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Assemblymember Steven Raga backs Mark Levine for City Comptroller
New York State Assemblymember Steven Raga has announced he is backing Mark Levine for New York City Comptroller. Raga, the first Filipino American elected into office in the state of New York, joins the Filipino American Democratic Club and a growing coalition of AAPI elected officials and community groups that are backing Levine, highlighting Levine’s […]
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The PHL is the only country with a diplomatic presence on 5th Ave: Fun fact as Philippine Center celebrates 50 years
By Cristina DC Pastor The Philippine Center was built in the 1970s during the time of the Marcos regime, a time when activist fervor was high and some Filipinos were wondering, “How can a poor country like the Philippines afford to own a building on Fifth Avenue in New York City?” Imelda Marcos, at the […]
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The Filipino community has ‘great Faith, great devotion to family’ – McGreevey (Part 2)
By Cristina DC Pastor TF: What were people’s reactions to you? JM: I think people looked at me askance, the circumstances of the resignation, the fact that I was high profile. But in a nursing home nobody gives a darn who you are. They know I was governor but the things for them was…people need […]
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Ex-New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey: Life after coming out (Part 1)
By Cristina DC Pastor The FilAm Exclusive The decision to interview former New Jersey Governor James ‘Jim’ McGreevey was never in the cards. First, he does not belong to The FilAm brand, meaning he is not Filipino American and he most certainly, I thought then, has not done anything remotely connected with the community. Until […]
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Menchu de Luna Sanchez: 20 teens owe their lives to this smart-thinking Filipina nurse
By Cristina DC Pastor Menchu de Luna Sanchez was partying with her family dressed as a witch during the night of Halloween on October 28, 2012. It was her mother’s birthday. The following day, on October 29, the registered nurse was rescuing 20 at-risk infants together with a team of doctors and nurses at NYU […]
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Philippines looking to buy U.S. aircraft, military equipment at cost of $5.6B
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippines of F-16 Aircraft for an estimated cost of $5.58 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today, April 1. The announcement was made […]
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First-ever internet voting will start for overseas Filipinos Apr 13
By Lindy Rosales The system will go live for 77 Philippine embassies and consulates worldwide including the Northeast USA, according to the Commission on Election (Comelec) during a recent briefing at the Philippine Center in New York City. Currently, there are 1.2 million registered overseas Filipino voters while in the Philippines there are 68.6 million […]
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Rallyists call for prosecution of Duterte, claim human rights violations continue under Marcos
In response to the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte, advocates from Filipino and human rights community groups rallied at the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue to call for his prosecution and hold him accountable for crimes against humanity. The action is part of the “Black Friday” global day of action, […]
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Dear Mr. Heydarian: ‘Your argument exposes an ignorance that is frustrating, amusing and careless’
By Agustin Guido There’s a certain art to rhetoric, but there’s also a fine line between eloquence and intellectual laziness. Richard Heydarian, in his attempt to wax geopolitical, made a statement that is as reductive as it is reckless: “I came from the North of the Country where our human development index is almost Southern […]