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Philip Vera Cruz, the Manong Generation and quest for the American Dream
By Allen Gaborro Probably only a small fraction of Filipino Americans know who Philip Vera Cruz was. Once upon a time, during the late 1950s to the 1970s, Vera Cruz was a pivotal and pathfinding labor representative of the California farmworkers as well as a committed, empathic, and kindred soul to their plight. Craig Scharlin […]
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KDP activists publish website documenting the anti-Marcos resistance of ‘70s-‘80s
Former members of Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP), have launched a website dedicated to documenting the work of the national activist organization of Filipinos in the U.S. that brought together progressive and militant elements of the community in the 1970s and 1980s. Published by KDP Legacy, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, KDPLegacy.org “tells […]
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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 […]