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How about caring and humor instead of wine and roses?
By Ludy A. Ongkeko, Ph.D. Long ago and far away, the name “Valentine” or “Valentinus” emerged. That nomenclature started it all. Valentine, a priest known to have helped secret marriages of young couples in Rome during the third century, struck the ire of Emperor Claudius III who outlawed such marriages. That sovereign believed single young […]
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Thank you, more please
By Jean Charisse A. Arboleda Alright, so we have established the fact that I can be slow. I just realized after three years that the failure of my marriage has prepared me for life in the mean, gritty, and unsympathetic New York City. I never would have lasted this long here had I not made […]
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The Pilipina’s infatuation with the White Man
By A. Mabini I shake my head often when I’m walking with my girlfriend at Union Square. After bumping into another Asian woman holding hands with a white man, I turn to her and say, “EC babe.” It is silly to go around the truths about this topic. Jealousy is one of the bases of […]
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Coming out: A blessed Christmas story
By Chevy Evangelista The young political activist was named after “Caddyshack” comic Chevy Chase. Born in the gritty neighborhood of Tondo in Manila, Chevy Evangelista came to the U.S. at age 16. He spoke to The FilAm about growing up queer, being blessed with loving and supportive parents, and recalling his first Christmas in New […]
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Remembering Michelle Nyce
Exactly a year ago on December 5, pharmaceutical CEO Jonathan Nyce was freed after serving more than five years for killing his Filipina wife Michelle Rivera in 2004. He has served his 11.5-year term commuted on good behavior. The court also counted the time he was in prison previous to his sentencing for manslaughter, according […]
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OFW mom hopes to raise $833K to prevent son’s beheading
By Cristina DC Pastor Around this time, most Filipino mothers would be thinking of the holiday spread, the gifts to buy, and perhaps the new dress to wear for the Sunday Christmas mass. Not Letty Lanuza, who has been knocking on people’s hearts, pleading for help so that her son Dondon, 37, will be spared […]
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First- and second-generation Pilipinos and the root of their conflict
By A. Mabini For my parents First-generation, by established understanding, are Pilipinos who were born in the Philippines and have migrated to the United States. Second-generation Pilipino Americans are those born in America. I linger between definitions. Although by the above criterion, I fall under the former, I came here at a very young […]
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Tito Bernie
By A. Mabini This is for my dear friend Rhea and her loving family. What can you say to someone with a broken heart? I am normally confident in my ability to comfort a friend in difficult moments but as I paid attention to the sorrow of my dear friend, I suddenly felt absolutely insecure […]
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‘I thought you might like to meet my dad’
By Jocelyn Gonzales “Oh no, don’t do that,” my father said. “Well, how else will I remember what you say?” I replied, as I turned on my recorder and spread out a handful of old photographs. My father had never talked much about his life as a young man in the Philippines, or about the […]