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Trump Escalates War on Immigrants Amidst Worsening Pandemic
By SUNITA SOHRABJI EMS Contributing Editor Los Angeles – The Trump Administration has made 400 policy changes detrimental to immigrants through its tenure at the White House, with 63 fresh blows meted out amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Migration Policy Institute in a report released July 31. “Many of the changes reflect the […]
FilAm Teacher Warns Against School Opening After Death of About 50 Co-teachers in April
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – If he had his way, an exemplary teacher would have all schools doing online classes and keeping children safely at home, saying that the opening of schools in the fall puts everyone at risk. “It seems remote learning is still good for our safety. It’s very risky,” said […]
Book Review: Mary Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough is a Must Read
How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man By Marivir R. Montebon New York – A must read! Mary Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough (Simon and Schuster, 2020) deserves a 5 star rating because of the clarity of her writing. Her being a family member and a clinical psychologist gives her credibility to […]
Journalists as “frontliners for truth” need to uphold media ethics more than ever
By Sylvia Hubilla Round Rock, TX – I watched Episode 7 of Women’s World on the topic titled, “Ethnic Media in the time of Covid” two Sundays ago. At the end of it, I felt like I just stepped out of a class in Journalism. The presentation by Marivir Montebon, co-Host of WW and Executive […]
Without a COVID-19 vaccine, use of unproven traditional remedies surges in NJ Filipino community
By Marivir R. Montebon CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ—Despite warnings from scientists and health officials that natural remedies are by no means a medically proven treatment for various diseases, Filipinos in New Jersey could not be stopped from using traditional remedies to fight the coronavirus. Without a COVID-19 vaccine, many Filipinos in the Garden State believe that […]
‘A Thousand Cuts’ Film Featuring Maria Ressa opens in the US via PBS Aug 7
New York – The freedom of the press is under attack in the Philippines and journalist Maria Ressa, a 2018 TIME Magazine Person of the Year, is fighting back in an attempt to defend press freedom, a pillar of democracy. Filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz (Motherland, Imelda, Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey) highlights the urgency of […]
Cuomo Calls Out Partying New Yorkers without Masks and Social Distancing
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Just as when director Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases had remarked that New York set a ‘good example’ in flattening the curve of covid19 pandemic, jubilant crowds were photographed in Astoria and the Lower East Side of Manhattan gathering and drinking […]
PH Consulate in New York Receives Mask Donation
New York – Consul General Claro S. Cristobal received 1,000 pieces of KN-95 masks donated by Fil-Am JoAnn Sy Bathia, owner of The Prescription Shoppe, a pharmacy based in Jersey City, New Jersey. The masks will be distributed to members of the Fil-Am community and guests who have official business with the Consulate but are […]
ICE Policy vs. Foreign Students Freezes in its Tracks
By Cristina Godinez, Esq. New York – Many things done in the name of politics these days hardly make sense. Take the case of the ICE two-step: a week-long dance with immigration policy declaring that (step 1) international students must attend only in-person classes this fall term, or leave the U.S. Then yesterday (step 2) […]
5 Take-aways of the US Supreme Court Decision on DACA
By Cristina Godinez, Esq. New York – When the U.S. Supreme Court decided to ditch the rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) as arbitrary and capricious, the collective sigh of relief among the undocumented was particularly audible. For the past eight years, the DACA program provided undocumented persons who were brought to the U.S. […]
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