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CEO Tina Marie Romero: ‘America has a caregiving crisis’
By Maricar CP Hampton Back in 2000, Tina Marie Romero visited homebound seniors as a volunteer at her parish in New Brunswick, N.J. She thought she was helping them but unbeknownst to her, they were helping her discover her life’s mission. One in particular, Grandpa Joe, aka GPJ, became her BFF. It was a friendship […]
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NaFFAA celebrates 25 years in Las Vegas
By Loida Nicolas Lewis Twenty-five years ago, in the spring of 1997, Alex Esclamado, Rodel Rodis, and Michael Dadap visited me for lunch when I was CEO of TLC Beatrice International. Alex, the former publisher of the Philippine News, discussed the need for a national organization for Filipinos because other Asians had well-known national groups. […]
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After Filipino Restaurant Week, consulate served with a lawsuit
By Cristina DC Pastor Filipino Restaurant Week in New York in 2021 started out as one felicitous occasion for the community. How it ended up with the Philippine Consulate being served with a lawsuit is a story that has a concoction of many ingredients: a Facebook contest, accusations of misconduct, and a protesting contestant. “We […]
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Cherie Gil: Artist in a hurry
By Joel David There will always be ambivalence surrounding the Filipino word for performer: artista. The word it suggests in English is in many ways opposed to the notion of an artist, standing apart from issues of popularity and financial success. This is why the first film star recognized as National Artist, Nora Aunor, underwent […]
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FAFI celebrates 10th anniversary on Sept 4th
Yes, we made it to our 10th year! In celebration of this milestone, the Annual Filipino American Festival will be held on Sunday, September 4, 2022 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the New Overpeck Bergen County Park located at 199 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park in N.J.’s Bergen County. With 10 years of uninterrupted […]
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‘Meet the Author’ with Jaime FlorCruz
By Ambassador Mario Lopez de Leon Jr. Members of the Ateneo Alumni Northeast Inc and the Fil-Am Press Club of New York organized an informal “meet the author” event with Jaime “Jimi” FlorCruz, former Bureau Chief in Beijing of Time Magazine and CNN. During the event, Jimi, who was joined by his wife Ana, shared […]
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My emotional visit to Stonehenge
By Wendell Gaa The most iconic pre-historic manmade structures in global history, the Stonehenge monument in England is, without a doubt, unlike any other in the world. I had the recent golden opportunity to visit this mystical site as a side trip to visiting relatives and meeting new friends on my summer trip to the […]
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Commissioner Camille Touton will be the referee in the battle over water
The FilAm Editorial Environmentalists have long warned that one of the major conflicts of the future will be over water. For the longest time, it sounded like science fiction. But global warming is hastening its arrival given the megadrought that has hit the western United States. It has been pointed out that the federal government […]
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A very Filipino story: Meet the founders of Web3 education platform Proof of Learn
By Paul John Caña To be very technical about it, Proof of Learn (POL), a tech platform that uses blockchain technology to educate developers on Web3, was founded in December 2021. But one can argue that the seeds for this fledgling company were planted years or even decades ago, especially when you consider the […]