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Shock, praise over journalist’s immigration tell-all
By Maricar CP Hampton & Cristina DC Pastor Pulitzer Award winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who confessed to being an undocumented immigrant in a New York Times essay, was at the Philippine Consulate in New York June 22 for a private meeting with immigration lawyers. He or any of the lawyers from Filipino-American Legal and […]
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Hokum scrotum: Weiner’s defense
By Cristina DC Pastor Possibly, for the first time in the history of sex scandals, a person is denying the body part was his. In the parade of salacious shenanigans we have witnessed in the past, the person usually denies the act (“I did not have sex with that woman”), the outcome (“I know […]
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• An evening with Lea Salonga • Get Etta outta CHR: Bayan USA • UniPro hosts youth summit June 2-4
Lea Salonga will be back at Café Carlyle in a three-week return engagement June 7 to 25. Best known for her Tony Award winning role in “Miss Saigon,” Lea made her Café Carlyle debut last season. In “Lea Salonga: New York in June,” she will take her audience on a musical tour of her multi-faceted […]
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Repeal of DOMA not going to happen soon
By Erwin de Leon Integrity USA A couple of days ago, I wrote a post for Integrity USA encouraging those of us who care about the plight of gay binational couples to curb our enthusiasm: At the end of last week, a couple of news items raised the hopes of gay binational couples, their families […]
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• May 15 rally for Adriane, all restaurant workers • PH calls on countries to ban guns
Consider May 15 V-Day not just for Adriane Padilla but for all restaurant workers in the New York-New Jersey area. “Justice for Adriane Campaign Celebration and Restaurant Workers Appreciation Day” will celebrate the triumph of Adriane Padilla, 19, a former restaurant worker who has been seeking compensation from her employers for unpaid wages. Adriane sued […]
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9/11 families to regroup, reminisce on 10th anniversary
Count the families of Ma. Theresa Santillan and Judy Santillan Fernandez among the ranks of the still-grieving. Cousins Maritess and Judy of New Jersey were among the 658 Cantor Fitzgerald employees who died in 9/11. Both were 27, Rutgers grads and living New York life to the fullest. “They were very close,” said Maritess’ father […]
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The story of Paco Larrañaga
By Cristina DC Pastor There is something Kennedyesque about the story of Paco Larrañaga, a Filipino-Spanish man who, at 19, was charged in the double murder and rape of two Filipino-Chinese sisters in Cebu in 1997. “Give up Tomorrow,” currently screening at the Tribeca Film Festival captures every chilling detail of his conviction as well […]
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Cory at the Mount was an ‘intelligent, lovely’ student
By Maricar CP Hampton High school senior Marjorie Martinez, a bright, wispy girl of 17, has three choices of where to go to get a nursing degree: Hunter, Rutgers and CMSV: “CMSV? You know, the school of Cory Aquino.” Among Filipinos, the College of Mount Saint Vincent in the Bronx is known as the school […]
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• Activists denounce all U.S. wars • Catch flick in Jersey theater • A busy week for new ambassador
FilAm activists formed part of the Asian American contingent during the April 9, 2011 United National Anti-war Coalition mobilization at Union Square. Demonstrators called for an immediate end to U.S. wars in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other parts of the world, as well as a reallocation of public funds towards public services, such as health […]