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Lightning rally strikes consulate building
It was a sweltering April 16 afternoon. The drab grays of winter have been cast aside, replaced by bright colored shirts and flip-flops. The lazy, almost somnambulant mood at the Philippine Consulate on Fifth Avenue was shattered by an angry outburst of left-wing protesters denouncing President Benigno Aquino as an agent of American imperialism. “We […]
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Newt to Mitt: Pay my debts!
By Daniel de la Rosa Newt’s begging bowl or “Can you spare $4.5 million, sir?” — with a Brit accent a la Oliver Twist. Newt Gingrich cried ‘help’ on Easter Sunday, the day the world celebrates Christ’s resurrection. He trawled the airwaves for someone — anyone — to pay off his campaign debt, practically calling […]
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‘High-level attention’ like Aquino state visit is important: think tank
By Robert Warshaw In the last year, the U.S. and the Philippines have strengthened security relations, as the U.S. furnished the Philippine Navy with a highly versatile refurbished coast guard cutter (a second is on the way this year), increased technical assistance to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, provided intelligence support and counterterrorism training, […]
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Edgy theater exhibit debuts in the U.S.
A national exposition of American sociopolitical theater under the sign of President Barack Obama, is making its U.S. debut in Long Beach, Calif. Entitled “From the Edge,” this USITT Design Exhibition has returned from Prague and will be on display March 28 to 31 at the USITT’s 52nd annual Conference & Stage Expo at the […]
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Philippine Scout Guillermo Rumingan, 86
By Eric Lachica Guillermo Rumingan, a disabled Philippine Scout from Arlington, Virginia, joined his fallen comrades on March 27. He was 86. Details about his memorial service and internment will be announced by his family. For the past five decades, Rumingan was an advocate for his fellow veterans on Capitol Hill. He was the service […]
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No improvement in human rights under Aquino: PH delegation
“How can the government say there are no political detainees? I was just released last year?” So scoffed Angelina Ipong, secretary general of the Society of Ex-Detainees Against Detention and Arrest. She was released February 17, 2011 after being held for six years to face charges of rebellion, double murder, arson and robbery. The government […]
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Obama’s deportation record worse than Bush’s, says lawyer
President Obama has been sending “mixed signals” on immigration, said lawyer Cristina Godinez. What’s even more grating to this immigration attorney is that Obama has not delivered on his campaign promise and that his administration has deported more people than the previous government of George Bush. Four years after he vowed to fix the broken […]
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Remembering Pepe Diokno and his crusade against corruption
By Tony Joaquin The two men, unusually well-dressed in dark suits in a typically warm Manila evening, were ushered into the lobby of the house by the maid. They asked to see the American master of the house. The maid motioned them to take a seat in the plush receiving room in Dasmariñas Village, Manila. […]
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The FilAms’ ‘political romance’ with ex-Mayor Bret Schundler
By Nestor Palugod Enriquez One Friday night at the Victory Restaurant, the former mayor of Jersey City spoke before the members of the Knights of Rizal. Filipino American involvement in Jersey City’s local government was just beginning before Bret Schundler’s administration in the early 1990s. He brought it to new heights, and Hudson politics was […]