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Smoking and Asian Americans: Ways to break the cycle
Cigarette use and tobacco smoking are widely associated with the development of severe health conditions. Previous studies have shown that smoking prevalence among Asian Americans is lower than the general U.S. population — at 7% vs. 14% — but this suggests that smoking among Asian Americans is a relatively understudied subject. For instance, smoking prevalence has only […]
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The beauty and the builder
By Cristina DC Pastor During the pandemic, the Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. (PIDCI) was led for one year by Rely Manacay, a mild-mannered man with an eager-beaver smile. The year was 2020. Rely, 63, from Cagayan de Oro City was elected president of the organization that mounts the annual Philippine Independence Day Parade on […]
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On Global Filipinos: Lessons learned at a book signing in Chicago
By Loida Nicolas Lewis Since my memoir “Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? An Asian American Story of Love, Marriage, Motherhood and Running a Billion Dollar Empire”was launched in March, 2023 in time for the Women’s History Month, I have been receiving invitations to do book signing/interviews in various cities where FilAms are numerous and […]
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From one Barbie Girl to another
By Tracy Dizon It had been almost a year. Yes. I have been anticipating this movie for a long while… I knew since then that this is going to be HUGE! As an artist, I think I have this “Instinctive Spider-Sense” of trends and forecasting those hints of this phenomenon! The Zeitgeist had been leading to this Pink Revolution […]
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One award-winning film after another for composer Nathan Matthew David
The composer behind the new movie “Joy Ride” and the new Stephen Curry documentary “Underrated,” is the award-winning Nathan Matthew David. The Filipino American composer worked to create seamless scores for both projects and helped enhance the storylines to their fullest. For the heartful comedy “Joy Ride,” Nathan worked closely with Adele Lim to craft a musical […]
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Community Op Ed: The new leadership keeping New York City safe
By Mayor Eric Adams As Mayor of New York, I know just how important public safety is to our city, and how important the right leadership is in achieving it. Over the last 18 months, this Administration has made major progress in driving down major crime, and last week I named a new leadership team at […]
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The TNT immigrant as the invisible ‘Multo’
By Allen Gaborro With the passage of time, the Filipino immigrant experience in America has developed into a paradigmatic theme for Filipino and Filipino American novelists. Prominent writers such as Carlos Bulosan, Jessica Hagedorn, Bienvenido Santos, Elaine Castillo, and Mia Alvar have made it their literary missions to articulate the U.S.-Philippine relationship from the standpoint […]
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Romeo Cortez, Jr.: Realism is an artist’s magical work
By Marivir R. Montebon Realist artist Romeo Cortez Jr. personally handed over to Mayor Eric Adams his stunning charcoal painting of the Mayor, together with Philippine Consul General Senen Mangalile at the historic Bowling Green Park. This happened during the Philippine flag-raising ceremony in honor of the 125th Independence Day celebration in the Big Apple […]
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Why ‘Oppenheimer’ is relevant as the world confronts threats of a nuclear war
By Wendell Gaa “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds…” the very text from a piece of Hindu scripture which ran through the mind of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the globally heralded scientist who led the Allied project which gave birth to the world’s first nuclear weapon that ended the Second World War in […]