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Alfa Garcia: Indie musician in every way
Born in Mindanao, raised in New York and New Jersey, and now living in sunny SoCal, singer-songwriter Alfa Garcia has been creating music inspired by the constant shifts in her life. She has released three albums and several singles of original songs, some of which have been featured on film and television, including “Keeping Up […]
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Biden names 3 FilAms to the 23-member AAPI advisory board
President Biden has appointed 23 commissioners to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Three of them are Filipinos. They are Amefil Agbayani, Teresita Batayola, and Luisa Blue. In a statement, the White House said the commission will advise the President on ways the public, private, and non-profit sectors can […]
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On Global Filipinos: Letty Lanuza: A mother’s love conquers death (Part 2)
By Loida Nicolas Lewis I always knew that when the going gets rough and a kababayan is in dire straits, Filipinos would always come to help, assist, give food, donate money or whatever is needed, and would do it generously. This is our God-given, unbreakable Bayanihan spirit. And so it happened — $5, $10, $25, $50, $100 started to pour into the bank account of Letty Lanuza (for Philippine […]
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Children of presidentiables: The gifted, the influencers, and the U.K. educated
By Cristina DC Pastor Whoever wins the May 2022 Philippine elections, Filipinos will be seeing a new family occupy Malacanang. Part of the package is a new batch of children who will provide some kind of national distraction, for good or ill. Looking back…Because Ferdinand Marcos was in power for more than 20 years, two […]
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Jeff Coleman: A politics inspired by the peaceful PHL People Power
Jeff Coleman, the former Pennsylvania State representative, has announced his return to public service as a Republican candidate seeking the office of Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. Coleman, whose mother is Filipino from Mindoro Occidental and whose political consciousness was shaped by the 1986 peaceful Edsa People Power revolution, said he is running a “positive campaign” on a […]
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‘Spider-Man’ is best Marvel movie: Emotionally rousing and inspiring
By Wendell Gaa “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film and third solo outing for English actor Tom Holland as Peter Parker, is the best film adaptation of what I would have to say is Marvel’s greatest superhero ever. Yes, there are countless other superheroes in the Marvel Comics storytelling vault, […]
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On Global Filipinos: Letty Lanuza: A mother’s love conquers death (Part 1)
By Loida Nicolas Lewis What is a more fitting story to tell during the Christmas season than the story of how a mother’s faith, hope and love saved her son from being beheaded? Letty Celestino grew up with seven other siblings in Nueva Ecija. Their father managed rice fields and their mother was a prayerful […]
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PHL group to offer holiday cheer to seniors in Lingayen, Pangasinan
Frenz4hope, a community group of friends in Lingayen, Pangasinan, will be holding a special holiday giving program benefiting 100 homes of senior citizens in barangays Aliwekwek and Balangobong. This special holiday program, which is being sponsored by Roberto Villanueva, a Filipino American arts producer and educator residing in Manhattan, will involve home visits providing gifts […]
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Noel Quintana’s New York City
Noel Quintana is a Filipino American non-profit worker who has been vocal about combating Asian hate after surviving a violent hate crime in February 2021. He’s a man of faith, and one of the reasons he ultimately moved to the U.S. from the Philippines over a decade ago was because he asked God for a […]