By Marivir Montebon Amid dreary economic and political times, Filipino journalists say the recipe for justice remains the same: sticking to facts and accuracy and strengthening communities of support and collaboration in holding power to account. Veteran journalists senior editor at the Asian American Writers Workshop Noel Pangilinan, Columbia University Journalism school professor Sheila Coronel, […]
By Sunita Sohrabji Rampant inflation in all sectors of the U.S. economy is the top concern for AAPI voters, concluded the Pew Research Center in a survey released this week. The data was drawn from a survey of 7,006 Asian American voters, conducted from July 2022 to January 2023. The survey was offered in six languages: Chinese […]
The FilAm Editorial There used to be a time when a whiff of scandal was enough to drive an official out of public life. It was called ‘palabra de honor’ in the Philippines and ‘fuhai,’ meaning corruption, in Japan. That sense of shame which would prompt an official to step down because honor demands a […]
Just before the September 21 anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, over 100 Filipino Americans from California to Florida gathered in a large hall of the Barnard College campus in Manhattan to vote on their “program of action” against the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice-President Sara Duterte for the next two […]
By Allen Gaborro Filipinos have little patience for the past. They keep up the appearances of speaking to the past, of communing with it. However, Filipinos under this cover, to source a postmodernist’s response, “devour its absence”. When are Filipinos going to realize that their democracy was not exactly created equal with others, that this […]
By Loida Nicolas Lewis On August 20th, at the Benigno Aquino Triangle Park located at 184th Place and Hillside Avenue in Queens, NY, Filipino-Americans remembered Ninoy Aquino’s assassination on the tarmac of Manila International Airport 40 years ago. Antero Martinez, president of the Benigno Aquino Triangle Foundation (BATF), organized the special gathering to coincide with […]
By Carmela Fonbuena Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Did Speaker Martin Romualdez give $1 million (about P56 million) to fund a new Tagalog course at Harvard University? On Thursday, Inquirer.net, one of the Philippines’ most-read news websites, asked that question in an article based on an exclusive report by The FilAm, an online magazine based […]
‘The FilAm’ EXCLUSIVE By Cristina DC PastorA nephew of Imelda Marcos and the late Philippine dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., has given a “generous gift” to Harvard University to fund its new Tagalog language course, according to sources connected to Harvard University. The university, through a Harvard spokesman, declined to disclose the donor’s identity. The FilAm was […]
By Mayor Eric Adams As Mayor of New York, I know just how important public safety is to our city, and how important the right leadership is in achieving it. Over the last 18 months, this Administration has made major progress in driving down major crime, and last week I named a new leadership team at […]