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Will Filipino staff return when Pommes Frites reopens in the Fall?
A bigger Pommes Frites will reopen in Greenwich Village in the Fall after the old store in the East Village was gutted in a fire resulting from a gas explosion, according to a crowdfunding campaign. While the store needs a total of $367,500 to get back on its feet, the Indiegogo campaign ‘Rebuild Pommes Frites’ […]
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Philippine gold exhibit part of Asia Society’s 60th anniversary celebration
By Cristina DC Pastor The exhibit, “Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms,” will be part of Asia Society’s programming leading up to its 60th anniversary in 2016. Asia Society President Josette Sheeran made the remark during a July 21 briefing, stressing the importance of the exhibit to the museum’s programming for the year. The gold […]
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Lawyer Dulce Valdes-Barangan is the new president of Ilocano association of N.Y.
By Cristina DC Pastor In the Barangan household in Long Island, the children of Caesar and Dulce Valdes-Barangan speak English as well as the Ilocano language of the northern Philippines. Somewhere in New York State’s multicultural quilt of young Americans, there’s Zack Barangan, who works in an advertising agency in Manhattan who speaks Ilocano, and […]
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Young Filipinas among big buyers of Birkins, fancy designer bags
By Cristina DC Pastor Whoever said, ‘People don’t want to flaunt their money,’ have not met the women who buy capricious designer bags. We mean over-the-top totes that scream heavy color, faux leather, tassel trims, braid handles, and metals that shine from a mile away. These buyers are mostly Asians – some in America and […]
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Filipino veterans to be reunited with families; how to apply for a parole visa
By Attorney Rio Guerrero My father was just a little boy growing up in Bataan during World War II. He believed his life and that of his brothers were spared by the Japanese only because they were too small to be viewed as threats to the soldiers. Eventually, brave Filipino and American soldiers fought side-by-side […]
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The riotous Minions: In search of a worthy leader
By Wendell Gaa We are in the middle of the summer movie season, and that can only mean we can expect to see more family-friendly features from Hollywood on the big screen. Alas, we need not look further than the newly-released “Minions,” from the same studio that brought us all the riotously funny “Despicable Me” […]
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NJ Judge Carlia Brady pleads ‘not guilty’ for hiding fugitive boyfriend in her home
Suspended New Jersey Judge Carlia Magpantay Brady pleaded not guilty for harboring her fugitive boyfriend who was wanted in an armed robbery in 2013. Brady faces a possible jail time of five to 10 years for a charge Gov. Chris Christie has called “deplorable and frankly, stupid.” The plea was entered on July 15 at […]
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Commissioner Bill Bratton assures NYPD will ‘actively pursue’ investigation into death of Queens man
Police Commissioner William ‘Bill’ Bratton has given his assurance that “cases involving Filipinos will remain a high priority” for the NYPD. Bratton made this statement in a July 6 meeting with Consul General Mario de Leon Jr. at the commissioner’s office in downtown Manhattan. De Leon called on Bratton as a diplomatic courtesy and also […]
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Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson: ‘No political ambitions, no issues with women’
By Cristina DC Pastor Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson will always be remembered for the 2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault, where he represented the accuser Nafissatou Diallo. He rose to prominence for his rousing defense of Diallo, the immigrant hotel housekeeper who accused Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, and was eventually elected in 2013. That case, […]