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Being Catholic and a journalist
By Veronica Velarde-Pulumbarit Not too long ago, my husband Riz and I missed the daily Mass for the first time in about 16 years. On vacation in a village where there was only one Mass a day, we waited for the priest to show up but we were told he was very sick to officiate. […]
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An airline glitch, a belated Christmas present for traveling couple
By Cristina DC Pastor A $52 round-trip fare from New York to Los Angeles! It was enough to jolt awake Air Force veteran R Sonny Sampayan the morning of December 26 as he was reviewing the Twitter and Flyertalk feeds on his laptop. He knew it was another one of those occasional computer glitches, but […]
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What we read this year; The FilAm’s most-clicked stories in 2013
By Cristina DC Pastor A pioneering pediatric scientist, a cheeky essay on the Philippines’ islands-full of charm, and an undocumented immigrant’s full-throttle candor. These are among the stories most read by Filipinos in the New York area in 2013. The stories that made The FilAm’s Top 10 selection are primarily local and not necessarily the […]
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An invitation to a fellowship: Rebranding ‘balikbayan,’ what it means and what it can be
By Rexy Josh Dorado Having spent equal halves of my life in the Philippines and in the United States, I never know whether to call myself a Filipino American or an American Filipino – which word defines the other, which adjective colors the essence. Since my arrival in the U.S. at the age of 11, […]
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The Asian American consumer: prudent shopper but willing to splurge on foreign travels, hybrid cars
Asian Americans are advertisers’ favorite market because as consumers we are said to be well educated, tech savvy and affluent. Meaning, we know what we want and we are likely to have the cash to buy them. We are also a fast-growing population with a rapidly expanding income. The FilAm is reproducing below excerpts from […]
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OFF THE WALL: 2013’s winners and losers in the bull market
By Rene Pastor Just around Christmas, guys who play the market like taking a look at their stocks to see who did well, who did lousy, and who did so-so. The fund managers do it because they have to show to their clients how spectacularly well they did and use that as a selling point […]
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Drs. Emilio and Fely Quines are 2014 PIDCI grand marshals
A medical couple was recently named grand marshals of the 2014 Philippine Independence Day parade to be held in June along Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Drs. Emilio and Felicisima Quines were selected grand marshals after a month-long nomination process overseen by the Philippine Independence Day Council Inc. (PIDCI), which organizes the annual parade. Both had […]
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It’s OK to say ‘Merry Christmas’
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. As greetings go, is there still a big hoopla over “Merry Christmas”? Based on the very recent observations that some stores reportedly removed the word ‘Christmas,’ from their displays and ads, indeed, there is a visible ingredient missing. Many felt offended when they found out that ‘Merry Christmas’ was replaced […]
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‘No risk to applying for TPS,’ assures NYC councilman
By Cristina DC Pastor To understand Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and how it would benefit an undocumented immigrant, advocates told the story of a Visayan housekeeper working in the Upper Westside. “Carol” has been employed for 15 years as a domestic helper. Although undocumented, she was able to save enough to give her family in […]