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‘Peril:’ Nonfiction that reads like a political thriller
By Allen Gaborro As American democracy catches its breath in the wake of the Trump presidency, it is important to go back and learn about the dysfunctional and at times frightening behavior of the 45th president. Award-winning journalists Robert Costa and Bob Woodward (the latter of Watergate fame) have taken in the sights and sounds […]
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Commissioner Camille Touton will be the referee in the battle over water
The FilAm Editorial Environmentalists have long warned that one of the major conflicts of the future will be over water. For the longest time, it sounded like science fiction. But global warming is hastening its arrival given the megadrought that has hit the western United States. It has been pointed out that the federal government […]
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Bongbong reappoints 2nd cousin Philippine ambassador to the U.S.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has reappointed his second cousin, Jose Manuel ‘Babe’ Romualdez as Philippine Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States. He has concurrent jurisdiction over the Commonwealth of Jamaica, Republic of Haiti, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and […]
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Arlin Fidellaga, RN on Roe v Wade: Not a political or religious issue but a health care issue
By Cristina DC Pastor Nurse educator Arlin Fidellaga was on her way to work on June 24 when the news popped up on her phone: “Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortion rights.” It was a jarring piece of news, something Arlin did not expect to hear that morning. With […]
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Mayor Pro Tem Tzeitel Paras-Caracci, 49, succumbs to cancer
Mayor Pro Tem Tzeitel Paras-Caracci, the first Filipino American to be elected to the Duarte City Council in California, died on June 25th at age 49 following a nearly three-year battle against lung cancer. She served as the City of Duarte’s mayor in 2006, 2011, 2015, and 2019 and as the president of the Asian […]
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Steven Raga wins Democratic primary; braces for Assembly race
By Lindy Rosales History has just been made. Community leader Steven Raga won the Democratic primary elections for the New York State Assembly, the closest a Filipino American has ever reached in a race for a State-wide office. “We’ve never had representation in any level of government”, said Raga at a dinner hosted for him […]
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On women’s rights and guns, the Supreme Court flunked
The FilAm Editorial The recent decision on Roe v Wade is viewed by this publication not only through the prism of providing relief to women who get pregnant through rape or incest. Others have taken up that cause more eloquently than The FilAm. We are more concerned about a basic tenet of being American. That […]
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AAPI women account for 20% of those seeking abortions
By Sunita Sohrabji Almost two thirds of women seeking abortions come from communities of color, a data point often overlooked in the conversation around a woman’s right to choose. Earlier this month, a leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Center appeared on the website Politico. In the draft, […]
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‘The world wonders’
The FilAm Editorial When the unofficial results of the Philippine elections began streaming through the Internet, the collective reaction of a disbelieving universe was echoed in the 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf when the Americans were fooled by the Japanese into chasing an empty carrier. “Where is Task Force 34,” asked the American commander in […]