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Goodnight, Irene
By Lindy Rosales Makeup and hair stylist Irene Zapanta passed away on July 20 after a long bout with cancer. More than a beautician, she was, to people who knew her, a woman of “class and elegance,” a trusted confidante, a friend to everyone. ‘Everyone’ meant the prominent community personalities whose hair she had fashioned, […]
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The reluctant president
The FilAm Editorial Of all the people who became head of state in the Philippines, Benigno Simeon Aquino III – Noynoy to all of us — is one who would rather be somewhere else. He did not aspire to the presidency; it was thrust upon him when his beloved mother, former president Cory Aquino, died. […]
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Filipino UN staffers who perished in the line of duty honored
Three Philippine UN Staff Members who lost their lives while in the line of duty were among those honored by the United Nations Secretary-General during the Annual Memorial Service held virtually at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on May 6. The three UN staff members honored were Joanna Abaya, who served at the […]
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NUT to film critics: ‘Don’t take things too seriously’
By Joel David When I started looking out for bylines of prolific Filipino writers in English, Nestor U. Torre’s was the one I wound up reading most often. When martial law was declared, he moved from the opposition’s shuttered Manila Chronicle to the Philippines Daily Express, edited by a brother of the First Lady. Yet […]
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Remembering: No shame in being second
Papang, the family tenor By Rochit Tañedo Papang, Eliseo Del Mundo Tañedo, was a beautiful tenor, and sang amazing duets with his favorite sister, Auntie Nena Wijangco, a contralto. They had a “panata” in their youth to be Joseph and Mary in the annual “Salubong,” and in their adulthood sang the 1930s Kundimans beautifully. My […]
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Remembering: Only bright red lipstick for my Nanay
Missing my courageous travel partner By Vicky Perez My mother, who died this day two years ago, was my best travel partner. She was inquisitive, knowledgeable of history, courageous when it came to new experiences. She was the one who trekked into jungles to find wild growing papaya, hiked through valleys to find the elder […]
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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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On Global Filipinos: Losing my friends to COVID-19: DI Dodie Potenciano (Part 2)
By Loida Nicolas Lewis Because I was tall for a Filipina and I love to dance during Filipino Gala nights, a good friend Nena Lozada Smith introduced me to Dancing Instructor Dodie Potenciano. He was a terrific dancer and I would hire him as my DI whenever I would attend dancing parties of the Filipino […]
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COVID descended on Belle Villafuerte, RN’s family and claimed her husband
By Cristina DC Pastor It happened in the home of a Filipino American nurse. A registered nurse, her husband, and son all tested positive for the Coronavirus. Belle Villafuerte, RN and son Drew survived, but Al, a respiratory therapist and patriarch of this Rockland County family, passed away in May. It was quite sudden, by […]