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Cesar Conda’s winding journey from intern to leading GOP policy wonk
By Cristina DC Pastor In college and already a proud Republican, Cesar Conda had the ‘privilege’ of being the motorcade driver to then President Ronald Reagan during the G-8 Economic Summit in Williamsburg. More than three decades later and now a well-regarded political conservative, he would recount this episode of how he came up close […]
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26K FilAms across Northeast start voting for Philippine president
By Cristina DC Pastor On a chilly April 9 Saturday facing the threat of a snow, the 26,000 Filipino Americans eligible to vote in the U.S. Northeast for the next Philippine president began casting their ballots. The number represents 0.04 percent of the 54.4 million Filipinos voting in this election. In a five-way race, the […]
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FilAms enthralled as presidential campaign comes to town
By Cristina DC Pastor More than 200 people packed the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center on March 30 to listen to representatives discuss their presidential candidates’ proposals to fight corruption, address criminality, and introduce social reforms. Management consultant Jesse Arteche argued that a vote for Jojo Binay is the “solution” to the corruption and […]
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Ambassador Willy Gaa remembered in touching memorial service
“During the summer of 2015, when my Dad visited New York for his medical treatment, I’ve seen how he had lost a lot of weight and how much agony he was going through having to walk with a cane because of his severe back pain. At the time, he was undergoing radiation treatment for his […]
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Why Duterte appears to be the ‘man on horseback’
By Jen Furer Philippine voters seemed angrier now than before I left the country more than two decades ago. They are demanding drastic change in their government. In my recent travels to Hong Kong. Singapore and the Philippines, concern about the country’s progress was on the minds of the people I spoke with: the cab […]
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Young Republican: ‘Win or lose, this debate is healthy’
By Matthew Alonsozana The political bug bit me again, and I couldn’t keep staying on the sidelines during this election cycle. It would be apt to say that the divisions in the party are deep. And many of my friends who constitute the young, more moderate, and more diverse future of the party are perhaps […]
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‘Register, vote, and show our strength,’ NaFFAA, PAFCOM urge community
“It is now generally known that Asian Americans are the fastest growing voters in the United States today,” said JT Mallonga, chairman of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA). “They are emerging as a key voting block that could significantly influence national and local elections in the coming years.” Validating this trend is […]
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Tony Taguba, Bruce Lee among 2016 Asian Hall of Famers
The Robert Chinn Foundation will induct four honorees to the 2016 Asian Hall of Fame on May 14 at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle. They are television journalist Connie Chung, martial artist Bruce Lee, retired Major General Antonio Taguba of the U.S. Army, and Olympic Gold Medalist in figure skating Kristi Yamaguchi. The Asian […]
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ConGen Mario de Leon Jr. departs NYC in June, reflects on leaving the ‘oldest Philippine consulate’
By Cristina DC Pastor It’s been the loudest whisper for months: Consul General Mario Lopez de Leon Jr. is ending his tour of duty on June 30 after five years in New York. His former deputy, Tess Dizon de Vega, will be the new ‘ConGen.’ So when De Leon recently announced his departure to officers […]