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Scenes from a hot SONA
Bayan USA held its own People’s SONA in front of the Philippine Consulate on Fifth Avenue on July 23 – the group’s response to President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino’s third State of the Nation Address delivered a day earlier, Manila time. While Aquino touted his economic accomplishments and the gains made by his anti-corruption campaign, Bayan […]
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How did our society produce a James Holmes?
By Tony Joaquin Not difficult really. It is a known fact throughout the shocked world that America has long been a growing war freak from the time they’ve been fighting the native American Indians and seizing their ancestral lands. Another factor is the Second Amendment in the United States Constitution. It is supposed to protect […]
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Remembering Maita Gomez’s political activism, cool humor and cooking
By Cristina DC Pastor “I screamed, I cried,” New York resident Indai Sajor recalled. She was inconsolable for days on hearing her good friend, women’s rights activist Maita Gomez, died July 12 in her sleep. Indai, a gender advisor for the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, met Maita in the 1980s. […]
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Congressman attempts the ‘tinikling’ at town hall meet
Nothing intimidates an American more than the ‘tinikling,’ or dancing with bare feet before a pair of click-clacking bamboo poles. Queens Congressman Joseph Crowley was brave enough to try — during a June 25 town hall meeting with his Filipino American constituency — but pragmatic enough to concede he was not going to get his […]
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Congressman on why the PH should help domestic economy first before lending to Europe
Some Filipinos are struggling to wrap their heads around the idea that the Philippines is now a rebounding economy and a lender to European countries. In short, no more Third World tag. Partylist Congressman Rafael ‘Ka Paeng’ Mariano, a recent New York visitor, was one of them. Asked for his thoughts about the Philippines becoming […]
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In an Egypt with no Mubarak, OFWs feel ‘freer but not safer’
By Steven Raga Within six months in Egypt, this was the first time she had seen another Filipino. As her Egyptian employer waited outside Western Union, “Samira” crumpled up the piece of paper she wrote on, threw it towards a woman whom she hoped was Filipina and whispered in Tagalog for her to read it. […]
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Filipinos, Vietnamese close ranks: Boycott Chinese products (also Chinese takeout)
By Elton Lugay Dozens of Filipinos and Vietnamese Americans joined forces as they called for a boycott of Chinese products and urged Beijing to stop its creeping aggression toward countries around the South China Sea. “Boycott Made-in-China,” said Eric Lachica of the U.S. Pinoys for Good Governance, which organized the rally held June 22 in […]
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Aquino, Obama to hold talks at the Oval Office: Will China dominate headlines?
President Benigno S. Aquino III is expected to arrive in Washington, D.C. on June 6 for a three-day official visit that includes a meeting with President Obama, the Philippine Embassy announced in a statement. Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia Jr. said the meeting scheduled on June 8 will be the fourth between the two leaders, but […]
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China’s leaders focused on internal infighting, not on Scarborough
By Dean Cheng American policymakers would do well to keep a close eye on the latest developments in the South China Sea involving China and the Philippines, a formal U.S. security treaty ally. It could have major implications for the U.S. Since early April, Chinese and Philippine government ships have been confronting each other off […]