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Community at a loss to explain Edmund Silvestre-vs-Filipino Reporter: ‘They were one happy family’
By Cristina DC Pastor The Filipino community was taken aback by reports that Filipino Reporter’s long-time reporter Edmund Silvestre has filed a labor complaint against his former employers. In Case 15 CV 4477 filed June 9, 2015 before the Southern District of New York, Silvestre is “seeking damages for the base salary he should have […]
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All the news that’s fit to edit: A chat with the NYT’s Cielo Buenaventura
By Cristina DC Pastor For journalist Cielo Buenaventura, getting into The New York Times and now holding the title of staff editor for the Culture section, was a combination of “audacious dreaming and dumb luck.” In 1988 while on a scholarship at Ohio State University, one of her professors, a former Times editor, suggested that […]
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Gold exhibit in NYC: Pre-colonial Filipinos were not savages: organizers
By Cristina DC Pastor Once upon a time when the Philippines was just an assortment of scattered islands and each community was ruled by a ‘datu,’ there was evidence suggesting a craftsman way of life for the indigenous people. Using handmade tools, they hunted for food, built dwellings, and fashioned clothing from whatever they could […]
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Serial entrepreneur Mita Quiogue: Finding success one business at a time
By Cristina DC Pastor Burnout and boredom, if used perversely, may appear to be a deadly pair. But to Mita Quiogue, these twin states of mind fueled her desire to come to the U.S. in 2008 and set up an eyelashes and anti-aging business in the heart of New York’s shopping district. She had a […]
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Deliver us from evil: Episcopalian priest shares experience with his ministry of exorcism
By Father Fred Vergara I had a few experiences of exorcisms or deliverance ministry. In the Philippines, I participated in an exorcism rite in one barrio in Pangasinan. An extended family built their house on a former abortion clinic and they would hear infants crying by the wall. After the exorcism, we conducted a requiem […]
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‘Heneral Luna’ premieres at Asian American film festival
The historical film “Heneral Luna,” directed by Jerrold Tarog, will make its world premiere at the 38th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) to be held July 23 to August 1 at various venues in Manhattan and Queens. Following the life of one of Philippine history’s most brilliant military men, “Heneral Luna” is the story […]
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When emotions battle for control, which one wins?
By Wendell Gaa One of my favorite attractions at Disney’s EPCOT Center in Orlando, Florida was this very amusing audio-animatronic show called “Cranium Command,” where you as the audience get to experience the inner workings of an everyday school boy by literally seeing how the inside of his brain operates, wherein his body parts are […]
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Singing along, holding hands at an Air Supply concert
By Grace Labaguis I grew up grooving to ‘80s music. Chicago; Earth, Wind and Fire, Bread, Journey, Cindy Lauper, Madonna, and the legendary Michael Jackson! Their music was incredibly varied and evoked emotions in me that are often romantic and inspiring. So when I learned that Air Supply was having a concert in New York […]
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Please don’t call them paparazzi or ask them to take pictures with a smartphone
By Cristina DC Pastor The life of a Filipino American community photographer usually revolves around people, parties…and sometimes Photoshop. In the FilAm community, almost every event – big (dinner gala) or small (birthday party) – is documented for posterity. There is an official photographer who is hired by the organizer, and some others who show […]