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Kabataang Makabayan as the proverbial Boomer at 50: Are its ideals still relevant?
By Cristina DC Pastor On November 30, 1964, a geeky-looking student leader from UP founded the Kabataang Makabayan (KM), visioning it as a network of youth with socialist ideals who would be part of a campaign for a “Philippine revolution against foreign and feudal domination.” That revolution sought to establish a country led not by […]
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Confessions of a loyal Asian Republican who converted to the ‘party of change’
By Bella Santos Owens On March 13, 2013, as white smoke arose from the Vatican chimney — a sign that a new Pope has been chosen — I was literally opening the envelope with my new voting card and new party affiliation as a Democrat. I told my husband that this may be a good […]
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Growing up FilAm fueled his desire to be a Republican (Part 2)
We are republishing The FilAm Metro D.C.’s series featuring two young Filipino Americans in the Republican Party. They are Ninio Joseph Fetalvo, Press Assistant for the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Matthew Alonsozana, a Research Analyst also with the RNC. With the victory of the GOP in the recent Midterm elections, it would be interesting […]
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Our boys in the GOP: Ninio Fetalvo and Matthew Alonsozana (Part 1)
We are republishing The FilAm Metro D.C.’s series featuring two young Filipino Americans in the Republican Party. They are Ninio Joseph Fetalvo, Press Assistant for the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Matthew Alonsozana, a Research Analyst also with the RNC. With the victory of the GOP in the recent Midterm elections, it would be interesting […]
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Nov. 6-13 Other Israel film festival to feature immigration film ‘Transit’
“Transit” by Hannah Espia is among the films to be featured in the 8th Annual Other Israel Film Festival in New York City. Espia’s debut film is the story of a Filipino caregiver in Israel determined to hide his children from immigration police to prevent their deportation. In 2009, Israel sought to expel several hundreds […]
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2 years after superstorm Sandy, how is RN hero Menchu de Luna Sanchez doing?
By Cristina DC Pastor She is still working at the NYU Langone Medical Center but in another department. She still lives in her Secaucus, New Jersey home with her husband Judith (yes, the girl’s name) and children Jude and Michelle, their home for the last 22 years. She still looks back with overflowing pride at […]
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Arvin Amatorio is running for a council seat in Bergenfield
By Cristina DC Pastor Fifteen years after Robert Rivas stepped down as mayor of Bergenfield, a young lawyer is making a bid for a council seat, counting on the support of the residents of “Little Manila” of Bergen County. Immigration lawyer Arvin Amatorio will be running in tandem with politician Chris Tully as the Democratic […]
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We may be ready for Hillary, but are we ready for a Filipina-American President?
By Tiara Camille Teruel I watched as she sang me lullabies and chased the monsters from under my bed. She was my biggest supporter and yet my strongest critic. My morals were valued and my character was shaped with her unconditional love by my side. She was and always will be, the biggest influence in […]
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‘We will not ask for justice politely, we’ll continue to demand for change at the top of our lungs’
By Hanalei Ramos My name is Hanalei. I am a Filipina woman born in Jersey City. I am writing this entry because I am deeply moved by the actions carried out by activists during President Aquino’s speaking engagement at Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library for the World Leaders Forum on September 23. Much of the […]