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‘I didn’t expect all this attention’
By Odette Keeley & Anthony Advincula New America Media Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas sits down with NAM to discuss his coming-out as an undocumented immigrant and his plans to use his story to spark an honest conversation about immigration in America. When he was growing up in the Philippines, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose […]
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• Re-education workshops on PH-U.S. ties • FilAms create July 4 memories
Starting July 28, a series of “re-education” workshops will be offered for the youth and young professionals who may want to learn more about Philippine-American history. Philippines 101: Rooting in our Filipino/a History of Resistance and Resilience will be held every Thursday from 7 p.m.to 9:30 p.m. in midtown Manhattan. “We are happy to provide […]
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Tito Onching and me
By Tony Joaquin When Mama was carrying me in her womb, Tito Onching was asked by my father, Ping, to stay with her and keep her company especially in the evenings when Papa played piano as a jazz musician at stage shows around Manila at the time. That would be the beginning of Nick Joaquin’s involvement […]
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Protest against China draws hundreds
By Elton Lugay & Cristina DC Pastor Ernie Gange from Boston and Frank Celoza from Philadelphia made the five-hour trip to New York. They knew they had to come and add their voices to the protest against the “bully” that is China. “We didn’t mind driving five hours, just to come here and join the […]
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‘Do you sponsor?’
By Cristina DC Pastor Feet in Two Worlds It’s a question I thought was crude and in your face. But if you’re an undocumented immigrant journalist looking for work, there really is no better way to ask. I’ve been asked this question on occasion in the six years that I was managing editor of a […]
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Casey, OJ and the flawed jury system
By Ariel Gener What the hell just happened? Many – myself included – thought Casey Anthony would surely get the death penalty. Or, at least ‘life.’ All the evidence seemed to point to that. Majority of legal experts agree that Casey is guilty. Experts, professionals, scientists and doctors from at least seven state and federal […]
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The resilience of Bamboo Girl: From warrior to healer
The bellicose Bamboo Girl zine editor of the late 1990s has recognizably mellowed. Margarita Alcantara is now a calmer person, an acupuncturist with a private practice and a life she concedes is not as self-obsessed. By Cristina DC Pastor TF: Where is the angry, confrontational Bamboo Girl now? MA: My fire is still there, it’s […]
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• Ateneo, La Salle do a ‘Pasiklaban’ • Pinoy Idol finalists named • Free films at Secaucus Library
The Ateneo Alumni Northeast Inc. (AANI) and the De La Salle Alumni Association Metro New York are sponsoring a volleyball and basketball tournament featuring alumni players. Pasiklaban 2011: Rivalry for Charity is slated for July 9, 12 noon to 7 p.m., at St. Peter’s College on 870 Montgomery Street in Jersey City. The AANI beneficiary […]
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Gala dinner kicks off ‘balikbayan’ campaign
By Elton Lugay Like an ‘ilustrado’ soiree at the turn of the century, more than 200 community leaders and Philippine government officials resplendent in their ‘barong’ and ‘terno’ gathered at a gala event promoting the Pinoy Homecoming and Balikbayan Plus campaign of the Department of Tourism (DOT). The dinner, commemorating the declaration of 2011 to […]
