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Dr. John Potenciano: A medical and spiritual path to healthcare
By Vicky Vitug Dr. John Potenciano,a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Albany, has a commonsense attitude toward vaccination. He said, “Vaccination with two doses of the same vaccine is 94% to 95% effective. There’s no guarantee but regardless. Any degree of protection is better than nothing. So that’s why we still have to keep wearing masks. […]
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Macho dancing goes virtual in Joel Lamangan’s ‘Lockdown’
By Joel David A recent Philippine film release will be easy to overlook because it appears exploitative and merely topical – starting with its title, Lockdown. It recently ended its extended streaming run but it has been slated for inclusion in this year’s FACINE International Film Festival in San Francisco (also with a streaming option). […]
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A podcast born during the pandemic to ease boredom and connect Filipinos all over
By Cristina DC Pastor A Document Control Manager and an insurance analyst do not a good comedy pair make. But there is something about the chemistry between Jessy Daing and Jesse ‘Jcas’ Castro that brings out the spontaneity and free-flowing conversation that make their podcast “Over a Glass or Two,” a favorite destination for entertainment […]
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A brave boy named Alton Jace
By Cristina DC Pastor In the humid morning of May 18, a heavily pregnant Amanda Alvaro was scheduled for a Cesarean section. Together with her husband Fred, the calmest person in the family, they drove to New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital praying for a safe delivery andhoping for the best. She found out on […]
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Pre-colonial PHL history can be both educational and ‘enjoyable’
By Maricar CP Hampton As an enthusiast of anime, comics, Filipino oral traditions and folklore, an idea came to Arthur Soriano. Why not make Philippine history educational and also entertaining by using comic books? The idea preoccupied his imagination until several years later when he had acquired the finances, the time, and the right team […]
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Customers sad but not worried about PAL filing for bankruptcy
Philippine Airlines frequent fliers were shocked by the news, and just gave a shrug. Said Manhattan accountant Je Olaguera, “They’ll bounce back.” Melissa Alviar, a Guest Experience Representative for Madison Square Garden, said: “The Philippine government won’t allow losing a flag carrier.” Brand loyalty is probably one of the reasons for PAL’s staying power even […]
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Brew the barako before reading ‘The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata’
By Tricia J. Capistrano Brew the Barako. Cue up Google Translate and the Wikipedia entry on Philippine history. Soho Press in New York recently released the U.S. version of The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata by Gina Apostol and like her previously U.S. released work, Insurrecto, the Raymundo Mata book is not bedside reading. Rapt […]
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Maria Banatao: The woman behind the man
By Loida Nicolas Lewis When I texted Maria Banatao that I would like to talk to her in the morning at 11 a.m. New York time – which is 8 a.m. Los Angeles time — she told me that she would prefer to do it three hours later. Why? Because she would be going to […]
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Like the ‘bamboo amid a storm,’ the return of People’s Ball
The People’s Ball, a festive gathering of Filipino Americans in the New York area, returned on August 22 paying tribute to health care professionals as well as economic frontline workers — FilAms and non-Filipinos alike — calling them the community’s Pandemic Vanguards. This is the first time People’s Ball, a companion event to the annual […]