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Ateneo Grade School Class ’64 celebrates golden year
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Numbers of folks who observe anniversaries say such events come and go. Not so, echo many who anticipate and plan ahead for those once-in-a-lifetime occasions. How about those that arrive five decades after, or dubbed ‘golden,’ in reference to the meaning of gold? A little more than half-a-century ago, a […]
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Retracing Christ’s footsteps from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, and passing through Palestine
By Wendell Gaa Visiting the Holy Land was a lifetime goal of mine since college, and a part of my heart and soul felt fulfilled on a spiritual, emotional and intellectual level after I finally achieved that objective this year. Having been born a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church denomination, my trip to Israel […]
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Fr. Joseph Marabe breaks silence over Simbang Gabi ban (Part 2)
By Sharon Adarlo and Cristina DC Pastor When the Simbang Gabi Masses were banned from the Philippine Center in 2011 during the holiest time of the Christian calendar, some Filipino Americans harbored angry, unholy thoughts about the decision by the Archdiocese of New York. The Simbang Gabi, the tradition of celebrating dawn Masses (In the […]
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING PROJECT: Why Filipinos shy away from Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz dedicated to them (Part 1)
UPDATE: DNA Info is reporting that the Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz is being sold for $7.35 million to a real estate developer. The sale is expected to close by July 25, 2017. Below is the story of the church dedicated to Filipinos and yet forsaken by the community. By Sharon Adarlo Amidst the trendy […]
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Nov. 6-13 Other Israel film festival to feature immigration film ‘Transit’
“Transit” by Hannah Espia is among the films to be featured in the 8th Annual Other Israel Film Festival in New York City. Espia’s debut film is the story of a Filipino caregiver in Israel determined to hide his children from immigration police to prevent their deportation. In 2009, Israel sought to expel several hundreds […]
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2 years after superstorm Sandy, how is RN hero Menchu de Luna Sanchez doing?
By Cristina DC Pastor She is still working at the NYU Langone Medical Center but in another department. She still lives in her Secaucus, New Jersey home with her husband Judith (yes, the girl’s name) and children Jude and Michelle, their home for the last 22 years. She still looks back with overflowing pride at […]
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Lifting the shroud of shame on Domestic Violence, FilAm youth share stories of abuse
By Cristina DC Pastor Leani Auxilio loved her father dearly. He was, in good times, a funny man and a great cook. But when soused with alcohol and he would start beating up her mother, she wished he were gone. “In one fight, he kicked my mother as they argued over who would give me […]
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An artist can never be too busy to take care of his health
By Ramon Gil A few weeks ago, after a little too much ‘lechon kawali,’ I felt some tightness in my chest. Since I have a history of heart disease, I thought ‘better safe than sorry’ and went to the emergency room at Lennox Hill, just in case. While they didn’t find anything wrong at first, […]
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October 20, 1944 remains unforgettable with echoes of ‘I Shall Return!’
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. There are dates in the Philippines’ World War II history that have their staying power. But not all belong to ‘must’ remembrances. A few brought joy. Some are meant to be shunted aside because they bring nothing but sorrow. But there is one date that has, as time moves on, […]