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Camille de la Cruz: Young singer with the ‘funny genes’
By Cristina DC Pastor Young singer Camille de la Cruz is one of many thousands of theater artists who are currently in a state of hiatus because of the COVID-19 public health pandemic. “Bedwetter,” a musical based on comedian Sarah Silverman’s life as a 10-year-old Jewish girl, has halted production. It was slated to stage at the Linda […]
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Harry Go and his tale of two childhoods
By Cristina DC Pastor In Harry Go’s photographic memory, what he remembers as a little boy growing up in the Philippines are unblurred images of living in a house on a hill, bringing spiders to school, and sitting in his father’s car which was technically an old jeepney painted blue. Harry, 34, a lead producer […]
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Doctor uses comics to raise awareness about the coronavirus pandemic
By Wendell Gaa Dr. Carlo Jose San Juan, a nuclear medicine specialist based in Metro Manila, has been doing his part in spreading awareness of the COVID-19 global epidemic both as a working physician and as a comic book writer. He has utilized his talent to educate the community on COVID-19 through his doctor-themed comic […]
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Why illegal immigrants don’t seek treatment for COVID-19
By Sunita Sohrabji, India-West Immigrant communities fear to seek treatment for COVID-19 because of the new public charge rule that says those who seek any form of federal public aid could be denied permanent status in the U.S. Dr. Daniel Turner-Lloveras of the Harbor UCLA Medical Clinic made this remark at a webinar organized by […]
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Jasmine Ting: The ‘probinsyana’ has come a long way
New York City was but a pipe dream for someone who was raised in the small, northern Philippine city of Tuguegarao. Jasmine Arielle Ting never imagined she’d end up thousands of miles away from her hometown, nor did she ever think she’d be working as a features journalist in the Big Apple at 24. She […]
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Grace Alignay: Helping marginalized women find jobs in the fashion industry
By Cristina DC Pastor It took a lot of twists and turns before Grace Alignay finally found her bliss. She studied Pre-Med and was sickened by the sight of blood. In her indecision, she joined the U.S. Army where she acquired technical skills but no college degree. After military service, she moved to New York […]
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Jaygee Macapugay sings of love and ‘kilig’ in short film
Theatre actress Jaygee Macapugay (School of Rock, Here Lies Love) is thrilled to share The Language Lesson, her debut musical short film about a student who has a secret admiration for her English professor The Language Lesson is one of the songs from Paulo K Tiról’s musical production On This Side of the World presented […]
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Health workers attest to dwindling supplies: ‘Even Purell is running low’
By Lindy Rosales As the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim lives, the United States is leading the world with the most number of people infected at more than 100,000 as of March 27. In the U.S., the epicenter points to New York State with at least 81,000 cases. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked […]
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Retired Navy surgeon Raquel Bono, a Pinay, is Washington’s top adviser on COVID-19
Gov. Jay Inslee on March 22 named retired Navy Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono as Washington state director for COVID-19 Health System Response Management. Bono is currently a senior fellow with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. As the former chief executive officer and director for the Defense Health Agency, Bono led a joint, […]