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Philippines and China: A delicate friendship
By Cristina DC Pastor BEIJING — Like two estranged brothers, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping met here on August 29 to see how they can work around the issues that divide them. The recent Summit Meeting was Duterte’s fifth visit to China, but actually his eight meeting with Xi, said Philippine Ambassador Jose Santiago […]
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Love and loneliness in Hong Kong: a movie review
By Nanet Barone “Hello, Love, Goodbye” is a story told by Joy, a Filipino nurse by profession but a domestic helper by occupation, in Hong Kong. The first few minutes set up the entire movie and its pace extremely well. The shots of Joy as a young woman in the airport, as DH rushing from […]
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FAFI cultural festival boasts top performers and a fashion show
The Filipino American Festival, Inc. (FAFI)will hold a cultural festival on September 1 from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Overpeck Bergen County Park at 199 Challenger Road, Ridgefield, N.J. Ludi Hughes, the founder and chairwoman, said this is FAFI’s seventh year and promises to be a “one of a kind” celebration. “Our headliners are […]
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No freedom for the Monster of Calauan
By Cristina DC Pastor College sweethearts Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez were about to head home that ill-fated night of June 28, 1993. The U.P. Los Baños (UPLB) students – seated in front beside the driver — were waiting for the Toyota Tamaraw to fill up with passengers when a group of armed men swooped […]
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Pelikula and popcorn at Sinehan sa Summer
It was standing-room only at the Philippine Center’s Kalayaan Hall on August 8 with more than 170 film-goers turning up for the second night of the Philippine Consulate’s very popular Sinehan sa Summer. The evening featured 12 short films directed and/or written by upcoming filmmakers: Joey Agbayani’s “Lola;” Carlo Francisco Manatad’s “Jodilerks Dela Cruz: Employee […]
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Fil-Am directory and the clubs that bind
By Cristina DC Pastor There are five organizations for doctors, two associations each for teachers and nurses, and one for lawyers. Priests have their own club as do alumni of various Philippine universities, sports enthusiasts, and those who consider themselves native to certain provinces. You will find all them in the 2019 Filipino-American Community Directory […]
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Lolita Valderrama Savage opens solo exhibition in Florence in October
“In cerca dei sogni” – In search of dreams – is the new exhibition by Filipino American artist Lolita Valderrama Savage. It opens October 1 at Palazzo Bastogi, in Florence, Italy. The exhibition offers a selection of drawings and oil paintings, in which the artist narrates her longstanding affection for Tuscany, where her artistic education […]
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Fiesta In America grateful to the community for its loyalty
Fiesta In America presented Empowerment Awards to FilAm achievers, including a bank president and an advocate for autism education during its People’s Ball on August 9. This year’s honorees are Mary Grace Asufrin for Nursing Leadership, Roger Santos for Philanthropy, Alvin and Prima Hower for International Community Service, Dr. Lirio Covey for Autism Advocacy, Eric […]
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The Juliette story and how its founder became a Tory Burch fellow
By Rechelle Balanzat My story starts back in 2013 when I had the idea of developing an app that would take care of laundry and dry cleaning. It took just over a year of developing different prototypes, creating business models, and drafting business plans It wasn’t until September 2014 that I had a working […]