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Kosherfest expo to showcase banana chips, coco jam from the Philippines
Philippine food companies will be participating for the first time in Kosherfest 2012, the world’s largest kosher-certified products trade show to be held November 13 and 14 at Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. At least five companies will debut their products before top kosher supermarkets, restaurant and food service buyers, said Philippine Agriculture […]
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Festival spotlights Filipino films
Film enthusiasts, students and the general public have until November 15th to catch the International Film Festival Manhattan at the Quad Cinemas on 13th Street. Among the selections for this year’s festival is a special spotlight on the Philippines featuring critically-acclaimed independent films. Five feature films will be shown: “Busong” Dir: Auraeus Solito starring Alessandra […]
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Analyze him: Barack Obama called ‘narcissistic’ in new book
‘Change We Deserve’ By Luz Martin, MD Tate Publishing November 2012 Philippine-born psychiatrist and neurologist Luz M. Martin has published a book released in time for the Nov. 6 elections. “Change We Deserve” is an indictment of President Barack Obama’s policies as well as his personality. The author discuses Obama’s “defense mechanisms, his narcissism, his […]
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High drama and low humor in Ricky Lee’s new fiction about a cross-dressing ‘manananggal’
By Joel David The results of the recently concluded American presidential elections seemed guaranteed to make everyone happy – except for the Republican Party and its now less-than-majority supporters. American conservatives could have spared themselves their historic loss if they had taken the trouble to inspect the goings-on in a country their nation had once […]
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From naturalization to voting in three weeks
By Rene Pastor Three weeks ago, we pulled up in a cab on a cool morning at the Rodino building in Newark for my naturalization interview. It was a little before 8 a.m. and like any jittery Pinoy, I had my wife along for support. I also needed someone to talk to. I got called […]
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FilAm journalists mourn passing of Alex Esclamado, remember his legacy
Seasoned journalists and the newbies on their trail remember feisty publisher and Bay Area community leader Alex Esclamado, who founded Philippine News, a newspaper known for its indignant opposition to Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law. PN columnist and long-time friend Rodel Rodis said Esclamado died of pneumonia in a hospital in Cebu City on November 4th […]
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Nearly 30 FilAms are candidates in Nov. 6 elections
On the eve of the November 6th elections, the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. released a list of Filipino Americans running for public office in the local and national polls, as Ambassador Jose Cuisia urged the community to “go out and vote.” At least two Filipino Americans are running for seats in the U.S. House […]
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Learning about the Mayans on a recent visit to Chichen Itza
By Wendell Gaa Travel is said to be a potent cure for the diseases of ignorance, apathy and insularity. Aware of the nourishing benefits derived from travelling, I decided to join my parents when they recently spent two weeks of their retirement in the Yucatan peninsula region in Mexico. I flew from New York down […]
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Bayanihan performance helped FilAms cope with aftermath of hurricane: Amb. Cuisia
The world-famous Bayanihan national folk dance company of the Philippines performed at the Jazz at the Lincoln Center on November 1, helping Filipinos cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The performance took place on the same night the lights reopened on Broadway, a sign that New York was slowly picking itself up from the […]