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‘Noli me Tangere’ to stage at Kennedy Center Aug. 8 & 9
After a successful run in Chicago and New York, Noli Me Tangere, an opera based on Philippine national hero Jose Rizal’s best known novel, will go on stage at the prestigious Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on August 8 and 9. Said to be the first Filipino opera, Noli Me Tangere will feature songs […]
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Organizations urge Obama not to treat immigrants like common criminals
Two Washington D.C. organizations voiced their support for detained (now released) Jose Antonio Vargas as well as the minors who have sought refuge at the U.S. border as they fled the violence in their countries. The Kaya: Filipino Americans for Progress said Vargas’s detention highlights the daily struggle undocumented immigrants go through in America. It […]
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Filipino TNTs ‘feel’ Jose Antonio Vargas’s ‘Documented’
Cristina DC Pastor Two Filipinos who watched “Documented” on CNN saw themselves as being similar yet vastly different from its storyteller, Jose Antonio Vargas. Like Vargas, both are living in the country with expired travel documents, and are currently out of status. Unlike Vargas, they remain safely hidden in the shadows protected by the support […]