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Ea Torrado choreographs loss, grief, and healing
Playing Sisa at the Lopez Museum in 2014. Inspired by the ‘loss of identity of mothers and the Motherland.’ By Cristina DC Pastor How many stages of grief are we allowed to have? Four? Seven? In Ea Marie Torrado’s 32 years, the grieving came in waves and stages: The father she knew nothing about, her […]
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Fun facts and tips about the NYE Times Square Ball Drop
Countries all around the world have their own unique New Year’s traditions. Many places feature customary cuisine, such as lentils (Brazil and Italy), suckling pig (Austria) and grapes (Spain). Others get a bit more creative. The Danish, for example, smash broken china on friends’ front doors, supposedly in a sign of affection. But you obviously […]
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How digitalization and the ‘fear of making mistakes’ are contributing to the nursing shortage
By Cristina DC Pastor It seems America’s nursing shortage will never go away. The rise in Boomers seeking health care and the aging of the nursing ranks are routinely believed to be contributing to a projected demand of more than 1 million nurses by 2024. But recently, the trend toward digitalization appears to be pushing […]
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Malagos Chocolate: Not quite Willy Wonka but close enough
By Cristina DC Pastor DAVAO City — Paul Hubahib, 13, and his sister Andrea, 7, were nibbling chocolates with their mother and cousin when I spotted them. What’s offbeat is they’re munching on chocolates they just made. At the Malagos Chocolate Laboratory, anyone — especially children like the Hubahib siblings – can make his/her own […]
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New PHL ambassador arrives in D.C., writes of PHL-U.S. ties and friendship with Chuck Norris
After a long wait, the Philippines’s new ambassador to the U.S. was finally introduced to government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, and business community leaders at a reception held on December 7 at the Philippine Embassy’s Chancery Annex building. Jose Manuel del Gallego Romualdez — known by his nickname Babe – is a journalist, […]
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Pediatric nephrologist Dr. Connie Uy announces retirement after 50 years
By Cristina DC Pastor On January 2, 2018, the Filipinos of New Jersey will lose a beloved ‘pillar’ of the medical community. Constancia ‘Connie’ Uy, one of only 11 pediatric nephrologists in the state, announced her retirement on November 19 after 50 years of service as a doctor and an educator. As a doctor, she […]
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Once, my life intersected with V.C. Igarta
By Eileen R. Tabios In my last few years living in New York City — before moving to San Francisco about 18 years ago — I spent time with Venancio C. “V.C.” Igarta, the foremost artist of the Manong generation. By the time I met him through an introduction by poet Luis Cabalquinto, he had […]
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Son of a diplomat Jeremy Domingo finds his calling in theatre
By Wendell Gaa This article is part of a continuing series on second-generation Filipino Americans who have returned to the homeland, lured by more fulfilling careers and an opportunity to bridge and embrace their two cultures. I have known Jeremy Domingo since his brother Jesus was an officer at the Philippine Mission to the United […]
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Majority of Asian Americans on East Coast disapprove of Trump performance
According to a nonpartisan exit poll of 2,538 Asian American voters in the 2017 elections, Asian Americans strongly supported Democratic candidates in four states — Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York — with 3 out of 5 voters disapproving of Donald Trump’s performance as president. The multilingual exit poll was conducted by the Asian […]