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OFF THE WALL: Never too late to play with trains
By Rene Pastor When I was 6 or 7 years old, my parents gave me an electric train toy for Christmas. We set it up in the living room of our Quezon City house located in front of an old Catholic church. I would watch the train for hours until I got bored and then […]
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Erik Matti on Philippine corruption: ‘The country is like one big Sopranos clan’
By Cristina DC Pastor The political crime drama “On the Job” was about to hit movie theaters at a time when the Philippines is all up in the grill over the P10 billion pork barrel scandal. The uncanny coincidence is not lost on film director Erik Matti. “Yes, the showing of OTJ suddenly became very […]
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Martial law victims eyeing proceeds from sale of Imelda Marcos’s Monet painting
By Cristina DC Pastor A group of human rights victims are seeking to get their hands on the $32 million proceeds from the sale of a Claude Monet painting that once belonged to Imelda Marcos. A September 11 motion was filed by petitioner Jose Duran et al against Marcos’ former secretary Vilma Bautista, before the […]
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What we can learn in the present from Russia’s imperial past
By Wendell Gaa Perhaps we have heard and read so much about Russia, yet understand only a little of what this country is all about, and it is truly one country we cannot ignore. It has made headline news for sometimes controversial reasons, from its status as a rising economic power shedding off its post-Cold […]
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OFWs to flex economic power on Sept. 19, Zero Remittance Day
By Odette Keeley New America Media Protests against corruption in the Philippines erupted last month over a “pork-barrel” scandal, in which a wealthy businesswoman colluded with high-ranking government officials to siphon off 10 billion pesos ($233 million USD) from public coffers. The corruption, which spanned a decade and involved more than 28 legislators, came to […]
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After the ‘balut’ comes the mainstreaming of the ‘bibingka’
By Cristina DC Pastor If the “balut” can do it, why not the “bibingka”? Go mainstream, or as Eileen Formanes, 39, said with a shrug and a smile: “Americanize it.” “I want it to be the next chocolate chip cookie,” she declared to The FilAm followed by sparkling laughter. Eileen has taken the rice cake […]
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PHL-New York Jaycees to celebrate 50th with anniversary gala
It began 50 years ago when young Filipino professionals seeking to serve a fledgling Filipino American community in New York organized themselves into a Jaycees chapter. On July 20, 1963, the Philippine-New York Jaycees held its induction at the International House Auditorium in Columbia University, becoming the first Filipino Jaycees chapter formed in a foreign […]
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Newsday staffer mounts solo show at Philippine Center
By Kata Rojas Lorina Tayag-Capitulo is nervous and excited. She’d been working for months on new paintings and sculptures in preparation for her first solo exhibition at the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue. She’s anxious and eager to show the public everything she can do, everything she wants to say. But the center has limited […]
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OFF THE WALL: Update status on Facebook stocks: Like. Share. Ignore.
By Rene Pastor I get up in the morning, turn on my computer and after going through a stream of junk mail, I go to Facebook to catch up on everything else. I find out if my niece Emma is singing one her favorite Disney songs, check on my sister Vicky’s family, or dive into […]
