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Gay Pride parade: Amid the celebration, tears for Orlando
By Lindy Rosales It was my first time at a Gay Pride Parade. It’s everything it’s hyped up to be: ear-splitting loud, colorful, exciting, and full of surprises. This year is somewhat different. The parade was held within weeks of the June 12 dawn massacre at the Pulse gay bar in Orlando, Florida where 49 […]
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Rafael Muniz III: His music therapy makes seniors feel young
By Cristina DC Pastor “Do you know the capital of the Philippines?” barked activity coach Rafael Muniz III to a hall where more than 40 elderly adults were standing, waiting to sweat it out. They hollered, “Manila!” That was Rafael’s signal to turn on the Hotdog hit “Manila” which began slowly, “Maraming beses na kitang […]
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Ned and Menchie Pulido are Madison Ave. parade Grand Marshals
By Lindy Rosales Dr. Leonidas “Ned” Pulido and his wife, registered nurse Carmencita “Menchie” Pulido, were introduced to the Filipino American community of New York as this year’s Grand Marshals for the June 5 Philippine Independence Day parade on Madison Avenue. The Pulidos are the latest to join the elite ranks of affluent and accomplished […]
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From the wounds of war emerges alluring Dresden
By Wendell Gaa This month of May marks the 71st Anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, when Nazi Germany finally surrendered to the Allied nations, ending a six-year continental conflict that inflicted untold death and misery upon millions of people. While being the instigator of this horrific war, Germany and […]
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Geneva: Home of the army knives, sweet chocolates and the World Wide Web
By Wendell Gaa Switzerland is one of Europe’s most popular destinations because of its mountain hiking and skiing resorts, lovely scenic nature parks, fancy watch-making shops, colorful Swiss army knives, and of course, sweet tasty chocolates! I do love each and every one of these things, but the most indelible impression I’ve had of Switzerland […]
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FilAms who live in affordable housing: It’s literally ‘winning a lottery’
By Cristina DC Pastor This article was written as part of the Business Reporting Fellowship of the Center for Community and Ethnic Media and funded by a grant from News Corp. For many years, “home” for Jocelyn Bernal Ochoa was her mother’s basement in Queens. There, she settled nicely when she was an unmarried accounting […]
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Rocky Gathercole’s avant-garde allure: Gold standard
By Lindy Rosales The Angel Orensanz Foundation Museum in the Lower East Side was packed, the crowd that had gathered for New York Fashion Week was hip and mostly young. Rocky Gathercole, at one time a Dubai-based designer, was the last show for the night. His striking collection of apparel and accessories in soft to […]
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You’re not lost, just back where you started
By Rene Pastor In a way, I felt like the Tom Hanks character Chuck Noland in “Cast Away.” He clicks the lights on and off in the hotel room while sprawled on the floor beside the bed, reassuring himself that he is back among the living after spending years stranded in the middle of the […]
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Storybook tale of the Neuschwanstein Castle which inspired the Disney logo
By Wendell Gaa It is truly an exciting time to be a Disney fan. Since the early 20th century, the Disney name has been the very definition of what family entertainment is all about, and its global reach is now apparent including in the Philippines where President Benigno Aquino recently met with top Disney corporate […]