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Jose Antonio Vargas debuts film at SJSU, receives Hearst award
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas has chosen the San Jose State University for the West Coast university debut of his documentary film. “Documented,” which was screened in a March 10 community event, showcases Vargas’s life as an undocumented person and puts a personal face on the 11 million undocumented people in America ...
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Nerissa Fernandez wishes friends courage and faith in the new year
By Cristina DC Pastor One down, how many more to go, Nerissa? We’re talking ‘bucket list’ here, and Nerissa Fernandez, Global Corporate Affairs director of broadcast network ABS-CBN International, in Redwood City just checked one off her list: On December 1st, she went skydiving on Monterey Bay, south of San Francisco. She is very much ...
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Plaridel Awards now accepting nominations from FilAm media
On its 25th anniversary, the Philippine American Press Club, U.S.A. (PAPC) announced the Second Annual Plaridel Awards that acknowledge and celebrate the contribution of outstanding writers and publishers in the Fil-American community, as they chronicle the lives and times of their compatriots, promote and share their culture and history, champion their causes and provide a ...
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Former GMA executive Juliet De Los Reyes, 56
Juliet Arnobit De Los Reyes, former corporate executive of GMA Network, Inc., passed away on July 17, 2013 in Henderson, Nevada after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. She was 56. Known to friends and family as “Jonjie” or “JJ”, De Los Reyes is survived by her husband Byron Norgren De Los Reyes and sons ...
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Flickr founder Caterina Fake on ‘putting the heart and humanity’ back in the Internet
By Cristina DC Pastor On her blog, Caterina Fake, 49, co-founder of the Flickr photo hosting and sharing website, described herself using four disordered words: entrepreneur, mother, reader, optimist. Let me add another: Filipino-American. I came across Caterina Fake’s name while doing a web search of ‘Filipino Americans.’ Her name came up and under it ...
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‘The FilAm’ is now in the Nation’s Capital
By Cristina DC Pastor Maricar CP Hampton, a longtime contributor, has joined The FilAm family. She is now the editor of The FilAm Metro D.C., covering the areas of Metropolitan D.C. Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, with a Filipino population of more than 75,000. Maricar is a seasoned community journalist who has been tracking down ...