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The street art of muralist Juan Paolo Tolentino
By Wendell Gaa Street art isn’t all about graffiti. Just ask Juan Paolo Tolentino, better known as “Jolo.” Tolentino’s art consists of life-size portraits of celebrities whose faces have adorned buildings and public walls across New York. Mural paintings of Manny Pacquiao and Bruce Lee are on display at the Southeast Asia Market Warehouse in […]
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Drug syndicate allegedly shipped meth internationally including the PHL
Three Los Angeles people accused of being part of an international drug trafficking ring are in custody on federal charges alleging they used the Darknet to obtain drugs and offer narcotics for sale, and then shipped pound quantities of methamphetamine to buyers in the Philippines, New Zealand, Poland and other foreign destinations. The case is […]
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On Global Filipinos: DoE’s new deputy chancellor is the ‘proudly Pinay’ Hydra Mendoza
By Loida Nicolas Lewis Hydra Mendoza is the New York City Department of Education’s Deputy Chancellor for Community Empowerment, Partnerships, and Communications, a newly created role. She stepped down from her role as president of the San Francisco Board of Education to accept the NYC position. Many thought she was named after the Greek mythical […]
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Musikalye sa Brooklyn features GMA performers
GMA Pinoy TV is bringing some of the network’s most versatile performers to the U.S. for an international concert dubbed “Kapusong Pinoy Studio 7 Musikalye sa Brooklyn”, which will take place on May 11 at the Kings Theatre in New York. Following the successful string of shows in various locations in Manila and a phenomenal […]
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Grace Labaguis’s brave new world
By Cristina DC Pastor It was, Grace Hufano Labaguis thought then, a “trial visit,” leaving her two sons in Manila in 2001 to see what the future looked like in the U.S. while her husband was working in a restaurant in Saipan. Then 9/11 happened. “Ako lang mag-isa, everyone was worried about me,” she said. […]
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Show us the complete Mueller Report
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. The delay in the release of the Mueller Report has set the stage for a potential legal battle between the White House and Congress. A four-page summary authored by Attorney General William Barr does not satisfy the American public’s clamor for the complete report. Comes now a New York Times […]
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How the 2020 Census will reach out to everyone
The U.S. Census Bureau provided an update on the status of 2020 Census operations, emphasizing the need for innovative, collaborative partnerships to ensure a complete and accurate count of everyone living in the United States. “The Constitution requires that each decade, we take a census of the population to determine the number of seats each […]
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Conquering the world’s toughest race at Badwater
By Gerald Tabios Every morning of Monday to Friday, my mode of transportation to work is by foot. My run is an easy 6.6 miles from my apartment in Queens to my work in Manhattan. It’s a way to build up my mileage to a total of 40 to 50 miles a week and it’s […]
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Book on the brutality of Marcos’s martial law now in its 3rd edition
“Once Upon a Blue Dot” is a gripping narrative of one man’s search for identity and purpose in life in America in the midst of the tumultuous Martial Law in his own country. The author seamlessly weaves fact and fiction, bringing into stark reality the horrors of such a dark chapter in Philippine history. Notable […]