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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 […]
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Pinay journalists mourn the passing of WNBC’s Katherine Creag, 47
By Cristina DC Pastor The sudden death of WNBC News 4 journalist Katherine Creag came as a shock to the Filipino American community especially to two colleagues in the industry. “To know Kat was to adore her,” writes Hazel Sanchez, a reporter for CBS News, on Facebook. “Super hilarious, super smart, super mom,” Hazel remembers, […]
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1st PHL ambassador J. M. Elizalde remembered on 56th death anniversary
A ceremony commemorating the 56th death anniversary of Joaquin Miguel Elizalde, the first Philippine Ambassador to the United States (1946-1952), was held on February 9. At exactly 12 noon, a small group gathered around Elizalde’s gravestone at the cemetery at St. Joseph-on-Carrollton Manor Catholic Church. A special prayer, led by Fr. Kevin Farmer, was dedicated to Elizalde, and his […]
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‘I said, what’s wrong with you? He came toward me and slashed my face’
On February 10, Noel Quintana, an accountant and a volunteer at The Migrant Center of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Midtown, spoke before a gathering of friends and supporters via Zoom. At the “prayer and healing gathering,” he recounted how, on February 3, a man on a subway train knifed him across […]
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Mayor Todd Gloria of San Diego: A Filipino American Story
By Loida Nicolas Lewis At his inaugural address on December 10, 2020, Mayor Todd Gloria declared, “Today marks a new chapter in San Diego’s history. It is a place where the son of a hotel maid and a gardener, a Native American, Filipino, Puerto Rican, Dutch gay guy has just become your mayor.” It is […]
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Attack on Filipino man slashed across the face denounced
Filipino Americans slammed the assault of a 61-year-old man whose face was slashed in a Manhattan subway on February 3. Noel Quintana, 61, was on the L subway train on his way to work in Harlem when he was attacked by an “emotionally disturbed” man, according to news reports. The man was allegedly kicking his […]