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Maguindanao Massacre revisited: Is the only journalist hero a dead journalist?
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Hearing from Carlos H. Conde, Philippine researcher for Human Rights Watch, the largest human rights non-government organization (NGO) based in New York, this story’s author ventures to inquire from her homeland an answer to: “Four Years On, No Justice for Maguindanao Massacre Victims?” The same could be asked, how about […]
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OFF THE WALL: Holiday thoughts on Amazon: to dump or not to dump
By Rene Pastor Every time I think I should dump the very small amount of Amazon stock I own, the holidays sort of knock me back to reality. I am not a big fan of going to a mall and getting trampled or shoved in the mad rush to buy that $150-flat screen or whatever […]
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Youth to celebrate Andres Bonifacio’s 150th birthday with 2 festivals
Progressive Filipino youth in New York and New Jersey will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio as a working-class hero and a freedom fighter. Two festivals will be held on November 30 in his honor: the Bayanihan Cultural Festival and the Sumisigaw Youth Festival to be held at St. Jacobus Lutheran Church, Rainbow […]
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Domestic worker offers artwork to raise funds for the PHL
“Banyuhay” — or metamorphosis — is the theme of Mona Lunot-Kuker’s exhibit of paintings. It also describes her artwork, her personal life and what she believes her typhoon-decimated country of origin, the Philippines, should look forward to. The exhibit will be on November 30th at the Mountain Province Café, 234 Union Avenue in Brooklyn, from […]
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FILAMSPEAK: Can Obama stop deportations? ‘Absolutely,’ say immigration lawyers
By Cristina DC Pastor President Obama has said he can’t, but the immigration reform network believes he can but will not. Stop deportations, that is. A Korean immigrant student raised the challenge to Obama during the president’s recent visit to San Francisco. “I need your help,” yelled Ju Hong who was part of the audience […]
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In literary fundraiser, Filipino American writers recall a love affair with typhoons
By Cristina DC Pastor Jackie Aguilos Duerr from Kinnelon, New Jersey came to a fundraiser organized by Filipino American novelists, poets and journalists. She left the event feeling upbeat rather than downhearted. ‘Kaya natin: We can do this’ was a fundraiser like no other. Discarding the traditional moment of silence in remembering the dead, the […]
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JFK: 50 years gone but never forgotten
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. It was the start of the school term: Fall1960. The Graduate School of Journalism and Communication of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles had not formally opened at all. Its schedule, to commence with the master’s program in journalism, was set for 1965, I was informed. That […]
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Tragedy and light from Katrina to Yolanda
By Renee Rises On Sunday, November 10th I sat quietly as news reports flashed images of the Filipinos in Tacloban City. “Haiyan,” “Yolanda,” “Typhoon,” “10,000,” “washed up bodies,” “looters may be shot,” “I will shoot if they step foot on my property,” “families are still searching,” and other words repetitively popped in my mind and […]
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OFF THE WALL: Is the bull back on Wall Street?
By Rene Pastor As I counted down the minutes yesterday waiting to see if the Dow would close above 16,000 for the first time ever, my mind wondered: Am I seeing something last seen in 1982? That was the last time a secular bull market took off, a nearly 20-year run when sustained economic conditions […]
