By Cristina DC Pastor They continue to walk the corridors of every hospital and nursing facility, these doctors with a huge ego and a ‘God Complex.’ Some senior nurses walk in their shadow. “These are doctors who think just because they have many years of education they know everything, and no one can tell them […]
By Cristina DC Pastor The doctor was performing a delicate surgery when the scrub nurse handed him the wrong instrument. The surgeon was furious and out of irritation pushed the petite Filipino nurse until she fell from her riser. She was new to the hospital. In another incident, a senior nurse in a Manhattan hospital […]
The community grieves the passing of Libertito Pelayo, the editor and publisher of the Filipino Reporter. Established in 1972, the Reporter is a weekly newspaper that has served Filipino Americans in the New York area for more than four decades, an important source of public service information, news and entertainment about Filipinos in the Tri-State. […]
By Wendell Gaa On Jan. 23, I had the honor to join my fellow co-members of the New York Fil-Am Press Club at the premiere evening release of the film documentary “Manny” at the AMC Times Square theaters in Manhattan. I was impressed and deeply touched by the documentary about the amazing rise of our […]
By Cristina DC Pastor Where some of us see nasty ring stains, she sees a sustainable art medium. For seven years now, Batangas-born Clarisse Pastor-Medina (no relation to this writer) has been painting with coffee and staging solo exhibits with nothing more than her large canvases and presumably her Batangas ‘barako.’ “I like the medium,” […]
By Cristina DC Pastor I was dredging my chicken wings in flour when I checked my laptop and noticed what looked like an urgent message that has been sitting on my Facebook screen. “I’m looking for a divorce lawyer, know anyone?” my friend wrote. This friend loves to kid around with me so I thought […]