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PHL Red Cross chief: Every Filipino family should be prepared for disasters
By Veronica Pulumbarit Former Senator Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, urged the public to give to the most vulnerable victims of the deadly magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit Central Visayas. At a Kapihan sa Manila Diamond Hotel on October 21st, he said the Philippine government as well as non-government organizations like the […]
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TOFA-NY: Honoring the community’s ‘brightest and most committed’
By Cristina DC Pastor The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY) was a night of recreating, reenacting and reconnecting with Filipino roots, a fitting culmination to Filipino American Heritage Month. Judge Lorna Schofield of the Southern District of New York, who was a keynote speaker, recalled memories of her mother, Priscilla Tiongco, who as […]
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How the Philippines bonded with Israel before they became independent countries
By Cristina DC Pastor Ralph Preiss, a retired IBM computer engineer, was 9 years old when his family joined a thousand other Jewish people who sailed into the Philippines to escape Nazi persecution. It was around 1935 or two years after Adolf Hitler’s henchmen embarked on an anti-Semitic rampage in Germany. At the time, the […]
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OFF THE WALL: Purely sentimental: Investing in the Philippine stock market
By Rene Pastor I have a small online account to invest in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). It is far smaller than my IRA in the United States. Sometimes, I wonder why I keep it open. The only answer I can come up with is sentimental value. It is the only way I can own […]
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Consul-General lauds TOFA-NY for ‘dedicated and tireless’ efforts to search, give recognition to FilAm achievers
By Oliver Oliveros Consul General to New York Mario L. De Leon, Jr., U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York Lorna Schofield, and former chairman of the board for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Ruben Nepales will keynote the third annual The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY) Awards on Saturday […]
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‘Less talk, more action,’ Megan Young urges Filipinos
By Elton Lugay Newly-crowned Miss World Megan Young paid a courtesy visit to Consul General Mario de Leon Jr. on October 23. After the meeting, she met with members of the community media where she called for unity among Filipinos and asked for support for two Philippine charity organizations. “We’re here to bring together the […]
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How Ernesto Pamolarco Jr. overcame personal crises to become an accomplished NYC educator
By Marietta Timblaco-Geraldino I first met him this July at the Philippine Consulate while working as a volunteer teacher at the Paaralan sa Konsulado, an annual summer workshop by the Association of Filipino Teachers in America, Inc. (AFTA). I immediately got drawn to his congenial personality. He is one of the Filipino Americans I met […]
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Miss World Megan Young in whirlwind New York visit
By Veronica Pulumbarit Filipino American beauty Megan Young will be in New York from October 22 to fulfill scheduled engagements as the newly-crowned Miss World. She will proceed to California later in the week. In New York, she will have a series of press interviews and social appearances in the company of Miss World Chairperson […]
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Rachelle Ocampo enters second term as UniPro president
Health educator and Makilala co-host Rachelle Ocampo was re-elected president of the Pilipino American Unity for Progress, vowing to continue UniPro’s efforts at collaboration and breaking barriers in the Asian community. Also elected to the executive board for 2013-2014 are Iris Zalun as vice president, Jonelyn Planillo as treasurer, Kirklyn Escondo as secretary, Randy Gonzales […]