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‘We met for lunch; I ate, Imee didn’t’ (Part 2)
By Marissa Bañez, Esq. When the date arrived, I was equally nervous and excited. I don’t remember the date, but it was a nice day, which leads me to think that it must’ve been sometime in the spring of 1979. Even in retrospect to this day, I can’t believe that I of the unknown Bañezes […]
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Imee and me at Princeton University (Part 1)
By Marissa Bañez, Esq. Imee Marcos attended Princeton University. I know. I saw her there. I met her. I even had lunch with her (and her bodyguards). She spoke to me in a Filipino-accented English with a British inflection. Some years ago, there was a huge brouhaha about whether Ms. Marcos attended Princeton University. I […]
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Lawyer Licelle Cobrador is Maryknoll’s youngest Amazing Alumni Achiever
Immigration and human rights lawyer Licelle Cobrador has been named one of 10 Maryknoll/Miriam Amazing Alumni Achievers for 2022, the youngest-ever awardee in the Triple A’s 21-year history. The Triple A Award created in 2001 honors alumni who have made “perceptible impact on the lives of people despite obstacles and adversity,” according to the school’s […]
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Lawyer Marissa Bañez’s Second Act: Writing for children
Life, they say, begins at 40. Add 25 more years and for lawyer Marissa Bañez, her life as a children’s book author has only just begun. A litigator with almost 40 years’ experience, Marissa has written a children’s book “Hope and Fortune,” which will be issued by her Black Rose Writing publisher on February 2, […]
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Judge Benes Z. Aldana: 1st FilAm CEO of the National Judicial College
By Loida Nicolas Lewis During the Asian American Pacific Islander Victory Fund in Washington, D.C. last spring, I was delighted to meet the president and CEO of The National Judicial College, Hon. Benes Zapanta Aldana (Ret.). Benes is the first Asian Pacific American (Filipino), and second person of color, to lead the College, and before […]
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‘A Texan can look like me’
By Gus Mercado Filipino Americans in our state, especially in the Dallas Forth Worth Metroplex, brimmed with pride when our very own Averie Danielle Bishop won the Miss Texas crown on June 25th. From North Texas to the Miss America stage in December, she made history as the first Asian American ever to win the […]
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Justice for John Albert Laylo, 35
By Cristina DC Pastor A lawyer who had worked with the political opposition in the Philippines was killed in what police believe to be a “random shooting” in Philadelphia. John Albert Laylo, a lawyer for presidential candidate Leni Robredo, was in an Uber cab with his mother on their way to the Philadelphia International Airport […]
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Victor Sison: They call him ‘Father-Judge’
By Maricar CP Hampton Judge Victor Sison, 78, knows the pain of bullying. His only son, Karl, suffered harassment and physical violence in front of his home. The effect on his family was so much they had to move from their long time Jersey City residence to North Plainfield also in New Jersey. “Karl, when […]
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Pinay paralegal to plead guilty in Quiboloy visa, marriage fraud case
A Los Angeles paralegal has agreed to plead guilty to participating in a conspiracy to violate U.S. immigration laws by preparing and filing fraudulent documents that sought legal permanent residency and citizenship for members of a Philippines-based church who allegedly worked as fundraisers for a bogus charity operated by the church, the Justice Department announced […]