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De Blasio names Maria Torres-Springer head of NYC’s Small Business Services department
Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Maria Torres-Springer as commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services, which provides assistance for small enterprises to thrive and grow. A former executive vice president and chief of staff at the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Maria was a key leader in teams that helped the redevelopment […]
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Loida Nicolas Lewis receives Carlos P. Romulo Award for International Achievement
Philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis was given the Carlos P. Romulo Award for International Achievement by the United Nations Association of the Philippines for her humanitarian work for and support of the Filipino global community. “A recipient of the Carlos P. Romulo Award for International Achievement is someone who has helped put the Philippines on the […]
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Monet’s water lily is just one of 200 artworks owned by Marcoses, but where are they?
By Cristina DC Pastor The Claude Monet water lily painting that sold for $32 million appears to be just the proverbial tip of the iceberg. There are 200 more works of art believed to belong to the family of dictator Ferdinand Marcos that remain unlocated, according to lawyer Robert Swift in a 2013 court hearing […]
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‘If you’ve got one drop of ‘bagoong’ in you, then you’re Filipino:’ Fred Cordova
By Daniel Buenafe Griffith He was a humble man with a commanding presence. I can only imagine what that looked like 50-plus years ago, when he was a young university student, an aspiring journalist, a community activist, or just a mischievous boy pursuing his college sweetheart. But we’ll save those stories for actual writers to […]
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Filipino-run immigrants’ center in Queens fighting to stay open
By Cristina DC Pastor In the last six years, the Bayanihan Filipino Community Center in Queens has been a birthing place for breakout movements, a laboratory for progressive ideas. Today, this community stomping ground in Woodside, adjacent to Krystal’s Bakeshop, is approaching extinction. A fundraiser is being organized to keep it alive. “We face another […]
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How one middle-class family made the wrenching decision to leave the Philippines
By Cristina DC Pastor ‘How Sweet the Mango, No? The Journey of a Hispanic Amerasian’ By Matthias Mendezona BookSurge/CreateSpace Publishing May 2009 Much like Forrest Gump, Matthias Mendezona found himself playing cameo roles through various episodes in his country’s history. Like the Tom Hanks character, Mendezona emerged from a series of debacles in his life […]
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A bevy of accomplished women responds to Makilala’s search for a co-host
By Cristina DC Pastor We were only looking for one but nearly 20 women responded to Makilala’s call for a fourth co-host for this groundbreaking TV talk show aired through Queens Public Television. A diplomat, a Broadway actress, a lawyer, a nurse, a grandmother, corporate executives, performance artists, grassroots organizers, and many more have sent […]
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Envoy urges UPenn students: ‘Raise profile of Filipino Americans’
“Elevate the presence of the Filipino Americans in the U.S.” That was the message of Consul General Mario de Leon, Jr. to the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Philippine Association during a presentation in October. The symposium was held to commemorate Filipino American Heritage Month, where De Leon was the keynote speaker. The consul general cited […]
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Nelson Navarro memoir to launch Jan. 16 at Philippine Center
The international launch of Nelson A. Navarro’s memoir, “The Half-Remembered Past,” will be held at the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue on January 16th at 7 p.m. Journalist, biographer and TV talk show host Navarro is now based in Manila, but he lived in New York for 17 years as a political exile from the […]
