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‘Malditas:’ 2 cousins lean on each other when an uncle passed away
In her short film “Malditas,” Filipina-Puerto Rican filmmaker Bree Nieves documents how her Catholic Filipino community grappled with grief after the death of her Uncle Vince. The director centers the film around herself and her cousin Giselle coming to terms with their new reality in the conservative Florida county where they were raised. Through heartbreak and celebration, […]
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Toms River HS auditorium named after Nobel recipient Maria Ressa
By Maggie Downs Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Toms River Schools alum, was celebrated on May 23 at Toms River High School North during the dedication of the school’s auditorium being named in her honor. Ressa was a part of Toms River North’s class of 1982 and was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize […]
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On Global Filipinos: Ninotchka Rosca: Writer and activist of influence
By Loida Nicolas Lewis The Pulse Asia and the SWS January 2022 Polls for the Philippine elections three months away were devastating to the campaigners of Leni Robredo and exhilarating to the followers of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. It showed that Marcos Jr. is almost 30 points ahead of Robredo in the presidential race. Because Marcos […]
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The political is personal
By Joel David One curious development, still within the first quarter of the third year of a history-changing global pandemic, is that the audiovisual material which most Filipino netizens are burring over at the moment is expectedly streaming, but it’s neither a film nor a TV series. It’s the latest installment of the decade-plus Adrian […]
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The legend of Ferdinand Marcos began a hundred years ago: journalist Sheila Coronel
Investigative journalist Sheila Coronel delivered a cogent and well-chronicled presentation about Ferdinand Marcos, the former Philippine president and rapacious dictator and father of now presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos Jr. In Coronel’s lecture — organized by the Adrian E. Cristobal Lecture Series and the Unyon ng Mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas – she reflected on the rise […]
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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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Making a martyr of Maria Ressa
By Cristina DC Pastor To understand Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Ressa and her tense conflict with Rodrigo Duterte, let’s go back 35 years when the Philippines ousted the Marcoses by People Power in 1986. Maria – born in the Philippines and raised in Tom’s River, New Jersey by her mother and stepfather — returned home […]
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Hazel Sanchez joins PIX11’s Morning News
Award-winning veteran journalist Hazel Sanchez has joined the WPIX-TV (PIX11) television station starting September 20. She is now co-anchor of the Morning News alongside PIX11’s Dan Mannarino. Since 2000, Sanchez has served as an anchor and reporter for WCBS-TV, covering breaking news, politics, city government, crime and a wide variety of features and human interest stories regarding life in the five boroughs and all of their unique […]
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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 […]