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In Jersey City, fewer DACA applicants did not deter volunteers
By Jen Furer In the heart of Jersey City, on September 22th, St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Jersey City welcomed the DREAM Act youth, the lawyers and the volunteers who vowed to assist the youngsters legalize their status via the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative of President Obama. Within the church’s hallowed halls, […]
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‘The FilAm’ bags 3 nominations to 1st Plaridel Awards
‘The FilAm’ earned three nominations to the first Plaridel Awards, the Philippine American Press Club’s (PAPC) award for excellence in Filipino American Journalism. Nominated are contributing writers Elton Lugay and Laurel Fantauzzo and founding editor Cristina DC Pastor. In a statement, the PAPC said the awards honor the press corps and the media agencies “as […]
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A drive-by Catholic
By Cristina DC Pastor After a long long while, I reconnected with my Catholic faith. I went to Sunday mass. We recently moved house where the church is just around the corner from my street. It’s a nice walk in a quaint, quiet neighborhood. I decided to pay a visit. Nothing much has changed. The […]
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Manuel Conde’s ‘Genghis Khan’ to screen at MoMA Oct 12 &17
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will screen Manuel Conde’s newly-restored Filipino classic film “Genghis Khan” on October 12 at 4 p.m. and October 17 at 7 p.m. The screening is part of MoMA’s To Save and Protect International Festival of Film. Filmed in 1950, “Genghis Khan” was co-directed by Conde and Lou Salvador, with […]
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Going home to Butuan to be with family and ‘ig-agaw’
By Candace Copio Last year, I had applied to a five-week, service learning program in Jamaica. I was accepted to the program and was ready to accompany my fellow college peers to the tropics. Weeks after my acceptance, I remember being in the foyer of my house talking to my mom. My mom, with a […]
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‘The Mistress’ in New Jersey cinemas till Sept. 27
JD Torres and Sari Alfonso find themselves in a complicated situation when they give in to their smoldering passion. It shouldn’t be a problem as JD is a single, good-looking architect while Sari is also a single, gorgeous, budding apprentice cutter in a tailoring shop that JD was commissioned to renovate. Except for one hitch: […]
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Investing in the Motherland
Tom Riggio, an apartment owner from Queens, visited the Philippines and parts of Asia in the 1970s and loved everything about the country – the idyllic rural life, the richly delicious food, the kindness and warmth of the Filipinos. On his second visit years later, he married a Filipino woman. Now separated and retired, Tom […]
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Martial law was personal
By Ninotchka Rosca An early morning phone call, a voice saying, “A Manny Lacaba was killed in Davao. Please contact his family.” Emmanuel Lacaba, young and handsome and a zinger of a poet, had gone underground upon the declaration of martial law, as had his brother, Jose F. Lacaba. Since our first acquaintance, they’d been […]
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Pacquiao-Marquez #4? Yawn
By Elton Lugay The recently defeated Manny Pacquiao is back in the ring, scheduled to fight Juan Manuel Marquez on December 8 in Las Vegas. Pacquiao lost in a controversial split decision to Timothy Bradley in June, but a rematch is out of the question. Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach said, “Mr. Bradley doesn’t sell any […]