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Wokeness, weed and Crazy High Asians in Nicole Maxali’s ‘Good Vibes’
“Good Vibes,” an original comedy pilot that follows four female cannabis aficionados, will premiere on July 30 at the 42nd Asian American International Film Festival in New York. Queens-based “Good Vibes” creator and executive producer Nicole Maxali uses her hometown of San Francisco as the backdrop to showcase strong, funny Asian American women navigating within […]
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Losing hair? Sue Reynoso can make it pretty
By Maricar CP Hampton There’s a Filipina who knows a thing or two about hair – from grooming, to styling, to growing it healthy. Her name is Sue Reynoso. A medical technology graduate of Silliman University, Sue was already a hairstylist in the Philippines when she came to the U.S. in 2005 petitioned by her […]
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PNB, the oldest Filipino bank in NYC, has a new general manager
By Cristina DC Pastor Philippine National Bank, the oldest Filipino bank in New York at 102 years, just got a new general manager. Eric B. Bustamante is a battle-scarred banker known for his turnaround smarts as a manager. He managed staffing issues he inherited, and now reports the New York office has seen a steady […]
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Planning a Filipino wedding abroad? Sinta may have what you need
A year ago, Gelaine Santiago and Jérôme Gagnon-Voyer sat at the center of a backyard of a historic landmark where they wed in front of family and friends. A Filipina born in Bulacan and raised in Toronto, Gelaine, 29, married her college sweetheart Jérôme, 33, a French-Canadian from Québec. They met through a student organization […]
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Oust-Duterte rally: It’s time for People Power
By Jimin Kim “We’ll be here rain or shine. Duterte must resign,” shouted the more than 100 people who protested under a heavy thunderstorm what they called the “macho-fascist” regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The rally was held in front of the Philippine Consulate building on Fifth Avenue on July 22, the day Duterte […]
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Protest rallies at St. Sebastian Church: What’s it all about?
By Cristina DC Pastor A dismissed Filipino priest and accusations of lack of transparency against the parish priest. How are they connected to the months-long protest rallies now going on at St. Sebastian Church in Woodside, Queens? A group calling itself the Catholic Movement for Transparency has been holding weekly protest rallies outside the church […]
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Inspiring youngsters to take a stand vs the climate crisis
This summer, a film screening and photo exhibit were organized in Queens to draw the attention of migrant Filipinos and Filipino Americans to the complex issue of global climate crisis. The project, called Tandaan Ang Ating Ugnayan/ Remember Y(our) Connection, was founded by community artist Cecilia Lim. Her objective: to inspire NYC-based Filipinos to get […]
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My violin, my voice
By Ruth Livioco Tumpalan “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It was a question I was often asked as a young girl. I thought then that I wanted to achieve great heights, possibly as a lawyer or a scientist. But never did I think that I would have ended up becoming […]
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Leanne Sajor awarded a fellowship at the London School of Economics
Leanne Sajor has been named one of 14 new Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The 2019-20 cohort includes practitioners, policy-makers and educators, political activists and civil society professionals who have already achieved impact in fields such as financial inclusion, economic alternatives, labor organizing, women’s […]