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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 […]
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Remembering: Eating with my face shield on
Find the person who will ‘sit with you in the dark’ By Ness Bantog I remember the morning after my son was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. I woke up with eyes puffy from the night before and immediately started crying. I just could not imagine how we would figure this life out. I was […]
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Get to know the FANHS Board 2021-23
Co-Presidents Noel Aglubat: “Much of our experience is unrecorded in the Metro NY area. I believe FANHS MNY has the capability to become their platform to share that history and archive that knowledge. I also believe in turning our website into a resource for our community, a place where future generations can turn to and learn […]
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Veterans urge repeal of Rescission Act, an ‘ugly stain in nation’s history’
The untold story of Filipino World War II veterans remains a dark chapter in U.S. history for as long as the 1946 Rescission Act remains in the books. The legislation reduced the obligation of the U.S. government to take care of its Filipino war veterans. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, then Resident Commissioner of the Philippines, […]
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New book: The love story between Gen. Douglas MacArthur and vaudeville actress Isabel Rosario Cooper
“Empire’s Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper” tells the life of a Filipina actress and her five-year romance with a venerated war hero. The author, Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, follows the mestiza beauty from the Philippines to Washington, D.C. to Hollywood, where she died penniless. Cooper is depicted not as a tragic heroine, but as someone caught […]
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Bulosan Center conference slated for May 28-29; accepting proposals till April 15th
The Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies, UC Berkeley PASS, and UC Davis Bridge are excited to announce the second research conference, set for May 28-29, 2021. Held virtually, this conference continues the first conference’s conversations and dialogues around Filipino Studies’ legacy and scholar activism. Students, community organizers, professionals, and community members are invited to submit […]
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Remembering: Lolo Eddie died in a casino
2 kidneys? I’ll take them! By Menchu De Luna Whew! What a journey! When my transplant did not push through in the Philippines in August of 2019, I thought that I was done! When the doctors told me that they cannot do my transplant anymore, I felt that the world fell on me, and I […]