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What Obama started, Congress must finish, say FilAm organizations
By Maricar CP Hampton While President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration was well received by the Filipino community, many of its leaders continue to urge Congress to pass a law that would provide a more permanent solution to the broken immigration system. “This is undoubtedly big news for our community,” said Romeo Ymalay, Co-Chair […]
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What about us? Why didn’t we matter in Obama’s Executive Action?
By JayPee Castro I was disappointed. I belong to the roughly 7 million undocumented immigrants who were left out of President Obama’s Executive Action. Like many, I came to the U.S. to be reunited with my parents and help them in their old age. I do not have a criminal record, I’m not a threat […]
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Racing to the White House without losing my sanity…and my lipstick purse
By Mayette-Timblaco Geraldino The first light of dawn was just breaking over the East River horizon when the Q train pulled above ground to traverse the two-decked Manhattan Bridge. I had to quickly snatch a glimpse of the stunning New York City skyline and the stone archway portal of the bridge, styled after the Porte […]
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Nurses demand better Ebola care preparedness, higher wages
By Maricar CP Hampton At least a dozen Filipino nurses joined a November 12 rally at Providence Hospital in Northeast D.C. protesting alleged inadequate Ebola preparedness for health workers and patients. The walkout is part of a National Day of Action from California to Maine, organized by the National Nurses United (NNU). The group is […]
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FilAms eagerly await Senate confirmation of Nani Coloretti as HUD Deputy Secretary
President Obama’s nomination of Nani A. Coloretti since March 10, 2014 to Deputy Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awaiting Senate confirmation. If confirmed, Coloretti would be the fourth female deputy secretary and one of the highest-ranking Filipino Americans serving in the administration, according to the organization Kaya: Filipino Americans […]
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On Veterans Day, remembering dad as soldier, teacher, and father
By Jon Melegrito A few years before my father died in 2005, a friend called late one evening to say my dad was rushed to the hospital. Of course I’d be there, I assured him. I took the earliest flight the following morning from Baltimore to Gulfport, Mississippi. He was living by himself then, in […]
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‘Am I a true Democrat?’
By Bella Santos Owens On March 13, 2013, as white smoke arose from the Vatican chimney — a sign that a new Pope has been chosen — I was literally opening the envelope with my new voting card and new party affiliation as a Democrat. I told my husband that this may be a good […]