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Candidate for NYC Public Advocate Angela Aquino charged with wire fraud
A criminal complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, charging Angela Aquino, a 2025 candidate for New York City Public Advocate, with wire fraud in connection with her scheme to defraud New York City’s campaign finance system to obtain public matching funds, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District […]
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How developing countries can use AI for public governance
A commentary by Ambassador Mario Lopez de Leon Jr. (Ret.) For those of us who have spent some years navigating the mahogany-lined halls of the United Nations, there is a tendency to view “joint meetings” with a healthy degree of skepticism. All too often, they represent little more than a merging of acronyms rather than […]
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Lumpia as outreach: Korean candidate Chuck Park engages Filipino American voters in Queens
Community members gathered at Amazing Grace Restaurant in Woodside, Queens for an evening of food, storytelling, and civic engagement hosted by congressional candidate Chuck Park (NY-6). The April 25 event marked a stop in Park’s “Dumplings & Dialogue” fundraiser series, which highlights the cultural diversity of Queens through shared meals and conversations. For this gathering, the […]
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Son-in-law remembers Robert Rivas for his ‘sharp intellect, well-timed jokes, magnetic personality’
By Harry Go Jr. Bob was a true role model in every sense. His incredible work as a public servant is undeniable – someone who stood as a pillar of integrity and leadership, as well as a person who cared deeply about others. His reputation preceded him in every room he stepped foot in. Decades […]
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The ‘jovial, witty’ Robert ‘Bob’ Rivas, 78
By Cristina DC Pastor “We’ve lost a good man.” Bergenfield Mayor Arvin Amatorio expressed his grief over the passing of former Mayor Robert “Bob” Rivas. Rivas, the first Filipino American mayor in the New Jersey area, died on April 23 at the age of 78. He was elected mayor of Bergenfield in 1999 and served […]
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FilAm community shares an evening with Camelot
By Cristina DC Pastor For many Filipino Americans in New York and New Jersey, April 9 quickly became a red-letter date on the community’s social calendar. That evening, business leader and philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis opened her Central Park home to host a fundraiser for Jack Schlossberg, drawing an enthusiastic crowd of 60 to 80 […]
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‘Melania:’ All fashion, no substance
By Wendell Gaa I finally got to stream on Amazon the much talked about documentary “Melania,” about the Slovenian-born Melania Trump, the nation’s second foreign-born First Lady after the British-born Louisa Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams, the sixth U.S. President. After watching it with strictly non-political bias lens, to summarize it would be for […]
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Marcos Jr. seeks support for non-permanent UN seat to ‘help calm voices of division’ in the world
By Elton Lugay & Cristina DC Pastor President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sought United Nations support for the Philippines’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). In a speech at the United Nations Headquarters, he urged member states to back the Philippines’s latest bid for a Security Council seat for 2027-2028, […]
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Dubai’s deserted streets and malls; Filipinos brave bomb attacks as they go to work
By Jojo Dass DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The streets and metro were half-empty. It was the first day of a work week. It should have been teeming with people beating the morning rush. Not today. The malls were open but I didn’t see the usual crush of tourists, shoppers and expats. People stayed home. […]