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Assemblymember Steven Raga backs Mark Levine for City Comptroller
New York State Assemblymember Steven Raga has announced he is backing Mark Levine for New York City Comptroller. Raga, the first Filipino American elected into office in the state of New York, joins the Filipino American Democratic Club and a growing coalition of AAPI elected officials and community groups that are backing Levine, highlighting Levine’s […]
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Charm and sentimentality in ‘COVID Diary’ book on China
By Allen Gaborro For centuries, China has been a formidable yet enigmatic social, cultural, and political entity, more so to outsiders. To intone the evolution of this historical landscape is to recognize one truth: that the Middle Kingdom has been replete with webs of wonder, contradictions, and complexities that at once have amazed and boggled […]
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70 Filipino nurses exploited by staffing agency will receive restitution: AG James
New York Attorney General Letitia James on May 29 secured more than $660,000 for foreign-born nurses who were subjected to illegal labor trafficking and exploitative contracts by Advanced Care Staffing and Priority Care Staffing (ACS) and ACS CEO Sam Klein, according to a press statement from her office. An Office of the Attorney General (OAG) investigation […]
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The PHL is the only country with a diplomatic presence on 5th Ave: Fun fact as Philippine Center celebrates 50 years
By Cristina DC Pastor The Philippine Center was built in the 1970s during the time of the Marcos regime, a time when activist fervor was high and some Filipinos were wondering, “How can a poor country like the Philippines afford to own a building on Fifth Avenue in New York City?” Imelda Marcos, at the […]
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The Filipino community has ‘great Faith, great devotion to family’ – McGreevey (Part 2)
By Cristina DC Pastor TF: What were people’s reactions to you? JM: I think people looked at me askance, the circumstances of the resignation, the fact that I was high profile. But in a nursing home nobody gives a darn who you are. They know I was governor but the things for them was…people need […]
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Ex-New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey: Life after coming out (Part 1)
By Cristina DC Pastor The FilAm Exclusive The decision to interview former New Jersey Governor James ‘Jim’ McGreevey was never in the cards. First, he does not belong to The FilAm brand, meaning he is not Filipino American and he most certainly, I thought then, has not done anything remotely connected with the community. Until […]
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Abi Balingit wins James Beard Award for her desserts cookbook ‘Mayumu’
By Claire Mercado-Obias In the tiny kitchen of her Brooklyn apartment, Abi Balingit experimented making sweet treats with a Filipino twist. The successful recipes, she posted on her blog, The Dusky Kitchen. One day, a literary agent asked if she wanted to write a cookbook. After a resounding yes, she worked on it during the […]
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Filipino girl travels the globe to find first-of-its-kind cure for cancer
When 9-year-old Aspen Tangonan was 22 months old, she was diagnosed with stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma — an aggressive tumor arising from nerve tissues and cells. At the time, her family had no idea Aspen would become the first pediatric patient successfully treated with a novel drug combination for high-risk refractory neuroblastoma. Aspen underwent lengthy […]
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First-ever FilAm comic books festival on June 1st showcases women storytellers
On the same day and at the same location as the Philippine Independence Day Parade, the first-ever Filipinx American Comic and Book Festival on Madison Avenue will be happening in New York City. “I’m excited to be participating in the first annual Filipinx American Comic & Book Festival! I’m most looking forward to being in […]