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Beckham: Pop culture icon, football hero, family man
By Wendell Gaa David Beckham is arguably the greatest football (or soccer as it’s known in the U.S.) athlete to never have won a World Cup trophy. Of course, that view is subjective and there can be countless arguments how several of his other football peers from other countries could be just as gifted, if […]
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Uber, Lyft told to pay back drivers in $328 M settlement; AG says cheated drivers are mostly immigrants
New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced two landmark settlements totaling $328 million with rideshare companies Uber and Lyft for cheating drivers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The settlements resolve multi-year investigations into Uber and Lyft, which found that the companies’ policies withheld hard-earned pay from drivers and prevented them from receiving valuable benefits […]
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Armless pilot Jessica Cox a speaker in ‘Women’s Leadership Day’
The world’s first armless pilot Jessica Cox was one of the speakers in JPMorgan Chase’s eighth annual Women’s Leadership Day conference on October 5. The event brought together thousands of employees and clients in New York City as well as virtually around the globe. Dedicated to celebrating and empowering women, the event featured speakers across various […]
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Nearly 400 Filipino priests gather in Newark for cultural celebration
For the first time in history, almost 400 Filipino Catholic priests from throughout the U.S. converged on Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart for an October 26 cultural celebration and Mass led by Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations. The festivities — which were held as part of the […]
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Stage manager Charlette San Juan: ‘I believe in the talent of Asian comedians’
Theater manager Charlette San Juan, is making waves in the Chicago theater scene, championing Asian talent and paving the way for their representation on stage and behind the scenes. Since moving to the U.S. in 2019, Charlette San Juan has worked on a variety of productions at theaters such as the Second City, Chicago Shakespeare […]
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Angat Buhay Foundation USA to hold fundraising for advocacies in support of marginalized Filipinos
Angat Buhay Foundation USA Inc., the first international partner of former Vice President Leni Robredo’s foundation of the same name, announced a fundraising event and round table discussion to activate their advocacies in public health, public education, disaster relief & rehabilitation and community engagement. The announcement was made by Executive Director Roger Santos of New […]
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‘The Pleasure of Being Served’ to be a full-length feature film
The 2017 short film by writer-director Michael Manese has evolved into a full-length screenplay! In the original short, the film follows the journey of Rosa (played by Maan Cruz), the main character, as she grapples with her conflicting emotions while working for Hudson (Graham Powell), a young wealthy American. On one hand, she witnesses his […]
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Patricia Evangelista puts us at the scene of the crime
By Tricia J. Capistrano David Remnick, editor of the The New Yorker calls Patricia Evangelista’s book, “Some People Need Killing,” “one of the most remarkable pieces of narrative nonfiction I have read in a long, long time.” Evangelista, who was born in 1985, was a reporter and then executive producer for ANC, the English language […]
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5K new RNs trained by NYC Nurse Residency Program
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on October 24 celebrated a major milestone of 5,000 new registered nurses (RNs) trained through the Citywide Nurse Residency Program since its launch in 2019. As the nation’s first city-led nurse residency consortium, the program offers on-the-job training and other supports to recently graduated, newly hired RNs. It has […]