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‘A very very dangerous man’
The ax has fallen. Nike is cutting off ties with Manny Pacquiao, calling his comments about gays being worse than animals “abhorrent.” Pacquiao’s endorsement contract with Nike has run more than eight years, according to ESPN. Social media has been unrelenting. Comments run the range from ridicule to indignation all aimed at the eight-division boxing […]
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LGBT rights advocate to Manny Pacquiao: ‘I lost all respect for you’
By Chelle Lhuillier I would like to start by saying I was an avid fan of Manny Pacquiao. I watched almost all of his fights on Pay-per-view and followed his boxing career, win or lose. But now I will categorically say: I am not your fan anymore, and I just lost all respect for you, […]
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‘No one-size-fits-all solution to global terror,’ says U.S. diplomat to the UN Michelle Sison
By Cristina DC Pastor Ambassador Michele Sison, who is the U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said defeating terrorism and its “poisonous ideologies” requires an action plan that will address the conditions that feed radicalization. The U.S., she said, supports a proposal that each member country develop its own action plan against terrorism […]
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Justice Scalia and me: A love story
By David Lat Happy Valentine’s Day. I hope you are spending it with someone you love. I will share with you the tale of the great love of my youth: Justice Antonin Scalia. Until last year, the happiest day of my life was when I found out I would be interviewing with Justice Scalia for […]
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Family of Queens hit-and-run victim Jose Beof Sr. urging witnesses to come forward
By Cristina DC Pastor Five days before turning 79 on February 16, retired merchant marine Jose Beof Sr. was hit by a brown van in front of his house. On his birthday, his family plans an early morning serenade of ‘How Beautiful is the Morning’ by his hospital bed, as doctors mull the likelihood of […]
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A grandfather’s letter to his 13-year-old ‘apo’
Former advertising executive Tony Joaquin of Sacramento, Calif., welcomes his grandson Julian Ismael Joaquin’s transition into adolescence. As he ushers him into this new phase leading into adulthood, Tony is also reminding him to always be respectful of women. A man has a choice, and Tony’s wish is for all young men to be “gentlemen” […]
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Brunei: Not quite tropical paradise, but very cosmopolitan and peaceful
By Wendell Gaa The chill of the winter season provides the perfect alibi to determine one’s next travel destination to revolve around three things: sun, sand and palm trees. Now, if you are willing to expand your tropical traveling tastes a little bit to something other than the Philippines, then the small Southeast Asian nation […]
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FILAMSPEAK: Millennials reflect on race and what it means to be ‘more white than brown’
By Cristina DC Pastor They’re called ‘white Filipinos’ teasingly, sometimes pejoratively, Filipino Americans born to parents where one is Filipino, the other Caucasian. They respond to labels, such as biracial, mixed-race, or ‘halfies.’ Labels don’t bother them. What does is when society uses race to adjust its attitude toward people, and stereotyping becomes its ugly […]
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Mulling Peyton Manning’s future in football: Does age matter?
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. The latest Super Bowl had just taken place on February 7th. If there is one sport on these shores that commands a veritable following, it is football, as comprehended in the American system. It is far from the ‘football’ nomenclature that continues its significance in other continents observed in Latin […]