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Calendar from February 2025
February 7 & 8 New York Fashion Week by Steadfast Creative Arts Production With Mrs. Universe Shreyaa Sumi Contact Grace Steadfast on Facebook February 12 Films to See Before You Die featuring ‘Moral’ directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya 1982 Four Filipina women navigate friendship and adulthood against a backdrop of martial rule. Asia Society 725 Park Avenue at […]
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Dr. Angie Cruz, the reluctant Grand Marshal
By Cristina DC Pastor This year’s Grand Marshals for the 127th Philippine Independence Day parade on June 1 is the well-liked couple Dr. Emilio Quines and his wife of two years Dr. Angie Cruz. The pair were presented before a Grand Soiree on January 11 to kick off the celebration. The yearly gathering is said […]
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Reina Filipina to present candidates for inaugural pageant at Times Square on Jan 19
The Reina Filipina North America organization is announcing the official candidates for its first-ever pageant, set to take place on January 19, 2025, at the Palladium Times Square in Manhattan. The ladies will compete for the title of Reina Filipina as well Miss New York Philippines, Miss New Jersey Philippines and Miss Connecticut Philippines. There […]
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When beggars can be choosers: Tales of entitlement, attitudes
By Marissa Bañez I recently read something about a person who became heartbroken and frustrated with the idea of gift-giving to those supposedly in need. The adage that “beggars can’t be choosers” has gone by the wayside and entitlement is now the norm. At a time when many of us may need to be economically […]
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Calendar from January 2025
January 5 Sinulog sa Jubileo 2025 by the Archdiocese of Newark Immaculate Heart of Mary & St. Patrick Church 215 Court Street Elizabeth, N.J. January 18 PAAC 60 Dinner Dance by the Philippine-American Association of CT Inc. 45 Murphy Road Prospect, CT Email paac@paacinc.org January 19 Sinulog 2025: Viva Pit Senor Main celebrant Bishop Efren […]
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At Christmastime, ‘tahanan’ is the warmth that fuels the spirit
By Mary Lou Cunanan In Tagalog, tahanan means home, but it carries a depth that no English word quite captures. It comes from tahan na—a phrase every Filipino has heard, probably while sobbing as a child. It means stop crying, but really, it means so much more: You’re safe now. Everything will be okay. You […]
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Reagan John Rada: Enlightening the world through sparkles of gems, entrepreneurship and philanthropy
By Cristina DC Pastor In the brisk winter of 2023, Reagan John Rada treated himself to a well-earned Christmas gift: He bought a gem and pearl store. “This is a big and unusual purchase,” he said as he showed The FilAm around his shop of sparklers in the Diamond District on 47th Street one block away […]
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Celebrating Filipino traditions at Pasko in America
The highly anticipated 2024 Pasko in America, a celebration of Filipino heritage and holiday spirit, will take place on Saturday, December 7 at American Dream, Court A in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The day begins at 8 a.m. with exhibitors highlighting their unique booths adorned with Filipino-inspired Christmas decorations. As the event officially opens, community […]
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JV Valino & Jessy Daing: The best friends’s wedding
By Cristina DC Pastor Best of friends for nine years, JV Valino and Jessy Daing became a married couple on November 25, 2024, in a destination wedding that took them and their 65 guests from the Hudson River Waterfront in Bayonne, N.J., to the lovely Bahamas seas. Sailing amid the island’s refreshing blue waters, JV […]