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Tragedy and light from Katrina to Yolanda
By Renee Rises On Sunday, November 10th I sat quietly as news reports flashed images of the Filipinos in Tacloban City. “Haiyan,” “Yolanda,” “Typhoon,” “10,000,” “washed up bodies,” “looters may be shot,” “I will shoot if they step foot on my property,” “families are still searching,” and other words repetitively popped in my mind and […]
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OFF THE WALL: Is the bull back on Wall Street?
By Rene Pastor As I counted down the minutes yesterday waiting to see if the Dow would close above 16,000 for the first time ever, my mind wondered: Am I seeing something last seen in 1982? That was the last time a secular bull market took off, a nearly 20-year run when sustained economic conditions […]
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Paying homage to the women who raised her
By Maya Rowencak Food was important to me as a child. My mother always fed me. But there’s one moment that sticks in my head: eating a fish head. Now, I’m as American as you can possibly imagine. My mother used to say I was “bastos” and “you’re just like your father” and “(insert bad […]
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For Haiyan survivors vulnerable to PTSD, prayers and reaching out to family can help
By Cristina DC Pastor A calamity, especially one as forceful as category 5 Typhoon Haiyan, has the capacity to trigger Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among survivors, according to Dr. Kevin Nadal, associate professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Nadal, who also trains NYPD officers working with people suffering from mental illness, said […]
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Exploring family-friendly Copenhagen
By Wendell Gaa The new Disney film “Frozen” is set to open in theaters on November 27. Based on the classic children’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen, “Frozen” is just one of a handful of Disney animated adaptations of stories by the famed Danish author, and its timely opening has me […]
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‘Save the Dates:’ a fundraising calendar
Too many of them, all fundraisers to benefit the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. One’s calendar must be filling up fast with benefit dinners, concerts, fashion shows, silent auctions, comedy hours, sorting and packing parties and other forms of community gatherings whose proceeds are meant to benefit people from the Visayas. We have […]
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Jersey boys on a mission: To collect old clothes and cash donations for the PHL
By Cristina DC Pastor The morning after Typhoon Haiyan mauled the Philippines’ Visayan islands with unmatched fury, three well-scrubbed suburban boys from Cranford, New Jersey sprang into action. “I asked Ryan if he wants to help. He’s my best friend, he lives on my street,” said Josh Furer, 12, a seventh-grader at Hillside Avenue School. […]
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Voice of America features ‘The FilAm:’ ‘Website supports Philippines relief efforts’
Click here to listen to the VOA report. By Bernard Shusman Web surfers around the world have an authoritative source for information about Filipino expatriates in the New York area – and their efforts to come to the aid of typhoon victims in the Philippines. In the wake of super typhoon Haiyan, the death toll […]
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OFF THE WALL: Would you put money on The Happiest Place on Earth?
By Rene Pastor The Walt Disney Company has come a long way. I grew up watching Mickey Mouse and Goofy. They put up Disneyland theme parks in Florida and California. I remember taking my wife and daughter to Orlando and we had the time of our lives despite the showers. We even managed to watch […]