle Kapunan, 13, drew an image of the National Hero using her iPad. The image of […]
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My emotional visit to Stonehenge
By Wendell Gaa The most iconic pre-historic manmade structures in global history, the Stonehenge monument in England is, without a doubt, unlike any other in the world. I had the recent golden opportunity to visit this mystical site as a side trip to visiting relatives and meeting new friends on my summer trip to the […]
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On women’s rights and guns, the Supreme Court flunked
The FilAm Editorial The recent decision on Roe v Wade is viewed by this publication not only through the prism of providing relief to women who get pregnant through rape or incest. Others have taken up that cause more eloquently than The FilAm. We are more concerned about a basic tenet of being American. That […]
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Kalayaan/Freedom 5K Run celebrates 124th PHL Independence
By Bel Molina On Sunday, June 5, 2022, several runners in New York City gathered to celebrate the 124th Philippine Independence. On June 12, 1898 — 124 years ago — the Philippine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed by Filipino revolutionary forces. It asserted the sovereignty and independence of the Philippines from Spain’s colonial rule of […]
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Wanna Ver’s ‘cathartic’ meeting with torture survivor (Part 2)
By Wanna Ver, Atmi Pertiwi, Leonardo Taddei, Jody Fish, Adolfo Canales Recognizing the ‘Golden Age’ myth A year after her child’s birth, Wanna Ver reconnected with Michelle so she could come clean about her father. “Michelle almost fell over”, Wanna recalled. “She had to put her hands on the ground to hold herself up and […]
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‘A million sorries is not enough’ — the daughter of General Fabian Ver (Part 1)
By Wanna Ver, Atmi Pertiwi, Leonardo Taddei, Jody Fish, Adolfo Canales Wanna Ver spent her early childhood in a lavish Forbes Park mansion flanked by foreign diplomats’ homes. As the youngest daughter of General Fabian Ver, Ferdinand Marcos’ most trusted ally and loyal military officer and close childhood friend, Wanna was kept under close watch […]
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The 1992 L.A. riots: A personal retrospective
By Wendell Gaa This month marks the 30th year anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots, an incensed reaction to the verdict in the Rodney King case. In 1991, white police officers who had brutally beaten African American Rodney King in an arrest gone awry, were all acquitted by an all-white jury in suburban LA. I […]
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How close are we to a USS Telesforo Trinidad? Naming campaign continues
UPDATE: Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced on May 19 that a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be named USS Telesforo Trinidad (DDG 139). A sustained campaign to name a U.S. Navy warship after Filipino sailor Telesforo Trinidad has the support of Filipino American organizations and mostly Democrat congressional leaders. California Rep. Sara […]