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Nightclub impresario named to White House commission for Asian Americans
By Elton Lugay Being named a commissioner at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) was a total surprise for radio/TV personality Billy Dec. First, he did not know such a government agency exists, and second, for one who is known throughout Chicago as a “nightlife impresario,” he did not expect […]
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Many claimants to Imelda Marcos’s paintings; she could be one of them
By Cristina DC Pastor At least three entities have competing claims over Claude Monet’s water lily painting, believed to be owned by former First Lady Imelda Marcos, and the proceeds from its sale to a London gallery. There could be more, according to the District Attorney of New York (DA) in court documents obtained by […]
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OFF THE WALL: The stock split: why it’s a big thing for a small investor like me
By Daniel de la Rosa When you are a small investor nursing along your IRA, everybody will yap at you that a stock split does not change anything. Normally, they tell you that turning one share into two is just dividing the dollar. It’s worth exactly the same. Let’s see, I have 37-plus shares of […]
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KC Concepcion in NYC to study acting not to hide rumored pregnancy
By Elton Lugay KC Concepcion is done being in the shadow of her famous parents. She recently won two acting awards, making her an actress in the eyes of many and no longer the love child of one-time heartthrob couple Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion. “How many of us, children of actors, have achieved such […]
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A life without line dancing not for Consuelo Almonte
By Cristina DC Pastor Perhaps no Filipino has ever come to be as intimately associated with Pakistani officialdom as Consuelo Almonte. For 43 years, Connie, a cheerful woman who stands out for her sparkling laughter and striking summer hats, served as a link between foreign journalists and the Pakistani government. Depressed over the breakup of […]
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Two Bobbys — one in music the other in technology — among TIME’s ‘most influential’
By Elton Lugay What’s the point of being named one of the most influential in the world when your children don’t get a copy of TIME magazine? With giddy humor, songwriting couple Bobby Lopez and wife Kristen Anderson shot back when I asked how they’re feeling being included in TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People […]
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The faith of Manny Pacquiao
By Elton Lugay When Manny Pacquiao said he wants to fight “to give glory to God,” I had trouble understanding at first what he truly meant. In the morning before the Pacquiao-Bradley fight of April 12, a group of about 30 of the congressman’s closest friends and family gathered in his penthouse suite in Mandalay […]
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R&B brothers are back! Kuya reunited in new single
Two pairs of Filipino brothers are creating R&B music in Canada. Samuel and Bobby Gerongco from Toronto and Johann and Jayson Camat from Montreal are the artists behind Kuya, a Filipino word for “older brother.” Kuya was originally formed in May of 1993. Sammy and Johann met when they were part of the original Canadian […]
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Where is the Catholic Church’s humility in the RH law?
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Multiple Choice: Check the answers that would identify the Reproductive Health Law: _____ Measure took almost 16 years to become a law; _____ Was held in ‘deep freeze’ by the Supreme Court on March 13, 2013; _____ Law’s I.D. 10354; _____ President Aquino signed bill into law in 2012; _____ […]