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5 members of Jersey family killed in car crash coming from July 4th vacation
The Filipino American community woke up to a one-two punch of shock and grief with reports that a New Jersey family of five figured in a car crash after coming from a Fourth of July vacation in Delaware. Killed instantly were postal worker and Navy veteran Audie Trinidad, 61, of Teaneck, New Jersey, and his […]
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Philippines Entertainment specialists set their sights on UK Football
The Hong Kong-listed International Entertainment Corporation, the leasing company behind some of the Philippines’ top entertainment properties, is looking to diversify its portfolio after announcing losses from the last financial year. IEC primarily operates within the Asian casino gaming and entertainment industries, leasing out some of the Philippines’ most well-known casino and entertainment resorts to […]
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Tito Sotto and Joey de Leon talked about the rape case in 1982 (Part 2)
By Cristina P. del Carmen Some movie reporters – about six of them – continuously write about them in a bad light, Joey de Leon complained. Some to the extent of using the trio’s most distorted looking faces in pictures, “para talaga mag mukhang criminal.” Tito Sotto does not mind really, but wondered, with some […]
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It hurts only when they laugh (The 1982 Pepsi Paloma rape case) Part 1
By Cristina P. del Carmen I wrote this article as a young reporter for WHO magazine — a publication of the Manila Bulletin — fresh out of journalism school in UP. In light of recent reports that the Philippine Daily Inquirer had taken down a series of articles suggesting Tito Sotto’s involvement in the coverup […]
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Treatment device for Alzheimer’s approved by FDA, declares biotech firm led by N.J. entrepreneur
By Wendell Gaa New Jersey-born entrepreneur Rogelio “Vonz” Santos, Jr. has just joined the global war against Alzheimer’s Disease following his biotechnology company’s discovery of a possible cure for the dreaded epidemic common among the elderly. At a recent TEDx presentation at the Lyceum of the Philippines University in Manila, Vonz revealed how his company, […]
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UP alumni association to hold 20th Grand Reunion on Aug. 30, 2019 in California
The University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) is set to hold its 20th Biennial Grand Reunion and Convention at the Crowne Plaza located in the San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, California on August 30 – September 2, 2019. This will be co-hosted by the UPAA San Francisco Chapter, led by its president […]
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ConGen Claro Cristobal on being a diplomat: ‘Looks like serendipity’
By Cristina DC Pastor The new Consul General in New York, Claro Cristobal, is the kind of storyteller you would want around a campfire or over a bottle of beer. His answers go around the moon and back, his responses to reporters’ question never direct. He loves to tell stories about his life and his […]
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Hudson Yards pioneer Romel Canete: ‘Never thought I’d see this in my lifetime’
By Cristina DC Pastor Romel Canete could not believe that Hudson Yards, an ambitious real estate project on Manhattan’s West Side, is nearing completion and currently almost 80 percent leased. He was part of the project from Day One. In 2004, the Cebu-born Canete, then a consultant at real estate firm Newmark Knight Frank, represented […]
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Manila has no capability to ward off China: PHL national security chief
By Rene Pastor It was a candid focus group discussion between National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and members of the Filipino American community and the media. He indicated the Philippines is too weak to fend off China in their protracted feud over the West Philippine Sea and said Manila has no choice but to […]