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How New Yorkers can protect themselves from scams (Part 2)
Attorney General Letitia James offers various tips to protect New Yorkers from future scams: INTERNET Do not use the same password for multiple accounts. Cybercriminals use passwords stolen from one company for other online accounts. New Yorkers can protect themselves with the following safeguards: -Never reuse passwords. While reusing login information may be convenient, it also puts […]
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In this season of Lent, I think of my Baguio childhood
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, PhD The first Wednesday of March this year marked Ash Wednesday, a reminder to the religious laity that the 40 days to follow are to be devoted to fasting and penitence in commemoration of Christ’s fasting in the wilderness. I remembered this religious stricture very well. Each Lenten meal was to […]
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NYC in the 1970s: Crime-infested, but life was good
By Cristina DC Pastor Fifty years ago, everything that could happen was happening in the city that calls itself the center of the world. You got crime, drugs and prostitution. Porn kept Times Square open 24/7 for the ‘johns’ and girls up and down 7th Avenue. There were homeless and drunk people passed out on […]
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Beware of receiving packages you did not order; it could be a ‘brushing scam’
Have you received a package you did not order online? The package has your correct name and address but the sender is not someone you know, or worse, there is no return address? And you thought, ‘What the fudge?’ The New York State Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) has warned about a “brushing scam,” which […]
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King vs Lorenzo: Who makes the baddest Burrito?
By Cristina DC Pastor A buddy “competition” between a home cook and a professional chef played out on the YouTube reality show Epicurious. Kuma Inn Chef King Phojanakong and home cook Lorenzo Beronilla staked their professional reputations on making the Breakfast Burrito — using each other’s ingredients. Needless to say, there was a lot of […]
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PFAY: Young Jersey FilAms carve out their own safe space
By Cristina DC Pastor Lauren Lalicon threw herself into PFAY – or the Professional Filipino American Youth — in 2017 without much of a plan or a second thought. The following year, she began working for the office of Tammy Murphy, the First Lady of New Jersey, as a policy director. Then, she got engaged. […]
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The last seven weeks
By Rowena Cruz I love this picture of my mother. This was taken in February 1977 as she boarded a Korean Air Lines flight from Manila to San Francisco. She left behind her husband and three young children in the Philippines to build a life for us in this country. She worked hard, saved, and […]
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56 Filipinos receive PHL Presidential Awards, including 5 from N.Y.
Outstanding Filipino individuals and organizations abroad are being honored with Presidential Awards for “dedicat(ing) their work in the service of Filipinos” and “excelling in their field of work or profession.” The 2021 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas (PAFIOO) will go to 56 Filipinos in 20 countries and territories. The batch includes three individuals from […]
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‘Bari-Bari:’ Respecting the environment through dance, wearable art
“There’s a gargantuan amount of plastic that ends up in the seas and it is causing harm to birds, marine animals and fish…” “Bari-bari” (“We mean no harm”) is a dance series co-produced and co-directed by La Union-based artists Ea Torrado and Chino Neri on rethinking plastics and advocating for environmental sustainability and regeneration. The […]