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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 […]
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Knights of Rizal expels 1 member, suspends Roland David, Paul Verzosa
By Cristina DC Pastor Once upon a time there was a National Hero named Jose Rizal whose writings inspired a revolution against the colonizing power, Spain. More than a century later, Filipinos vowing to “honor and uphold” his nationalist ideals created the Order of the Knights of Rizal (KOR) with chapters all across the globe. […]
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Stella Abrera: A heart for the homeland
By April Deocariza Some of America’s biggest names in ballet performed on the Philippine stage on April 6-7 in a gala curated by none other than Stella Abrera, the first Filipino American to reach the top rank of principal dancer at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. The program, entitled “An Intimate Evening with Stella Abrera […]
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Save the ethnic media: Immigration, digitalization seen as challenges
By Cristina DC Pastor Community journalists and advertising agencies gathered in New York’s Chinatown district to examine challenges and trends and how they can work to make media organizations more sustainable. The roundtable, held at the Museum of Chinese in America, was organized by the Asian American Advertising Federation (3AF), a national trade organization comprising […]
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Taxwoman Margaux Advincula on leaving NYC: Mission accomplished
By Wendell Gaa After almost two years in New York, senior manager Margaux Advincula of EY/SGV & Co. is back in Manila glowing with a sense of professional fulfillment: She has re-established the Philippines Tax Desk in the Ernst & Young New York office in 2016. The tax desk provides advisory services to multinational companies […]
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The poetry form ‘Hay(na)ku’ on its 15th birthday
By Eileen R. Tabios In 2018, the “hay(na)ku”, a tercet-based poetic form, will celebrate its 15th year anniversary. While I created the form, it received its name from Vince Gotera who had co-founded (with Nick Carbo) the Flips Listserve where I introduced the form (the Listserve was for those interested in Filipino literature). The hay(na)ku’s […]
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Duterte is 1st Asian leader to face charges at ICC; ‘inner circle’ also liable
By Rene Pastor President Rodrigo Duterte is the first Asian leader to face possible charges of crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to international lawyer Ruben Carranza. He said officials in Duterte’s inner circle may also face charges for the murders committed under his brutal drug war. Carranza, the senior staff […]