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Why calling it ‘China virus’ stigmatizes our community
By Cristina DC Pastor The virus called Covid-19 is a public health pandemic that has darkened many countries around the world. Broadway in the city of our dreams has turned eerily quiet since the outbreak, and Times Square, the tumultuous heartbeat of New York, is silenced as the disease tightened its claws on the gasping […]
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In quarantine, juggling isolation and the need to run errands for survival
By Lindy Rosales People Under Quarantine. They are the unwilling martyrs in the global health emergency resulting from the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus. I spoke with two of them and learned of their dilemma while being in a state of self-containment. Elna Bicar of Teaneck, New Jersey, went into self-quarantine heeding the call […]
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Masks made by mom
By Lindy Rosales Anna de Jesus* works in the dialysis center of one of the acute care hospitals in the Bronx. Amid the deadly Covid-19 epidemic, she discovered she could do something other than extend direct medical treatment to her patients. She can make face masks! She spent her precious days-off manufacturing cloth masks using her […]
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FilAms helping FilAms in a time of Covid-19
By Cristina DC Pastor In a time of calamity, trust the Filipino American community to act quickly and act with heart. Powerful earthquakes and typhoons in the past have prepared Filipino organizations to efficiently rally their members to fundraise. But in a time of Covid-19, a fast-spreading virus that has forced the shutdown of cities […]
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A spectacular ‘Game of Thrones’ experience
By Wendell Gaa I cannot think of any other TV fantasy drama which has so captivated the imagination of global pop culture the way “Game of Thrones” has throughout its entire eight-season run (2011-2019). “Game of Thrones” is a complex drama which deals with themes of political power struggles for survival and dominance. The themes […]
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Emilia David carves her own space as a business journalist
If you ask a young Emilia David what she would be doing by the time she was 30, she would have probably said a ballet dancer. But that didn’t end up her path. Instead, she followed in the footsteps of great women in her family: She became a journalist. Emilia, 34, is a reporter who […]
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A nurse’s reflections on the dreaded COVID-19 while waiting to be tested
By Lindy Rosales I have been having chills since the previous Saturday but with no fever. I take the subway to work, pass by Grand Central terminal where a lawyer from New Rochelle, who tested positive for COVID-19, also takes his subway train. I called two private doctors to see if I could be tested […]
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Ilya Amatorio: Nurse leader, mother of 2, first lady
By Cristina DC Pastor It’s been said: There’s a nurse in every Filipino American household. Over at Bergenfield town, a FilAm nurse just became its first lady. Ilya Evangelista Amatorio, 46, was a long-time clinical nurse manager at Mount Sinai Hospital until she decided two years ago to cut back and spend more time with […]
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The brave, healing hands of surgeon Zahrah Taufique
By Danielle Vania Bonus Dr. Zahrah Taufique grew up spending her summers in India and the Philippines where her parents are from. These memorable holidays also exposed her to poverty in these countries and developed in her a desire to help the underprivileged. A Chief Resident Surgeon of ENT (ear, nose and throat — also […]