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Mayor Pro Tem Tzeitel Paras-Caracci, 49, succumbs to cancer
Mayor Pro Tem Tzeitel Paras-Caracci, the first Filipino American to be elected to the Duarte City Council in California, died on June 25th at age 49 following a nearly three-year battle against lung cancer. She served as the City of Duarte’s mayor in 2006, 2011, 2015, and 2019 and as the president of the Asian […]
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Steven Raga wins Democratic primary; braces for Assembly race
By Lindy Rosales History has just been made. Community leader Steven Raga won the Democratic primary elections for the New York State Assembly, the closest a Filipino American has ever reached in a race for a State-wide office. “We’ve never had representation in any level of government”, said Raga at a dinner hosted for him […]
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‘DoveLion:’ Another novel about a fictional Philippine dictator
By Allen Gaborro In the realm of poetry, Eileen R. Tabios has been as creative and prolific as any of her contemporaries going back almost 30 years. Like a fine wine, her poems have over time become more evolutionary and evocative from the first moment Tabios put them on paper. “DoveLion: A Fairy Tale for […]
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Eleuterio Timbol named one of outstanding public school teachers in N.Y. State
By Cristina DC Pastor Math teacher Eleuterio Timbol dedicated his Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award to his deceased mother and brother, who both passed away in the last two years. “I feel this award will make them happy in heaven,” he said when reached by The FilAm. Ely is one of 54 New York […]
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On women’s rights and guns, the Supreme Court flunked
The FilAm Editorial The recent decision on Roe v Wade is viewed by this publication not only through the prism of providing relief to women who get pregnant through rape or incest. Others have taken up that cause more eloquently than The FilAm. We are more concerned about a basic tenet of being American. That […]
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Little Manila Avenue: ‘A spot to call our own’
By Lindy Rosales As I walked along Roosevelt Avenue on June 5, I could hear OPM music playing. I saw a big white tent on 70th Street, right next to the Philippine National Bank. Traffic was blocked off on 70th Street and event security personnel were directing foot traffic. “This is a historic moment in […]
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Columbia’s Erwin de Leon named among notable LGBTQ leaders
Dr. Erwin de Leon, a Columbia University faculty member for the M.S. in Nonprofit Management, has been listed among Crain’s Notable LGBTQ leaders. The recognition came in time for his one-year celebration as the Chief Diversity Officer at the university’s School of Professional Studies. Crain’s New York Business’s Notable LGBTQ Leaders list recognizes top lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or […]
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Justice for John Albert Laylo, 35
By Cristina DC Pastor A lawyer who had worked with the political opposition in the Philippines was killed in what police believe to be a “random shooting” in Philadelphia. John Albert Laylo, a lawyer for presidential candidate Leni Robredo, was in an Uber cab with his mother on their way to the Philadelphia International Airport […]
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Artist Ruben Baradi: Putting God’s creation on canvas
Mixed media artist Ruben Baradi has been creating phenomenal art pieces for almost five decades. Growing up in San Fernando, La Union in the northern part of the Philippines, he would wake up in the morning to soak in the beautiful landscapes of the Philippines, its variety of mountains, forests, and fields. He thought to […]