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The therapist is in, and he’s the Pidci grand marshal
By Cristina DC Pastor The funny way Dr. Prospero Lim told the story, it was a choice between being a surgeon and a psychiatrist. In the end, he chose to treat mental disorders because “I don’t want to stand.” Lim, this year’s Philippine Independence Day grand marshal, is a psychiatrist from Staten Island. This 70-year-old, […]
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Clay Rapada, Filipino Yankee
By Nestor Enriquez There is someone new in the 2012 Yankees roster. A curve ball maybe, a Filipino American wearing the thin stripes #39 uniform: Clay Rapada. He is listed in the roster as 6’5”, 200 pounds. Certainly not the Pinoy frame as he is almost half a foot taller than San Francisco Giants’ Tim […]
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Off the beaten path to nursing
By Cristina DC Pastor One need not go through hoops to become a nurse. Ravilynne Sanga shows one can be an RN on her own terms. No need to take up math and arts subjects and be waitlisted to get into the highly competitive program. The Jersey City-born Rave began with a three-month course to […]
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Chicago’s Piyesta Pinoy was a smash bash
By Elton Lugay Chicago’s Navy Pier hosted the Philippines in its Neighborhoods of the World celebration – a “historic moment” for Filipinos in the Windy City. “This is a historic moment for all Filipinos in Chicago,” Ruben Salazar, president of the Philippine American Cultural Foundation told The FilAm. “This is also the first time that […]
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Filipinos as jihadists? Online protest against film is on
The Filipino a suicide bomber? It’s like Chinese people portraying the Corleone cronies in “The Godfather.” There may be tiny pockets of Muslim separatists in the South, but Filipino people have never been known to be jihadists. This unfortunate detail is cinematically faulty. But in “Act of Valor,” a film about the much-heralded Navy SEALS, […]
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A hoarder in the family, a collector of fraying memories
By Cristina DC Pastor I’ve been spending a bit of time with my elderly aunt who lives in the Upper West Side. Tita Emma is neighbors with the Lincoln Center, the Juilliard School of Music, the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Opera. The Central Park is a hundred or so steps away. She is […]
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More than 7,000 ways to define Filipino
By Philip Dominguez Mercurio After my article, “A ‘proud, fake’ Filipino’s open letter to Arnold Clavio,” came out, I received a ton of feedback via email and Twitter – some in support and some in defense of his comments. What really struck me was that everyone came with their own definition of what a Filipino […]
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The heat is on in Tampa
By Elton Lugay It was like coming home to a barrio fiesta in my native Cebu. The weather was warm. Everyone was dressed in short pants and cotton shirt, slippers on their feet. The smell of grilled pork barbecue filled the air. No, I was not on Madison Avenue, but in outdoorsy Tampa, Florida for […]
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Apr. 30 is deadline for young FilAms search
The deadline for submission of applications for the search for 10 young Filipino Americans (aged 18 to 35) is April 30. Among the qualifications for the 10 young achievers are their scholastic achievements and other accolades, leadership skills and accomplishments, active involvement in school or civic organizations, as well as vision and commitment in helping […]