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The Entrepreneurs of Asia in New York
By Marivir R. Montebon In New York, the number of women-owned startups rose to 58% between 1997 and 2010, compared to 50% national figures. The empire state ranks among the Top 10 states for women entrepreneurs. Asian women entrepreneurs, in particular, have shown vigor in the field of business. OSM! features three of these highly […]
Awesome Health Tips
DRINK YOUR WATER By June Pascal Water is the elixir of life, Water is your friend. Drink up, Drink up. Water oh so pure, so pleasurable. Make drinking water a conscious habit. Here’s how. Step 1 Save three of your emptied wine bottles, rinse and dry. Step 2 Fill it up with New York tap […]
Let Us Join This Journey!
By Sylvia Hubilla Austin, Texas “The Journey of a Brown Girl.” That is the title of an upcoming stage production. The title raised my eyebrows and peaked my interest. The use of the color of the skin, stirs some emotion and concern about being politically correct whenever the topic is about race. If it was intentional, […]
Who Will Prosecute My Trafficker?
By Marivir Montebon New York City — The US may be known as the land of the free. But it is also the land of the trafficked persons, a reality which government officials and lawmakers must look into as they cook up an immigration reform law. They could listen to Marilou, and to thousands of […]
Check Bucket List: Lani Misalucha Concert
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City I ecstatically checked one item in my bucket list on October 27, an otherwise chilly autumn day in New York: Watch a Lani Misalucha Concert. Yes, I was in a giggly mode on the NJ Transit bound towards Linden in New Jersey to watch the most seasoned, spectacular […]
NWU Kicks off Writers Workshop this Halloween
By Marivir R. Montebon The National Writers Union New York Chapter formally kicks off its Weekly Writing Workshop on October 31, 2013 with the topic on Writing for Halloween/Horror Stories as its opening salvo. Novelist and short story writer Marc Abbott provides the lecture from 6-8PM at the Conference Room of the NWU – NY office on […]
How’s My Ten Cents Word?
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City While power is at the tip of our fingers in this awesome digital age, the writer in the internet, ironically, still remains a pauper. Although a writer’s value in the industry is key to the industry’s life (for every writer, there are 30 other industry players and workers […]
NOLI ME TANGERE, the Opera: A Resounding Hit
By Marivir R. Montebon New York — It was the finest treat Filipinos in the East Coast could ever have for this year, the staging of the novel Noli Me Tangere by Dr. Jose Rizal, into an opera of three acts (Felipe de Leon) in the Big Apple. Deep, moving, and definitely awesome in the […]
How Are You, My Friend?
By June Pascal UWS, Manhattan How are you, my friend? How goes it? Your broken heart? Are you still in Limbo, Or have you moved to Paradise? As for me, I am here. At peace, almost bliss, By myself, with no he. I am in Paradise. Do I get lonely, […]
Gail Banawis: The Stunner is Seventeen
On the runway, Gail Banawis at 17 looks stunning and every inch a full-grown woman. Standing at 5’7′ tall, this flawless morena is a head turner in anything she models for, since not too long ago in 2010. She glamorized the fashion collections of Edgar Madamba, Leonard Co, Renee Salud, Dita Sandico, and a host […]
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