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Culinary artist Jenn de la Vega: ‘You can make sandwich with Ulam’
By Harvey Barkin Who says you can’t make a great sandwich by slapping ulam in between toasts? Food stylist and cookbook collaborator Jenn de la Vega says, “Sandwiches can certainly start as ulam between bread. I encourage folks to try putting their dinner leftovers in a sandwich. You might be surprised by the combination.” Jenn […]
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Supporters urge DFA: Retain Congen Elmer Cato
By Cristina DC Pastor Supporters of Consul General Elmer Cato are not taking his pending departure well. They urged the Department of Foreign Affairs to keep him at his current post in New York and denounced the “plotters (who) have opted to concoct unsubstantiated stories” against the embattled congen. A petition circulating within the community […]
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‘We met for lunch; I ate, Imee didn’t’ (Part 2)
By Marissa Bañez, Esq. When the date arrived, I was equally nervous and excited. I don’t remember the date, but it was a nice day, which leads me to think that it must’ve been sometime in the spring of 1979. Even in retrospect to this day, I can’t believe that I of the unknown Bañezes […]
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Imee and me at Princeton University (Part 1)
By Marissa Bañez, Esq. Imee Marcos attended Princeton University. I know. I saw her there. I met her. I even had lunch with her (and her bodyguards). She spoke to me in a Filipino-accented English with a British inflection. Some years ago, there was a huge brouhaha about whether Ms. Marcos attended Princeton University. I […]
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OnlyFans millionaire is ex-Vegas Pinay stripper CJ Miles
One of the highest earning models at OnlyFans.com is a Filipina who was once an in-demand stripper in Las Vegas. The Daily Mail UK is reporting that CJ Miles, who “grew up in poverty in the Philippines,” is among the biggest earners of the popular adult-oriented site where she now makes $200,000 a month. “Now, […]
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Ruby Ibarra wins immigrant award for ‘creative promise in music’
Ruby Ibarra is one of three recipients of 2023 Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise in Music. She receives the Vilcek Prize for her hip-hop and spoken word performances that center her experience as a Filipina American woman, and for her powerful lyrics that address colonialism, immigration, colorism, and misogyny. Born in Tacloban City in […]
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Congen Elmer Cato says goodbye, heads to Milan after NYC
By Cristina DC Pastor He burst into the NYC scene with the energy of a bold, eager bever of a leader and hit the ground running. On Facebook, he was photographed visiting victims of anti-Asian violence in hospitals while also teasing the rise of a Bayanihan community center. He quickly, nay meteorically, became a darling […]
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Youngest community leader takes the reins of decades-old Santacruzan tradition
By Cristina DC Pastor At the fragile age of 20, Federico ‘Freddy’ Burke became the executive chairman of the Santacruzan Festival, continuing a 44-year tradition started by the elders of Jersey City and the friends of his parents. “I volunteered to become the executive chairman of the Santacruzan and Flores de Mayo of Manila Avenue […]
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Fil-Irish artist Julie Ann Earls makes a #Metoo film
Filipino-Irish actor Julie Ann Earls is doing a film inspired by the MeToo movement. It shines a light on the dating culture and asks the question whether there will come a time when men will no longer assume a woman cannot fight back. In her maiden short “Alpha,” Julie Ann is the writer, the producer […]