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A podcast born during the pandemic to ease boredom and connect Filipinos all over
By Cristina DC Pastor A Document Control Manager and an insurance analyst do not a good comedy pair make. But there is something about the chemistry between Jessy Daing and Jesse ‘Jcas’ Castro that brings out the spontaneity and free-flowing conversation that make their podcast “Over a Glass or Two,” a favorite destination for entertainment […]
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Writing, a passion I never knew I had
By Vicky Potenciano-Vitug When I was a little girl of grade-school age, my father would always ask me to tell him stories of how my day went. My father, who worked in a bank for 40 years, was always interested in the lives of his six children. Always, and with a smile on my face, I […]
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The day Harvard Radio played 11 hours of Filipino music
By Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara I am a Filipino immigrant. I was born, raised, and lived in the Philippines for 11 years. My mother and I arrived here in America in 2011. My mother is a certified nursing assistant (CNA) doing the job of domestic caregiving, which is the arduous and literally back-breaking work that […]
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New ConGen Elmer Cato assumes post amid escalating anti-Asian violence in N.Y.
Three things journalist-turned-diplomat Elmer Cato did when his appointment as Consul General in New York became official on March 30: He visited family and friends in Queens; he rolled up his sleeves and got himself vaccinated; he attended Easter Sunday mass at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer on the Upper East Side. Cato’s assignment […]
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The GFN Channel streams 3 new shows
The Global Filipino Network Channel has announced the release of three new online shows premiering in March. The three shows are Real Talk with Sabrina Wong, Go Pinoy! Show!, and Kabayan Seattle. They are aired on The GFN Channel’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GFNChannel. Arnold Pedrigal, founder and executive producer of The GFN Channel, said, “We […]
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My Cory Aquino story
By Cristina DC Pastor During the Marcos Dictatorship, the Aquino family was hardly covered by the media because much of the media at the time was controlled by the government. We at WHO magazine (of the Hans Menzi Bulletin publishing family) decided we wanted to talk to them. I was given the assignment to interview […]
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Remembering Corky Lee, the teller of our stories
By Malaika Queano Corky Lee has been with Kinding Sindaw since the very beginning, when it was only our family that made up the dancers and the musicians of the dance troupe. My mother Potri Ranka Manis founded Kinding Sindaw, the New York-based Philippine dance/martial arts troupe, in 1992. My father Nonilon Queano was the […]
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Pinay journalists mourn the passing of WNBC’s Katherine Creag, 47
By Cristina DC Pastor The sudden death of WNBC News 4 journalist Katherine Creag came as a shock to the Filipino American community especially to two colleagues in the industry. “To know Kat was to adore her,” writes Hazel Sanchez, a reporter for CBS News, on Facebook. “Super hilarious, super smart, super mom,” Hazel remembers, […]
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NYC community media publish Open Letter to make ad initiative a law
On May 22, 2019 Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Executive Order 47, one of the most consequential measures supporting the city’s community media industry, directing all city agencies to spend at least 50 percent of their annual print and digital advertising budgets on community media publications. The initiative has been a resounding success, as shown […]