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Maia Cruz Palileo reinterprets pre-colonial history in solo exhibit
“Meandering Curves of a Creek” is Maia Cruz Palileo’s first solo institutional exhibition, comprised of a selection of recent paintings and drawings that continue the artist’s ongoing exploration of her personal identity, cultural heritage and feelings of multiplicity as a Filipino-American. This body of work traces a direct lineage to the ethnographic photographs of Dean […]
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Flight uninterrupted: PAL’s NYC-Manila direct starts Oct 30
By Cristina DC Pastor & Rene Pastor On its 77th year, Philippine Airlines will open direct flights from New York to Manila starting October 30. The announcement was made by Josh Vasquez, PAL area manager for New York, during a press conference with Tourism Attaché Susan del Mundo and members of the FilAm media at […]
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It’s not fun when billboards are vandalized: Tourism Attaché Susan del Mundo
By Cristina DC Pastor It’s “very sad,” said new Tourism Attaché to New York Susan del Mundo, that people would vandalize Philippine tourism billboards. “Sad because effort ito ng mga Pilipino,” she told members of the FilAm media in a press conference. “We would like to promote our country to have a very good image. […]
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Why invest in the Philippines? Find out at May 9-12 Grand Central expo
A panel on “Why Invest in the Philippines” will open the Explore Islands Philippines Expo on May 9, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Hall of the Grand Central Terminal on 42nd Street and Park Avenue in New York City. The panelists include Manuel A.J. Teehankee, Undersecretary for International Economic Relations, Department of Foreign […]
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Knight ‘disturbed’ by one-sidedness of KOR findings: Where is the leadership?
By Roland David A well-respected member of the Knights of Rizal advised me that involvement of the media is not the right approach to solve the problem. However, because one of the personalities involved in the complaints first publicized the decision, but deliberately omitted a page showing a penalty imposed on him, I feel that […]
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GMA stars create goofy content at YouTube Space
GMA Network made pop culture history as the first Filipino broadcast network to produce content at the YouTube Space New York. Top Kapuso stars Dennis Trillo, Jennylyn Mercado, Lovi Poe, Alden Richards, Betong Sumaya, and Dingdong Dantes took a side trip to the YouTube Space prior to the GMA Pinoy TV Sikat Ka, Kapuso! show […]
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Letters to our children — native, brown, yellow, white, black, gay
By Tricia J. Capistrano Two thousand and three was not a good time to be with child. In March of that year, the U.S., UK, Australia, and Poland invaded Iraq. The same week, I was told that the baby that I was carrying was going to be a boy. On the subway ride home from […]
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Columbia journalism student Mariel Padilla wins a Pulitzer at 23
By Cristina DC Pastor “It feels unreal. I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet. I’m still processing it.” That’s Columbia journalism student Mariel Padilla describing how she felt on learning this week she won a Pulitzer Award. She is 23 years old. She was attending class on April 20 when a friend texted, asking […]
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Expelled knight responds to KOR resolution, decries forgery, intimidation
By Eddie Limon “The Committee is entitled to their own opinion but not entitled to their own set of facts!” Paraphrasing Edmund Burke, “Evil will only succeed if good men will not do anything about it” and Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s speech to the Master Masons of the La Solidaridad Masonic Lodge in Madrid, “There […]