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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, […]
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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 […]