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Sen. Chuck Schumer wants Filipina named N.Y. district court judge
New York Senator Charles Schumer has recommended Lorna Schofield as federal district court judge for the Southern District of New York, according to the National Federation of Filipino American Associations. A NaFFAA statement said Schumer submitted the FilAm lawyer’s name to President Obama “with a recommendation to appoint her” to the position. “As a second-generation […]
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‘Enough of adobo, Manny Pacquiao and tinikling…’
By Cristina DC Pastor He was named after Yves Saint Laurent, but the activist in Yves Lawrence Nibungco is amused, as if finding it ironic that his name would command bourgeois attention identified with the couture designer. “Ee-ves,” is how the mild-mannered chair of Anakbayan New Jersey would rather be called. Not “Eve” as the […]
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Vargas, millionairess-in-waiting and the Top 10 stories for 2011
By Cristina DC Pastor The year 2011 has been an exciting one for Filipinos in New York. Although TheFilAm.net came by only in March, we were with you for most of the year and reported on the milestones of our lives as a community. Here is our list of Top 10 stories. Purely from a […]
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Rolando Lavarro wins in low turnout election
Amid a dismal 18 percent voter turnout, Rolando Lavarro Jr. was elected Jersey City’s council member-at-large. He will represent Ward A, a predominantly FilAm district. Messages of congratulations essentially saying ‘We’re proud of you, kabayan’ streamed into Lavarro’s Facebook page. Long-time Jersey City resident Ledy Almadin told The FilAm she voted for Lavarro and was […]
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Veteran’s son invited to White House breakfast with Obama
By Eric Lachica It was a great Veterans Day for a son of a U.S. Filipino WWII veteran Enrique Furbeyre (1920-2002) of Dumaguete and a grandson of veteran Salvador Lachica (1903-1990) of Iloilo. I was honored and proud to be invited by President Obama and the First Lady to the White House breakfast to celebrate […]
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Hillary Clinton to visit Manila: Human trafficking on the agenda?
By Maricar CP Hampton It’s been announced that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit the Philippines November 15 to meet with President Benigno Aquino III on bilateral issues, including possibly human trafficking. “She will meet with the President,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, told Manila reporters in Malacañang. “We are looking for a […]
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Zuccotti Park now echoes with immigrant voices
By Cristina DC Pastor Feet in Two Worlds A month ago, they looked like a lost tribe of Klansmen who wandered into New York. Today, the so-called “hippies” of the Occupy Wall Street movement have metaphorically hung out a sign proclaiming: “All races welcome.” People of color and immigrants are now coming to Zuccotti Park […]
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Always a delight to have around
By Cristina DC Pastor Since retiring from politics, former President Fidel V. Ramos has published a total of 22 books: six coffeetable books, four books of his speeches, and 12 books of his columns written for Bulletin Today. “All good stuff, all current and contemporary, all (written in) long hand,” he said in a relaxed […]
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‘We are not sluts’
…is AF3IRM’s categorical response to SlutWalk, a protest movement against the law enforcement establishment blaming provocatively dressed women for their rape. The movement began in Canada following a Toronto police officer’s incendiary ‘dressed like sluts, they are sluts’ statement in reference to some victims of sexual molestation. That the observation came from a member of […]