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3 nurses open the 1st Filipino restaurant on the Upper East Side
By Loida Nicolas Lewis Three night-shift nurses (from 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.) working at Mount Sinai Hospital often wished how they would love to eat home-cooked meals after a hard day’s night. What started as “joke only” started to become a “why not”? And thus, was born Bilao, the first Filipino restaurant on the Upper […]
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The day Harvard Radio played 11 hours of Filipino music
By Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara I am a Filipino immigrant. I was born, raised, and lived in the Philippines for 11 years. My mother and I arrived here in America in 2011. My mother is a certified nursing assistant (CNA) doing the job of domestic caregiving, which is the arduous and literally back-breaking work that […]
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Wrestling icon Dave Bautista takes on the zombies
By Wendell Gaa It is enthralling to see how our own fellow FilAm Dave Bautista has evolved from a WWE wrestling icon into a growing force in mainstream Hollywood as a leading action hero. Although I never followed his career closely at the WWE, I grew fond of his stature as a pop cultural cinematic […]
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PAL calls for easing quarantine rules for immunized travelers
Philippine Airlines (PAL) joins the call for a “green lane” approach to allow easier entry of fully-vaccinated travelers into the Philippines to help revive safe tourist travel and more convenient repatriation. The flag carrier supports current efforts by the Philippine government to explore revisions in arrival protocols, such as adopting a minimal quarantine period for […]
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‘Walis tambo’ Capitol rioter Kene Brian Lazo is arrested
The ‘walis tambo’ brandishing rioter who was at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on Jan. 6, 2021 has been identified as Kene Brian Lazo, a Filipino from Norfolk, Virginia, the FBI announced on May 26. Lazo is facing four federal crimes: “Knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; […]
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Archdiocese of Newark celebrates 500th anniversary of Catholicism in the PHL
The Archdiocese of Newark, in conjunction with the Diocese of Paterson, is honoring the 500th anniversary of the first Mass in the Philippines with a year-long Jubilee Celebration consisting of a special pilgrimage and several other cultural festivities that will enable Filipino parishioners to give thanks for their faith. Those participating in the pilgrimage will […]
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Why some FilAms won’t unmask…yet: ‘Doesn’t bother me’
By Lindy Rosales New York City woke up to a bright sunny Friday morning with news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has given the green light that fully vaccinated people do not have to use their face masks in most indoor and outdoor settings. As of May 16, 2021, 42.5 percent […]
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On Global Filipinos: California Attorney General Rob Bonta: ‘For the people not the powerful’
By Loida Nicolas Lewis On April 23, Assemblymember Rob Bonta was sworn in by Governor Gavin Newsom as California’s 34th Attorney General, making him the highest ranked Filipino American in the state and the second Asian American — after Vice President Kamala Harris — to hold the position. In his remarks, Bonta made a pledge […]
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Actress Lydia Gaston: Seeing herself as she plays Jo Koy’s ‘mother’
By Cristina DC Pastor Whoa! Stage actress Lydia Gaston gets to holler the signature monicker “Josep”! Josep is none other than Jo Koy – real name: Joseph Glenn Herbert — the celebrated Filipino American comedian who broke barriers and with crossover appeal boasts a massive following among Filipinos and mainstream Americans alike. He is co-producing with Steven […]