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My COVID diary
By Boyet Loverita It was the afternoon of March 11, 2020. I was doing food shopping at our neighborhood grocery store after we attended an event at the Philippine Consulate in Midtown. My phone rang, and it’s my wife Lindy. She sounded frantic and told me to go back home ASAP. I left the grocery […]
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Tears for the 500,000
The FilAm Editorial The number is mind-numbing. 500,000. At least half a million American lives lost to the stealth killer coronavirus. Thousands of them of Filipino ethnicity. Almost 300 of them Filipino American doctors, nurses, and other health care frontliners, based on data from Kanlungan.net, a memorial dedicated to Filipinos in the healthcare system. How […]
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My Cory Aquino story
By Cristina DC Pastor During the Marcos Dictatorship, the Aquino family was hardly covered by the media because much of the media at the time was controlled by the government. We at WHO magazine (of the Hans Menzi Bulletin publishing family) decided we wanted to talk to them. I was given the assignment to interview […]
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Gasa sa Gugma: A ‘gift of love’ from Cebuano New Yorkers to needy families
By Lindy Rosales Last year, amid a raging pandemic, the members of the Cebuanos Engaging in Building Unity (CEBU, Inc.) have been racking their brains on what they could do to be of service to the community. The coronavirus was out of control, people have lost their jobs and grieved the death of friends and […]
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NaFFAA decries as ‘appalling’ cops’ knee-to-neck response to Angelo Quinto
The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) issues the following statement on the death of 30-year-old Angelo Quinto from Antioch, California. “We are saddened and outraged to hear of the killing of fellow Filipino American, Angelo Quinto, this past December in Antioch, California. He was brutally handled by the police officers responding to his […]
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Remembering: They’re tearing down my hall
Cats have spirits too By Eunice Barbara Novio I received a few messages affirming my feelings towards my cat Max. While reading some notes, I thought I heard his voice calling for attention. My husband said it was just the howling dogs. He never said it’s just in my head. Not anymore. When Jayson died, […]
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Senior citizen gets vaccinated…without leaving her car
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Since the news about the pandemic’s beginnings in March 2020, most everyone had hoped the talked-about vaccines would be realized. Science responded positively. What was made emphatic was how there would be “priority” given to members of the seniors community. The news was indeed hailed. My son requested an appointment for me […]
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Remembering Corky Lee, the teller of our stories
By Malaika Queano Corky Lee has been with Kinding Sindaw since the very beginning, when it was only our family that made up the dancers and the musicians of the dance troupe. My mother Potri Ranka Manis founded Kinding Sindaw, the New York-based Philippine dance/martial arts troupe, in 1992. My father Nonilon Queano was the […]
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Asian American Federation condemns attack on Noel Quintana, anti-Asian bias
On February 3, Noel Quintana was on his way to work when another subway rider slashed Mr. Quintana’s face from ear to ear, simply for asking the attacker to stop kicking his tote bag. Just a week earlier, Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Thai man, was shoved and killed while out for a walk in his […]