Filipino human trafficking survivor tells her story of courage in a debut podcast
New York – On Wednesday, November 25, 2020, the Awesome WICCAFE Podcast debuts on the digital platform with the conversation on “Surviving Human Trafficking” with human trafficking survivor and rights advocate Fritzie Maliwanag Corral. Ms. Corral is a native of Manila and came to the US in 2013. She had an H2B visa and worked […]
Filipino professionals group take time to help Philippine communities despite being in COVID19-battered NYC
From Farm to Fork, all the way from New York, and many more By Marivir R. Montebon New York – The pandemic has brought out the best in them. Despite health and life risks, a local volunteer organization of young professionals here have continued to reach out to needy communities in the Philippines through their […]
Life-and-death lessons that change you for the better
By Marivir R. Montebon “The death of that beloved youth and his separation from you have caused the utmost sorrow and grief; for he winged his flight in the flower of his age and the bloom of his youth to the heavenly nest. But he hath been freed from this sorrow-stricken shelter and hath turned […]
Enjoying autumn of the winged creatures
Film by Marivir R. Montebon The pandemic has given the chance to develop my eye for birds and flowers, which I normally stop for photos. Now, I am filming them. Thanks for watching. #
Laugh at the Time to Come
By Janet Villa Manila – I’ve been thinking about laughter. The good kind—not the derisive, mocking laugh—but the one that compels you to join. Remember that laugh one summer day away from school, the one that your friend starts over nothing? It catches you both by surprise. You clamp your lips together, not finding anything […]
Filipino Women Congratulate Biden-Harris and Americans for Restoring Decency and Democracy
Women’s Forum “Four years of watching and listening to Donald Trump lead the most powerful country in our generation was a painful experience. For a third world citizen living in a country led by a quasi-dictator president sans decency and respect for the rule of law, we look at powerful countries abroad as role models and […]
It felt good to hear decent words, hopeful messages today
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – The euphoria here was as clear as the bright Saturday sun, putting an end to the four anxious days of vote counting. Vice President Joseph Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris mustered 273 electoral votes that would lead them to the White House as the 46th […]
Blue New York is anxious of a Trump re-election
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Because the majority of the electorate here have voted early, the voting places today were not at all crowded. A young voter by the name Teal said she was able to finish voting in about 20 minutes in Astoria, Queens. She agreed to share her decision […]
Less is More: NYC teacher says being ‘considerate’ to students in this pandemic is important
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Less is more. A Filipino teacher in the Big Apple, Ronie Mataquel, encouraged fellow teachers to provide essential, meaningful assignments to their students at this time of the pandemic. “Less is more,” he said at the Women’s World digital conversation aired Sundays for the past 24 weeks of […]
Phil. Nurses Contribution to US Healthcare System: Historical and Heartfelt
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – About 232 Filipino nurses and frontline health workers have died in the service of patients afflicted with COVID19 in the last seven months of 2020, a leading Filipino nurse union leader said. Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, based in Oakland, shared this information during Parangal, a digital tribute to Filipino workers […]
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