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The shortsightedness of the Pilipino
By A. Mabini When I head back to the Philippines sometime in the upcoming year, I am almost certain that I will hear of another grade school friend trading Davao City for a foreign destination. The delivery of the news commonly contains a mixture of happiness and a jealous tone by the storyteller. I think […]
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A Fiesta like no other
By Elton Lugay Amid the heavy downpour, hundreds of guests streamed into New Jersey’s Sheraton Hotel August 20 looking their best in ternos and barong for the People’s Ball that kicked off the annual celebration of Philippine Fiesta’s cultural festival and trade exhibit. The exhibit, now on its 13th year, is “a celebration of what […]
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‘Amigo:’ An ambiguous friendship
By Elton Lugay John Sayles’s “Amigo” tackles a little known episode in history: the 1899-1902 Philippine-American War. “I felt like there was a kind of vacuum, that a conversation was not being had about this moment in both Filipino and American history that needed to be restarted,” said Sayles at a recent forum held at […]
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Maharlika’s popping up all over
A podcast interview with Nicole Ponseca is available courtesy of Feet in Two Worlds. By Cristina DC Pastor Pop-up restaurants are a relatively new dining concept, and Filipinos are curious about them. So when Maharlika Filipino Moderno opened its first pop-up on First Avenue and 12th Street early this year, the question after ‘what’s on […]
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EEOC rules in favor of Tagalog-speaking nurses
By Maricar CP Hampton Four Baltimore nurses, dismissed in 2010 for speaking in Tagalog, won the anti-discrimination case they filed against their employer, the Bon Secours Health System, their lawyer said. “This is a great victory, a landmark case for immigrants and cultural diversity,” said legal counsel Arnedo Valera of Migrant Heritage Commission (MHC) in […]
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There’s still time to hit the beach
The weather is expected to be partly sunny, with a high of 83 and a low of 70. That’s not Dave Price with the weather outlook for August 21, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., but CORE Chair Venessa Manzano reminding everyone about this Sunday’s beach outing at the Polar Beach Club in Long Beach. Collaborative […]
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A gift of photographs
On Sunday, August 21, Brooklyn visual artist Grace Villamil is hosting a launch party to introduce her book project Pasalubong: A Photographic Journey of the Philippines. “’Pasalubong’ is Tagalog for the gift you bring back to family and friends from a distant place. A special token signifying the act of meeting again. Because of the […]
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Flower girls
From Cagayan Valley to Hawaii, Ivie Joy Agustin’s family has always been into farming: rice in Tuguegarao and macadamia nuts in the Big Island. As a floral designer in New York, she used her farming know-how and the diligence she learned from her plucky clan to run Celadon & Celery. Ivie Joy manages the Chelsea […]
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Envoy’s fast-food diplomacy
By Maricar CP Hampton Barely two years into the job and United States Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr. is smitten with everything Filipino. He’s tried ‘balut’ and ‘lambanog’ and swears he likes them. “I couldn’t be more than a few weeks without Filipino food,” he told a Filipino American crowd gathered at the […]