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I found my new love in the time of the coronavirus
2020 Yearender (Last of two parts) Editor’s Note By Marivir R. Montebon Dear 2020, Thankfully, my uncle and two aunts survived covid19 during spring. Witnessing their experiences remotely confirmed everything that the legitimate news organizations reported. We have an invisible enemy in our midst. The virus and all germs for that matter made me paranoid. […]
Felix Manuel: Ms. Universe pageant 2021 may be disrupted for the first time by COVID19
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – The prestigious Miss Universe pageant may likely not happen in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. If so, it will be the first time that this world-wide beauty contest will be disrupted 69 years since its inception in 1952. “There is no word yet if the pageant will […]
Issues & Inspiration pays tribute to frontliners, singer-entrepreneur Brenda Vasandani sings
New York – On Saturday December 26, 2020, Issues & Inspiration pays tribute to frontliners with singer entrepreneur Brenda Vasandani rendering the cover ‘Oh Holy Night’. One in four nurses in the US is a Filipino. Each health frontliner gives her/his time and expertise for the life of patients. Words are not enough to say […]
Tribute: Eleanor Roosevelt held the UN together to produce Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“Nobody really does anything alone. It is only by including others that change happens and work gets done.” – Eleanor Roosevelt It was a woman diplomat who led to produce the most important declaration that would bind people to peace and equality – Eleanor Roosevelt. On December 10, 1948, members of the UN General Assembly […]
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 […]
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OSM! Digital Editor Leani Auxilio renders RBG in Digital Art
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an inspiration even for those who she didn’t see. OSM! Digital Editor, the late Leani Auxilio (I feel the sharp pain attaching the word late to her name…) was a fan. On her hospital bed at Mt. Sinai Hospital, she rendered […]
12 Take-aways from Fil-Am Teacher, Community Leader Lumen Castaneda
Humility in the midst of success: How does that happen? By Marivir R. Montebon New York – During the 16th episode of digital talk show Women’s World on Sunday, August 30, 2020, Fil-American teacher and notable community leader 85-year-old Lumen Castaneda spoke about humility in the midst of success. Talk show hosts Merly Barlaan, Arceli […]
Sociologists: Address Global North-South Inequality Through Women’s Voices
She remembered who she was and the game changed. – Lalah Delia New York – Chances are, a journalist would be in a gut-wrenching situation when she is in the company of sociologists, whose world is of the high intellect and theories. Her head, so accustomed to writing in the simplest style as possible, has […]
‘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 […]
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