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Catch Vice Ganda’s U.S. tour this week: Nagmahal, nasaktan, nag-concert
What makes a great stand-up comedian? “Rolling Stone” magazine adeptly described its criteria when it named this year’s Top 50 Stand-Up Comics of All Time: “In coming up with our version of a comic canon, we weighed artistic merit, technical proficiency and sense of timing, quality of their written material, their delivery and degree of ...
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Ex-Bay Area dean now the Willy Wonka at Romeo Chocolates
By Cristina DC Pastor How does one go from being college dean to chocolatier with a plan? If you are Romeo Garcia, 38, you simply drop everything and fast-forward to a chocolate academy in Antwerp where Belgian bonbons are handcrafted and made with respect for tradition. That’s what he did in 2014 when he stepped ...
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How Napa Valley seized the Philippine wine market from the French
By Rene Pastor Tess Tabada loves to sit back at the end of a sultry day with a glass of red Paul Masson, her eyes closed and her thoughts nowhere near the university where she teaches. “I prefer the red wine because it’s better for the heart,” she told the website Commodities According to Rene ...
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Snapchat billionaire Bobby Murphy just got richer after company IPO
By Cristina DC Pastor Bobby Murphy’s net worth climbed to almost $5 billion, cementing a title Forbes has bestowed on the Filipino American tech entrepreneur as one of the youngest billionaires in the world. Murphy, 28, has a net worth of $4.9 billion as chief technology officer of Snap, Inc., a social media company that ...
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Caped crusader Roxanne Cai is face of AARP’s Fearless at 50
The new face of AARP’s Fearless at 50 campaign is a Filipina anti-crime activist who dresses up as a superhero to make the San Francisco Bay Area a safer place. Roxanne Cai co-founded The Initiative, a group working to fight crime in the Bay and help the needy. Members of the volunteer group are all ...
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Obama administration moves to reunite veterans with families: ‘Lolo would be proud’
By Jason Tengco I was only four years old when my Lolo (meaning grandfather in Tagalog) passed away, but I grew up on stories about his brave service in the Philippines during World War II and still draw inspiration from his sacrifice. The stories describe his acts of heroism: fighting valiantly, even being jailed and ...
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Apple designer, NYC restaurateur among 2015 FYLPRO fellows
Freddy Anzures, a designer for Apple Inc., and restaurant owner Nicole Adrienne Ponseca are among the 10 outstanding young professionals who will travel to the Philippines to meet with influential personalities and deepen their understanding of issues affecting the country. Anzures is from San Francisco, as Apple Inc. is headquartered in Cupertino, California. Ponseca, now ...
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Stockton artist Jun Jamosmos joins group show in NYC
New York’s Agora Gallery in Chelsea will feature the work of Philippine-born artist Jun Jamosmos in the group exhibit Répartie in Art. The show opens on July 7th and will run until July 28th. Répartie in Art represents the interpretations and inspirations of 13 artists from across the world. Each piece on display tackles the ...
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Amnesty International USA’s Kalaya’an Mendoza: His activism began in the Bay Area
By Chris Catiis From the Stonewall Riots for gay rights in the 1960s to many recent scattered rallies denouncing police abuses, these demonstrations have a common thread. They evoke a communal call to action for basic human rights providing for equal treatment of every individual regardless of nationality, gender, race, religion or any other status. ...