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Fantasy ‘aswang’ series coming to Netflix in ‘Trese’
By Wendell Gaa Philippine folklore and mythology have captivated me for a long time. It was in my pre-teen years when I learned about mythical creatures, such as the blood-sucking aswang, our version of the vampire, and the monstrous tikbalang, considered to be the Filipino equivalent to the half-man half-bull minotaur of Greek mythology. These […]
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PNA-NY’s ASPIRE to Empower celebrates nursing excellence, inducts new officers
September 26 marked the 26th Biennial Induction and Excellence Awards of the Philippine Nurses Association of New York, Inc. (PNA-NY), which is also celebrating its 91st founding anniversary. It is even more profound that the World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. This theme of the PNA-NY’s […]
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Ret. Ambassador Virgilio Reyes Jr.: PHL diplomats are mostly ‘kind’ people
By Cristina DC Pastor Former Philippine Ambassador to Italy Virgilio Reyes Jr. said Filipino diplomats are mostly “kind” people and if there are “cruel” ones, they would be the exception. The FilAm sought comments from Reyes, who served in the foreign service for 35 years, on the case of Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro. She […]
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Can one be retired and still travel the world?
By Charmaine Talvy When I first met Carol, a pharmaceutical executive, she was 52 years old. She had just sent her only child off to college and wasn’t sure how to navigate her new empty-nester life. Carol had been working at the same company for three years and before that, she held the same job […]
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Immigration, abortion, the pandemic on the minds of voters as they cast their ballots
By Lindy Rosales As a long-time New York City resident, I have never seen early voting like this before: Long lines stretching several blocks, with people waiting patiently in the cold weather for their turn at the poll booth. It’s been reported that Mayor Bill de Blasio waited almost four hours before he could cast […]
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How Gloria Carido Nomura bridges diversity: A FAHM portrait
By Peter Jamero The fourth of five children of Leon and Camila Carido, Gloria was born on February 23, 1941 in Stockton CA. Like many Filipino babies of the times, she was delivered at home by a midwife. Her father, who immigrated from Bohol, Philippines during the 1920s, worked in the rich agricultural fields around Stockton. Her […]
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Finance council with a vision to increase political participation of Filipinos launched
To celebrate Filipino American History Month, Atty. Loida Nicolas Lewis called on her friends to help host a virtual meeting with Dr. Jill Biden, wife of former Vice President and now Presidential Candidate Joe Biden. The meeting took place online on October 2, which was also the soft launch of the Filipino American National Finance […]
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A Zoom Thanksgiving: Do we still gobble gobble?
By Cristina DC Pastor As the dust of the November 3 election settles – whether the president is newly elected or reelected — Americans will soon dive into the next most important debate: How to celebrate Thanksgiving. Dr. Anthony Fauci has provided a preview of how some families will be celebrating the holidays: apart from […]
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The story of George and Primo in ‘The Hows of Us’
“The Hows of Us” — Filipino cinema’s historic box office record breaker in 2018 – is now available in the iTunes Store and Google Play. It is currently available on Amazon Prime Video and iWantTFC platforms. The film stars Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo, one of the most popular reel and real life couples in the Philippine movie industry for the last decade. Cathy […]