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Why Vargas is the new John Lennon
By Rio Guerrero On the evening of February 19, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) honored Jose Antonio Vargas with a 2013 Justice in Action Award during its annual gala in New York City. Vargas is the proud face of over 11 million undocumented foreign nationals living in the U.S., and is […]
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High five for Ninotchka Rosca’s ‘sanaysay’ anthology
By Joel David While awaiting the international availability of Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite, I placed some orders for a number of dead-tree editions – which also ran into unexpected delays. Meanwhile a packet arrived in the mail, containing a slim volume titled “Gang of 5: Tales, Cuentos, Sanaysay.” The author, Ninotchka Rosca, was someone I’d never […]
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Fixing immigration: Are we there yet?
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Television and other media brought information to the world that the many groups of foreign nationals who have become social action demonstrators in the United States will, in the near future see fruition in their efforts. That huge concern of the heterogeneous groups has now been maximized by legislators. Solidarity […]
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My kind of carnival
By Lenn Almadin-Thornhill Not THAT Carnival. This one had thousands jumping up and down the streets not jumping off a ship. There’s nothing like it anywhere else in the world — a week-long celebration which takes a year to organize. Carnival in the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, on the southernmost part of the Caribbean […]
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Monique Lhuillier laces up
By Elton Lugay A peek into Monique Lhuillier’s Fall collection showed her variant interpretations of tailored and layered dresses and lacey shoes. This androgynous mix made for a stunning array when used on rich textures in colors of pewter gold, amethyst green, garnet red, reminiscent of a jewelry box. Monique said her collection inspires opulence […]
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Businessman vents spleen at 5-star Makati hotel
By Jun Ilagan If you’re a businessman frequently traveling to the Philippines and staying nowhere else but at the 5-star Makati Shangri-La Hotel since it opened in the ’90s, how would you feel about being contacted by the hotel informing you that after you paid nearly Php600,000 in total hotel charges for your 12-day stay, […]
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Conquering NYC one temp job at a time
By Richard Momar Yapo Cuanang The year was 2002. It was a bumpy ride from Atlantic City in New Jersey up to the unruly Hudson River. I was in New York for the first time on board the Irish Mist. The vessel was hitting the poles, but through the effective maneuvering of the captain, we […]
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Nominations for American Dreamer Awards due Mar 8th
The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs is taking nominations for the third annual American Dreamer Awards as part of New York City’s 10th Annual Immigrant Heritage Week (IHW) which runs from April 17th to April 24th 2013. The distinguished awards which will be presented at the Immigrant Heritage Week kick-off event on April 17th 2013. […]
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FILAMSPEAK: Filipino vs Filipino, a casualty of Jersey City politics
By Cristina DC Pastor In what appeared to be a Machiavellian maneuver, the nomination of Carlo Abad to be the chief judge for the Jersey City Municipal Court would pit Filipino against fellow Filipino and blast a hole into the cohesive front of the FilAm community of this city. Council member Rolando Lavarro Jr., the […]