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From 800, it’s now a 10,000 waitlist for Filipino flavor Kora doughnuts
By Lindy Rosales Doughnuts named after her recently departed grandmother, Corazon, and selling for $6.50 apiece. What’s so special about Kora doughnuts that it has woven this legend that 800 people are on a waiting list to buy them? It’s no legend. I found out from a visit to their Fabula Café pop-up event the waiting list is real […]
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Decades of activism in Filipino American theater
The Filipino American National Historical Society’s theme for this year’s FilAm History Month of October is “The History of FilAm Activism.” For lovers of theater and history, the book Barangay to Broadway: Filipino American Theater History by Walter Ang provides an engaging look at how different theater makers and groups have constantly been a part or product […]
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On Global Filipinos: FilAms running for the U.S. Congress
By Loida Nicolas Lewis Rep. Robert C. ‘Bobby’ Scott The first representative in the U.S. Congress of Filipino ancestry is Rep. Robert “Bobby” C. Scott of Virginia’s 3rd District. His grandfather, Valentino Cortez, was born in 1894 in Benguet province. He stowed away on a ship during the Spanish-American war. The American ship bound for […]
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‘Bouquet of healing’ art project dedicated to Elmhurst hospital workers
The community arts project called Tandaan Ang Ating Ugnayan has offered a “bouquet of healing and connection” to Elmhurst Hospital workers, visitors, and community, through a street art installation surrounding the hospital. With this installation, the project — founded by artist Cecilia Lim – sought to give a “sense of ‘pakikipagkapwa’ (interconnectedness)” to workers who have […]
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Job trainings, burial scams proliferate during the pandemic
Consumer fraud is a shape-shifting demon that follows the headlines to target its prey, whether affluent or newly impoverished, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the key message from experts and consumer advocates speaking at a recent Federal Trade Commission Zoom conference for media and community stakeholders. The number of scams hasn’t increased because […]
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Family politics and the Abasolos of New Jersey
Alice Abasolo, a resident of Woodbridge, New Jersey, is the portrait of a fervent supporter of Donald Trump. A conservative Catholic and pro-Life advocate, she is the third child among four siblings, all of them born in Ozamiz City, the hometown of their father. Their mother hails from Loay, Bohol. They came to America when […]
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First-time voter Sophia Policarpio: Thrilled, independent, undecided
By Cristina DC Pastor There are two things that get Sophia Policarpio excited and anxious at the same time: Being an incoming freshman at Stony Brook University and a first-time voter in the November 3rd elections. On turning 18, she registered to vote in her East Hills neighborhood in Long Island, thrilled at the thought […]
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Dear Undecided FilAm Voter
I get it. You are still on the fence five weeks away from the election. Not committed to either Donald Trump or Joe Biden, still figuring out which of the two candidates is deserving of your invaluable vote. I don’t know how big a population you are, but pooled together with all undecided American voters, […]
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TOFA100 to celebrate distinguished FilAms on Oct 31
By Rasmin Diaz A second batch of TOFA100 outstanding Filipinos in the fields of media, business and entrepreneurship, education and research, fashion, culinary and public service was announced last week by The Outstanding Filipinos in America (TOFA) Awards. “Entertainment and public service are among TOFA’s bigger categories because Filipino excellence truly shines through in these fields,” […]