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The FilAm experience in ‘Easter Sunday,’ the struggle between Filipino roots and American identity
By Wendell Gaa If mainstream Hollywood hasn’t had a proper introduction yet to a typical life of a Filipino-American family, it does now thanks to “Easter Sunday” starring the phenomenal FilAm comedian Joseph Herbert, Sr., better known to us all simply as Jo Koy. This new film comedy unveils the tale of Joe Valencia played […]
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Thank you for your service, Victor Malabayabas
The death of Victor Malabayabas on August 20 at the hands of an unidentified robber has once again incensed the Filipino American community as well as Americans who believe military veterans deserve better. Malabayabas, 60, was busy bringing groceries into his home in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore when the unknown assailant approached him to ask […]
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A quintessential Filipino leader
The FilAm Editorial That is not a knock-down on Fidel V. Ramos. Neither is it fulsome praise. Ramos bent like a reed, adjusting his positions during his lifetime of being an army general-turned-politician. He finally served as president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He defected and dumped his cousin, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., at […]
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Walis Tambo rioter gets 45 days jail time
Kene Brian Lazo, the ‘walis tambo’ brandishing rioter who was at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on Jan. 6, 2021 was sentenced to 45 days in jail after pleading guilty to participating in the insurrection. He was also ordered to pay $500 in restitution, according to reports. A court statement says Lazo entered the […]
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U.S. congressional delegation meets with Marcos Jr., De Lima and Rappler
A congressional delegation, led by Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asia, Pacific, visited the Philippines on August 18 and 19 and met with President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and former Senator Leila de Lima who has been detained since 2017 for being an outspoken critic of former President Duterte’s war on […]
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New president’s name should be Ferdinand Romualdez Tabuebue Jr.: Book
By Tricia J. Capistrano In a parallel universe, last June’s presidential inauguration would have the Philippines welcoming a President Ferdinand Romualdez Tabuebue, Jr. This is because, according to genealogist, Todd Sales Lucero, after the Claveria surname decree of 1849, the Marcos family adopted the name “Tabuebue.” According to Lucero, President Marcos Jr.’s grandfather, father of […]
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Albany teen Sophia Kapunan wins Jose Rizal digital art contest
By Cristina DC Pastor A freshman from Albany won Sentro Rizal New York’s Digital Art Contest, a competition organized by the Philippine Consulate, with the theme “Reimagining Rizal, the National Hero, through the eyes of today’s FilAm Youth.” Sophia Gabrielle Kapunan, 13, drew an image of the National Hero using her iPad. The image of […]
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‘Peril:’ Nonfiction that reads like a political thriller
By Allen Gaborro As American democracy catches its breath in the wake of the Trump presidency, it is important to go back and learn about the dysfunctional and at times frightening behavior of the 45th president. Award-winning journalists Robert Costa and Bob Woodward (the latter of Watergate fame) have taken in the sights and sounds […]
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Lawyer Marissa Bañez’s Second Act: Writing for children
Life, they say, begins at 40. Add 25 more years and for lawyer Marissa Bañez, her life as a children’s book author has only just begun. A litigator with almost 40 years’ experience, Marissa has written a children’s book “Hope and Fortune,” which will be issued by her Black Rose Writing publisher on February 2, […]