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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 […]
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PIDCI ratifies bylaws amid questions over procedure
By Cristina DC Pastor PIDCI, the beleaguered organization that hosts the annual Independence Day Parade, met this week in a bid to get its house in order and fix loopholes in the management of its finances. This is the same organization where the former treasurer is alleged to have absconded with its funds and yet […]
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Arvin Amatorio on why he is running for mayor of Bergenfield: ‘I can do more and do better’
By Cristina DC Pastor At the Bergenfield Boro Park where the freshwater lake lay still and the geese seemed to tiptoe around it, Councilman Arvin Amatorio laid out his plans for the town of Bergenfield. “Economic development, tax stabilization, infrastructure improvement and, transportation,” he said, speaking mildly but forcefully. “I would like Bergenfield to have […]
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DFTA’s Jennine Ventura addresses aging and eliminating ageism
By Cristina Dc Pastor Sotera Domingo is an 84-year-old retired nurse who has lived in Richmond Hill for more than 35 years. Since her husband died three years ago, grief has taken its toll on her health. Her cancer has returned, and she has mood swings triggered by recurring depression. Caring friends and neighbors bring […]
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Creating art while battling cancer, how Leani Auxilio heals
By Cristina DC Pastor On Leani Auxilio’s bed at Mt. Sinai St. Luke’s hospital are drawing papers and pencils of different colors. On days when she is not exhausted after a will-sapping chemotherapy treatment, she likes to draw to keep busy. At times, she turns to the Procreate app on her iPad where she sketches, […]