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How gifted teacher Ronie Mataquel overcame adversity through humility
By Mayette Timblaco-Geraldino I got a glimpse of his leadership mettle when he stood by Lumen Castaneda’s decision to resolve a potentially damaging crisis within a teachers organization through humility and professional will. Such an act is unthinkable for one who was a non-leader. Ronie Mataquel rose from poverty to teacher leadership through sheer hard […]
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City officials, FilAm community hail team of nurses who assisted in the care of Ebola doctor
Dr. Craig Spencer, the patient treated for Ebola Virus Disease, is free of the virus and was discharged November 11 from Bellevue Hospital. After a rigorous course of treatment, safety procedures and testing, the Bellevue team determined Spencer is healthy and poses no public health risk. “I am pleased to announce that we were able […]
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Nani Coloretti awaits Senate confirmation as HUD Deputy Secretary; FilAm was nominated by Obama in March
President Obama’s nomination of Nani A. Coloretti since March 10, 2014 to Deputy Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awaiting Senate confirmation. If confirmed, Coloretti would be the fourth female deputy secretary and one of the highest-ranking Filipino Americans serving in the administration, according to the organization Kaya: Filipino Americans […]
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Kabataang Makabayan as the proverbial Boomer at 50: Are its ideals still relevant?
By Cristina DC Pastor On November 30, 1964, a geeky-looking student leader from UP founded the Kabataang Makabayan (KM), visioning it as a network of youth with socialist ideals who would be part of a campaign for a “Philippine revolution against foreign and feudal domination.” That revolution sought to establish a country led not by […]
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FIND’s Fall Dialogue throws challenge to students: ‘Ikaw Na: Your Move’
The Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue (FIND, Inc.) is pleased to announce this year’s Fall Dialogue, themed “Ikaw Na: Your Move.” The conference will be held on November 15, 2014 at Steven’s Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Dialogue joins the national conference series initiated by Pilipino American Unity For Progress (UniPro), Fil-Am Young Leaders […]
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Confessions of a loyal Asian Republican who converted to the ‘party of change’
By Bella Santos Owens On March 13, 2013, as white smoke arose from the Vatican chimney — a sign that a new Pope has been chosen — I was literally opening the envelope with my new voting card and new party affiliation as a Democrat. I told my husband that this may be a good […]
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Juliet Payabyab: No stranger to FilAms in distress
By Cristina DC Pastor Juliet Payabyab will never forget one elderly Filipina who was found slumped on a corner of Roosevelt Avenue in Queens. When reached by NYPD officers and EMS personnel, she refused medical assistance. Instead, the woman who passed out presumably from hunger went with her friend to a restaurant where she devoured […]
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Growing up FilAm fueled his desire to be a Republican (Part 2)
We are republishing The FilAm Metro D.C.’s series featuring two young Filipino Americans in the Republican Party. They are Ninio Joseph Fetalvo, Press Assistant for the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Matthew Alonsozana, a Research Analyst also with the RNC. With the victory of the GOP in the recent Midterm elections, it would be interesting […]
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Our boys in the GOP: Ninio Fetalvo and Matthew Alonsozana (Part 1)
We are republishing The FilAm Metro D.C.’s series featuring two young Filipino Americans in the Republican Party. They are Ninio Joseph Fetalvo, Press Assistant for the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Matthew Alonsozana, a Research Analyst also with the RNC. With the victory of the GOP in the recent Midterm elections, it would be interesting […]