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When community leaders file for bankruptcy: What we can learn
By Cristina DC Pastor They are prominent individuals who are visible in high-profile community events, photographed with government officials and celebrities. One is in the area of health care, the other in retail. With their Manhattan addresses and the way they’re always dressed in snappy ‘barong,’ nothing in their comportment suggests that at one point […]
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Artist Lolita Valderrama Savage receives prestigious Premio Lorenzo il Magnifico award from her ‘beloved Firenze’
By Cristina DC Pastor Philippine-born international artist Lolita Valderrama Savage was awarded with the distinguished Premio Lorenzo Il Magnifico for 2017, a prestigious award granted by the Academia Internazionale Medicea (The International Medici Academy) in Florence, Italy. Lolita, a painter noted for her lively landscapes and nature scenes, was one of the 10 international recipients […]
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Lordy! Comey’s testimony draws almost 20M TV viewers
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. The June 8th appearance of former FBI James Comey before the Senate Intelligence Committee drew close to 20 million viewers – 19.5 million, according to Forbes.com — to TV sets across the country, some watching in bars with friends and co-workers. The time difference did not matter to West Coast […]
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BPO consultant Leonard de Guzman says ‘cliquish’ culture persists in PHL
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. Like anybody who has grown up the child of a diplomat or soldier, Leonard de Guzman has spent a […]
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Independence Day Parade: Beauty queens on floats, toddlers on strollers, and a swinging Teddy Boy Locsin
By Lindy Rosales It seemed everyone who is Filipino American was on Madison Avenue on June 4 for the Philippine Independence Day Parade. The nurses, the teachers, the beauty queens, the singers, the Masons, frat men, comedians, babies on strollers, the Ivatans, the photographers, the Duterte diehards, FilAms who love Marawi, government executives, the badminton […]
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Young Filipina American blisters at Duterte: ‘It seems the greatest evil is you’
By Megan Faye Villarin “Huwag kayo mag-alala. Sasamahan ko kayo. If you go down, I go down. But for this martial law, and the consequences of martial law, and the ramifications of martial law, I and I alone would be responsible. Trabaho lang kayo. Ako na bahala. Ako na magpakulong sa inyo. Pag naka-rape ka […]
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Mikhail Red’s ‘Birdshot’ in centerpiece gala and in competition at NYC Asian filmfest
Mikhail Red’s slow-burning thriller “Birdshot” will be the Centerpiece Gala of the 16th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will take place from June 30 to July 13 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and July 14 to 16 at the SVA Theatre in Chelsea. It will be the North American premiere of […]
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Grace Labaguis battles behemoth AOL on social media over identity hack
By Cristina DC Pastor It was a pleasant Memorial Day afternoon, and Grace Labaguis of Jersey City was out shopping with her son. When they got home in the evening, she received a voicemail alert from Western Union (WU), asking to confirm transactions she made online. Strange, because she never made any remittance. She had […]
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Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer tells Washington: ‘Don’t withhold funding for affordable housing’
By Cristina DC Pastor New York City Housing Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer said her office is on track to build 200,000 affordable housing units over a period of 10 years. “The mayor has an incredibly ambitious housing plan – 200,000 units over the course of 10 years. We are a few years in, and I am […]