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Yule never be far from home
It’s been said: When the last bone of turkey is safely put away, Santa should be on his merry way. The day after Thanksgiving, New Jersey has started to deck out in red and green, lights and lanterns and stars and sleighs and snowballs and stockings. Some houses have them in abundance, others with […]
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Thanksgiving woes for Filipino Wal-Mart worker
A week or two before November 22nd, Celina Vicencio had announced to her family that their turkey dinner would have to wait until after 7 p.m. instead of the traditional noontime repast where her glazed ham is always at the center of a sumptuous Thanksgiving spread. “I got to go to work,” she announced. Her […]
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Women-, minority-owned businesses invited to attend investment forum
By Federico A. Espiritu An investment and entrepreneurship forum aimed at creating linkages among minority and women-owned businesses will be held in New York next month. The Foundation & Endowment Emerging Manager Round-Up Forum will take place on December 10th at the Ford Foundation and December 11th at Westin Grand Central, according to RG & […]
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On Thanksgiving Day, FilAms stay close to families, friends and faith
In sprawling suburban homes and cramped apartments, Filipino Americans feted Thanksgiving by celebrating with their families and relatives, friends and co-workers and giving thanks to God for His blessings. In the case of an account executive who lives by himself in Queens, the day was quietly celebrated solo with a takeout turkey from a Georgia’s […]
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Lito Katigbak’s romance with journalism: It’s the chase…and the telephone
By Cristina DC Pastor “It’s probably the telephone,” winced journalist Lito Katigbak with a slight tilt of his head, letting his eyes wander as if searching for the right words to complete his thought. I tried to finish it for him. I didn’t like that I was doing it to a man who needed no […]
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Digesting the art of Manuel Ocampo
By Oscar A. Laluyan The Filipino diet is the best and worst. It is a mix of everything fried, super sweet, and all the calories crammed in every bite. It’s a miracle when you don’t get indigestion with every Filipino meal. So when I got wind of this show entitled, “The View Through the Bull […]
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Kabang: The face of heroism
By Federico A. Espiritu Kabang, the snout-less street dog from the Philippines, stands to spend a wintry Christmas in America, as she undergoes a series of facial surgeries in a California hospital. She lost nearly half her face while saving two Zamboanga girls from a motorcycle accident last year. The headline-grabbing incident caught the attention […]
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The Filipino Reporter celebrates 40th year with anniversary gala
By Elton Lugay “Anniversaries afford us a clear-eyed view for stock-taking. Not so much on delving past mistakes (there are a few) but more so on what needs to be done to make ourselves better than we had been.” With these words, Filipino Reporter publisher Bert Pelayo welcomed his newspaper’s 300-plus well-wishers on its 40th […]
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Amb. Cuisia reminds U.S. to act on plight of 24K veterans
As the country commemorates Veterans Day, Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. paid tribute to Filipino and American veterans and expressed hope the U.S. would act soon on the plight of more than 24,000 Filipino veterans who were disqualified from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund program. “With the elections over, we are hoping that the […]