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  • The suffocating battle to ending a culture of corruption

    The FilAm Editorial There used to be a time when a whiff of scandal was enough to drive an official out of public life. It was called ‘palabra de honor’ in the Philippines and ‘fuhai,’ meaning corruption, in Japan.  That sense of shame which would prompt an official to step down because honor demands a […]

    Posted: October 2nd, 2023 ˑ  No Comments
    Filled under: Crime, Politics
  • Anti-fascist Malaya Movement elects new leadership

    Just before the September 21 anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, over 100 Filipino Americans from California to Florida gathered in a large hall of the Barnard College campus in Manhattan to vote on their “program of action” against the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice-President Sara Duterte for the next two […]

    Posted: October 1st, 2023 ˑ  No Comments
    Filled under: Politics
  • Who will be the next PIDCI president? Oct 7 election will decide

    By Cristina DC Pastor Three community leaders are vying for the position of president of the Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc., one of the largest non-profit organizations in the FilAm community of New York. PIDCI is the organization that mounts the elaborate Philippine Independence Day parade on Madison Avenue, complete with marching bands, a street […]

    Posted: September 30th, 2023 ˑ  No Comments
    Filled under: Culture, Lifestyle
  • Why seniors need to get COVID vaccines again

    Flu season is coming, and newly updated COVID-19 vaccine came out following last year.  We want to share some information about COVID-19 vaccinations in this month’s column. Q: I have already received the updated Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine when it came out last year. Do I still need to get vaccinated again? A: Like the flu […]

    Posted: September 27th, 2023 ˑ  No Comments
    Filled under: Health
  • Lawyer and suits creative Nikki Agravante

    Trial lawyer Nikki Agravante is often teased for heading into her “second shift” after coming home from work at her 9-to-5. That “second shift” is the long hours at night, on weekends, and early mornings, which she spends running her women’s suit and workwear brand, Alpha Brava, and balancing the many hats of a founder […]

    Posted: September 24th, 2023 ˑ  No Comments
    Filled under: Business, Legal, Lifestyle
  • Filipina mother, daughter killed by teen’s ex-boyfriend

    A teen and her Filipina mother were killed September 14 by the girl’s former boyfriend at their home in the borough of North Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, according to multiple news reports. Rianna Glass, 16, and her mother, Rosalyn “Rose” Siobal Glass, 39, appeared to have been stabbed to death, caused by “sharp-force trauma.” Rianna’s former boyfriend […]

    Posted: September 21st, 2023 ˑ  No Comments
    Filled under: Crime
  • Martial law: The past is prologue

    By Allen Gaborro Filipinos have little patience for the past. They keep up the appearances of speaking to the past, of communing with it.  However, Filipinos under this cover, to source a postmodernist’s response, “devour its absence”. When are Filipinos going to realize that their democracy was not exactly created equal with others, that this […]

    Posted: September 21st, 2023 ˑ  No Comments
    Filled under: History, Politics
  • D.C. community serenades veterans with ‘Dahil Sa Iyo’

    Before ending “An Evening of Opera and Jazz,” tenor Allan Palacios Chan and soprano Justine Moral sang “Dahil Sa Iyo” (“Because of You”) before an enchanted audience of 50 guests. They listened for an hour with rapt attention, even as a steady falling rain tried to steal the show. “We want to dedicate this song to our […]

    Posted: September 21st, 2023 ˑ  No Comments
    Filled under: Entertainment, Lifestyle
  • 1,477 books banned across the U.S. mostly about race: PEN America

    By Selen Ozturk PEN America reports 1,477 individual U.S. book bans during the first half of the 2022-2023 school year — 28% more than the prior six months. Forty percent of books banned from July 2021 to June 2022 had protagonists or prominent secondary characters of color; 21% had titles indicating race issues.  Examples of such banned books […]

    Posted: September 20th, 2023 ˑ  No Comments
    Filled under: Books, Education
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