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In her quest to build a museum, Nancy Bulalacao gets reacquainted with her community
By Cristina DC Pastor With more than 15 years’ immersion in the Asian American community, Nancy Bulalacao has decided it’s time to come home. In October, she, together with friends and colleagues, launched the Filipino American Museum (FAM), one that had neither collection, nor permanent location, and peddled it as a “roving” museum. Through FAM, […]
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Remembering Dr. Jose P. Rizal on his 153rd birthday on June 19th
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. During the vey recent celebration of the 116th anniversary of Philippine Independence Day, ignited by the nomenclature, Kalayaan, one thought returned to this writer. Myriad remembrances that sprung from history marked by the individual and collective sacrificial efforts of women and men heroes are inevitable. Books have told and retold […]
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2012 DACA recipients: Don’t forget to renew to keep your status
The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), the city’s Department of Youth and Community Development, and the Young Men’s Initiative launched a new public awareness campaign to encourage the city’s undocumented youth to seek eligibility information and enroll in the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA). DACA, a federal program introduced by President […]
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My father and me: Still far away
By Rene Pastor I was about 3 or 4 years old. My dad was driving this top-down Impala in the middle of Manila. We passed by this bridge with steel girders over the Pasig river, which did not give off a foul odor then. I held my hands up as the wind whipped through my […]
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‘Norte’ by Lav Diaz to screen at Lincoln Center June 20-26
Lav Diaz’s “Norte, The End of History” will premiere at the Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center on June 20. The movie will run through June 26. Additionally, the Film Society of Lincoln Center will begin a major retrospective of Diaz’s works on June 22, the first ever by this prestigious institution of a […]
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Community celebrates 116th Independence Day, PHL as a ‘comeback economy’
Amid the festive colors of Filipiniana gowns and tables of Philippine food and cocktails, Consul General Mario de Leon Jr. welcomed the hundreds of well-wishers who came to celebrate the 116th anniversary of Philippine Independence on June 12. First the good news. De Leon announced Manila is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. […]
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A weekend full of festivities, from the NJ Santacruzan to the NYC parade
By Megan Villarin This year, our Santacruzan mass at the St. Raphael-Holy Angels Filipino Parish in Hamilton, New Jersey was held inside the gym. Regardless, it was still a spectacular event. I watched the procession of the statue of the Virgin Mary, the sagalas and their escorts coming into the gym and taking their seats. […]
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Justin Manjares: Selling lacrosse to basketball-crazy Filipinos
A Long Island man is on a mission to grow the sport of lacrosse in the Philippines. Justin Manjares, 31, of Dix Hills is working with a New York team to raise awareness about the sport in a country that worships basketball and where almost every neighborhood block has a hoop. Justin, who is director […]
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Watchdogging the Filipino American Community: An Investigative Reporting Project
THE FILAM online magazine takes reporting to the next level: an Investigative Reporting Project for the Filipino American community in New York area. The following crowdfunding campaign is live until July 21, 2014 on Indiegogo. Why I am asking for your support After three years, THE FILAM would like to take its reporting to the […]