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Domestic worker offers artwork to raise funds for the PHL
“Banyuhay” — or metamorphosis — is the theme of Mona Lunot-Kuker’s exhibit of paintings. It also describes her artwork, her personal life and what she believes her typhoon-decimated country of origin, the Philippines, should look forward to. The exhibit will be on November 30th at the Mountain Province Café, 234 Union Avenue in Brooklyn, from […]
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FILAMSPEAK: Can Obama stop deportations? ‘Absolutely,’ say immigration lawyers
By Cristina DC Pastor President Obama has said he can’t, but the immigration reform network believes he can but will not. Stop deportations, that is. A Korean immigrant student raised the challenge to Obama during the president’s recent visit to San Francisco. “I need your help,” yelled Ju Hong who was part of the audience […]
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In literary fundraiser, Filipino American writers recall a love affair with typhoons
By Cristina DC Pastor Jackie Aguilos Duerr from Kinnelon, New Jersey came to a fundraiser organized by Filipino American novelists, poets and journalists. She left the event feeling upbeat rather than downhearted. ‘Kaya natin: We can do this’ was a fundraiser like no other. Discarding the traditional moment of silence in remembering the dead, the […]
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JFK: 50 years gone but never forgotten
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. It was the start of the school term: Fall1960. The Graduate School of Journalism and Communication of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles had not formally opened at all. Its schedule, to commence with the master’s program in journalism, was set for 1965, I was informed. That […]
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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 […]