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Aung San Suu Kyi tells Burmese Americans: First, ask yourselves why you want to help your homeland
By Ryan Gajudo Macasero SAN FRANCISCO — I had forgotten to eat breakfast out of my own excitement and experienced some stomach pains as I anticipated my heroine’s arrival. Determined to witness this historic occasion, I ignored my own discomfort. There she was from a far distance – Aung San Suu Kyi, or ‘The Lady,’ […]
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Martial law was personal
By Ninotchka Rosca An early morning phone call, a voice saying, “A Manny Lacaba was killed in Davao. Please contact his family.” Emmanuel Lacaba, young and handsome and a zinger of a poet, had gone underground upon the declaration of martial law, as had his brother, Jose F. Lacaba. Since our first acquaintance, they’d been […]
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The Marcos Dictatorship and the irreparable damage to a family and the Filipino experience
By Joel David In the process of finalizing the current issue of Kritika Kultura, Ateneo’s online journal, on Ishmael Bernal’s “Manila by Night,” I went over some of the notes I took during the too-few interviews I had with the director. One of the statements he made, that our stories as a people are better […]
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Students peer into the future of feminism
What is a wave and what will the fourth wave look like? These questions were a sampling of the many topics discussed during AF3IRM NY’s last day of the Summer School of Activism (SSOWA). Lead facilitators Minerva Arias and Maria Garcia-Mugg critiqued the first three waves of feminism and challenged students to define what the […]
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A Filipina in City Hall
By Cristina DC Pastor You can count in one hand the Filipinos who work at City Hall. Maria Rosana Cruz, 25, who is a project coordinator and a special assistant to the Commissioner on the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, is one of them. Maria came to MOIA more than two years ago through a […]
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Imelda Marcos’ L.I. estate for sale – yet again — for $5M
By Elton Lugay ‘The FilAm’ Exclusive For the third time, the 8.2-acre waterfront complex in Long Island that once belonged to former dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda is back in the market, according to the property agent. The estate has a 16-bedroom and 17-bathroom main house, a carriage house and a pool pavilion, […]
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What FilAms think of Paul Ryan
By Maricar CP Hampton Depends on where you are in the political aisle, Filipino Republicans believe Paul Ryan’s youth and energy will fire up the GOP presidential campaign, while the Democrats think he won’t make a difference at all. “I don’t think Mitt Romney’s VP choice will make a difference,” said retired USAF R Sonny […]
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Which came first: The chicken…or the politics?
It’s one of those restaurants I thought offered nothing special to the palate – like Denny’s or Popeye’s. Just the standard chicken and sugary drinks. Last Saturday, the husband and I decided to spend some time at Chick-fil-A hoping to catch some news with our fries. The closest to where we live was a modest […]
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Shame on the Church for obstructing RH bill
By Ludy A. Ongkeko, Ph.D. Has the position taken by President Aquino (P-Noy) on the Reproductive Health Bill (RH) No. 4244 morphed into the Church’s open war against him? Has the bill, which is awaiting further action in the august halls of the Philippine legislature, become a weapon of the Church against P-Noy? Flashback to […]