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In Berlin, modern buildings bear traces of its tragic past
By Wendell Gaa If there is a single word which describes Berlin, it is epic. When one travels through this capital city of Germany, its historic background of tragedy and triumph just engulfs you. This is a city which has been through a lot: two catastrophic world wars, a tense Cold War, and for better […]
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‘We will fight the bully’
By Elton Lugay About 150 Filipino Americans mostly wearing yellow shirts gathered at the United Nations headquarters on First Avenue to protest China’s incursions in Philippine waters and vowed never to stop “fighting the bully.” Community organizer Steven Raga said, “I’m from here in New York not the Philippines. I grew up here with Chinese […]
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Getting to know ‘Makilala,’ a FilAm talk show on QPTV
By Cristina DC Pastor & Maricor Fernandez When QPTV producer Maricor Fernandez and I met at a press conference sometime in May, it was a case of spontaneous combustion. She said she liked my online magazine; I said I liked that she has a video camera. We laughed instantaneously. We talked about collaborating. When she […]
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‘Tribute to Philippines’ rides the waves of Ocean City
By Elton Lugay For two days, Ocean City in New Jersey dressed in the colors of the Philippines. Festive ‘banderitas’ flapped in the wind while the heaving waves kept in sync with the lively rondalla music in the background. Welcome to Tribute to the Philippines’ fourth annual fiesta, celebrating the sister-city relationship of Ocean City […]
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Parents rue that for some FilAm youth, education is no longer a priority
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. The aforementioned comment appeared heavy on the minds of some half-a-dozen Filipino American parents. No, they did not hesitate to inquire whether some from their ethnicity, parents like themselves, are going through similar experiences on how their daughters and sons are faring with respect to their outlook on education. One […]
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Ex-GMA executive Juliet De Los Reyes, 56
Juliet Arnobit De Los Reyes, former corporate executive of GMA Network, Inc., passed away on July 17, 2013 in Henderson, Nevada after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. She was 56. Known to friends and family as “Jonjie” or “JJ”, De Los Reyes is survived by her husband Byron Norgren De Los Reyes and sons […]
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Mother fights City Hall for air-conditioned buses for special-needs children
By Cheryl Ocampo My daughter Zariah, like thousands of children with disabilities, attends the summer school program of District 75 in New York City Public Schools. Each year for the past five years since my daughter has been in grade school, I have filed numerous complaints with the New York City Department of Education, Office […]
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A Kapihan brew of politics, opera and grandmotherhood with Loida Nicolas Lewis
By Cristina DC Pastor Loida Nicolas Lewis will always be known as that millionaire matriarch, perhaps the most recognizable Filipino face in America. Hers is the an inspiring presence to some, a source of unease to others maybe because some of us are still aspiring to what she has already accomplished. When the Filipino American […]
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Calamansi juice goes mainstream, now sold in Wal-Mart, Cost Plus stores
It takes a village to raise a child or grow an idea. Nothing can be farther from the truth for Victor Elizaga, founder and CEO of Pacific Fruit and Beverage of California. It was the Filipino community’s support for his All-Natural Calamansi juice drinks that got them on the shelves of major retailers, including Cost […]