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The Philippines, America and a love affair with sugar
By Rene Pastor As Mayor Michael Bloomberg tries to cap the amount of supersized sugary drinks to New Yorkers, one can only wistfully reflect on a time more than 70 years ago when the Philippines, an American colony, was one of the biggest suppliers of sugar to the United States. The other was Hawaii. Both […]
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The Supremes, the Bishops and the future of the RH law
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Republic Act 10354, better known as the Reproductive Health law, proclaimed on December 21, 2012 “guarantees immediate access to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education and maternal care.” On December 19, 2012, the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 was enacted by the House of Representatives; two […]
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Voting in November? Start vetting your candidates now
By Maria Lee Citizenship comes with many rights, one of the most important being the ability to vote in elections. Growing up in an immigrant household, my parents didn’t know how to connect with the government. Elections were taken with a sense of humor, my mom voting Republican, and my dad voting Democrat. Neither of […]
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RN and the alphabet soup of nursing
By Marissa Torres Langseth A certain congresswoman in the Philippines has misconstrued the nursing profession. Exposing her ignorance, Congresswoman Cynthia Villar said Filipino nurses in the U.S. need not be highly educated because they simply aspire to become “room nurses.” Mag-aalaga lang sila. That comment has triggered a flurry of jokes about nurses. One that […]
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What Bongbong Marcos needs to do if he wants to be president
By Richard Momar Yapo Cuanang In the Ilocos Norte of yore, the name ‘Marcos’ evoked beacon of leadership, a stature measured by good education and the determination to succeed. But that name inspires so much negativity today smeared with allegations of human rights abuses, massive corruption, and an opulent lifestyle called “Imeldific,” in reference to […]
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Loida Nicolas-Lewis endorses candidacy of Robredo widow
Political advocate Loida Nicolas-Lewis is throwing her support behind Leonor “Leni” Gerona-Robredo’s candidacy for congresswoman in the 3rd District of Camarines Sur. Robredo is the widow of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, who was killed in August in a plane crash. She said she is running to challenge the long-standing Villafuerte dynasty in […]
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FILAMSPEAK: What do you know about the Marcoses?
By Cristina DC Pastor They are the children of the Martial Law Babies. In the U.S., they are the Filipino Americans in their teens to their 30s who were born after the Marcoses have fled the country in 1986 or were of a young age with no hint of political consciousness whatsoever during the Conjugal […]
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FILAMSPEAK: Filipino vs Filipino, a casualty of Jersey City politics
By Cristina DC Pastor In what appeared to be a Machiavellian maneuver, the nomination of Carlo Abad to be the chief judge for the Jersey City Municipal Court would pit Filipino against fellow Filipino and blast a hole into the cohesive front of the FilAm community of this city. Council member Rolando Lavarro Jr., the […]
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Say that again? The Saudi king contributed money for Dondon Lanuza’s freedom?
The report came from no less than CEO and philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis. She said: “This morning (February 4th), Arab News called me up to say that the King of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah and the Royal Family are going to fill up the blood money that is due to the family of the victim […]