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Bloomberg hails TOFA-NY awardees for ‘contributing to city’s amazing energy and spirit’
By Cristina DC Pastor ‘It was like waiting for the ball to drop on New Year’s Eve.’ Filipinos in New York and elsewhere celebrated on Facebook the victories of former fashion model Bessie Badilla, U.S. Marshals spokesman Roland Ubaldo and nine others in the first The Outstanding Filipino Americans in NY awards honoring 12 notable […]
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Queens authors, dancers in Oct. 11 translation performance
Queens in Love with Literature – or Quill — presents a creative translation event featuring performances by members of the Quill Artist Advisor Committee in collaboration with local choreographers at Green Space Studio in Long Island City on October 11 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Featured author/translators, including FilAm writer Luis Francia, Panagiota Lilikaki […]
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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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Christopher-Lee Sampayan, 31
The son of World War II veterans advocate R Sonny Sampayan of New York was killed in a vehicular incident October 2 in Riverside, Calif. Christopher-Lee Sampayan died when a freight train smashed into his BMW at a rail crossing, according to a report by TotalTrafficLA.com. He was 31. Published reports say “the car’s air […]
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2 children benefit from free heart surgery
Pampanga tot Ashlee Mae Tan is currently recovering from heart surgery at the Montefiore Children’s Hospital in the Bronx. She is one of two Filipino children who are beneficiaries of the Gift of Life Program of Rotary International. The other is 9-year-old Godwin Gabriel Pena, also from Pampanga, who is scheduled to have his surgery […]
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PIDCI elects Martinez; Team United remains upbeat
Nurse Fe Martinez was elected the ninth president of the Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc., pummeling Rene Ballenas in an election that had his Team United crying “shameful display of outright manipulation of by-laws.” PIDCI organizes the yearly Independence Day Parade on Madison Avenue. The Philippine Consulate is their adviser. The final tally had Martinez […]
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‘No Other Woman’ opens in Jersey theaters Oct. 7
Hailed by critics as possibly one of the best Filipino movies of the year, “No Other Woman” is coming to New Jersey on October 7. Touching on the sensitive topic of extramarital affairs, the film examines the reactions of the three main characters to infidelity. Ram Escaler (Derek Ramsey) is a dedicated furniture salesman who […]
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Black Eyed Peas’ soupy concert has crowd dancing in the rain
By Elton Lugay After bailing on a June 9 concert because of severe thunderstorm, the phenomenal Black Eyed Peas returned to Central Park the last day of September and performed to a packed – and drenched – crowd of about 60,000 fans. They made good on a promise to return, after a loud chorus of […]
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In New York, October belongs to Filipinos
When the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) established Filipino American History Month in 1988, October was chosen to commemorate the historic landing of the “Manila Men” in Moro Bay, California in 1587. In 2009, the FilAm community celebrated a victory when the Senate unanimously passed S. Res. 298 and the House of Representatives passed […]
