US Immigration History 101 for All: White, Black, Brown, Yellow People
Hopefully, Knowledge of the Past Sets in to Banish Hatred Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon As I was watching the 20-minute documentary of the racial riots in Charlottesville this week, it dawned on me that such seething hatefulness could be a result of a historical misinformation. Why are these “Alt-right” millennials stuck in […]
Outgoing DCG Bong Carino: Thank You New York for the Great Memories
By Marivir R. Montebon For Fiesta Talks 2017 Magazine New York City – Deputy Consul General Felipe Carino III, or DCG Bong as he is fondly called, will say ‘till we meet again’ to the Filipino community in the northeastern coast by the end of August this year. He will leave his post as […]
Charlottesville Chaos: Filipino Women Speak Against Racism, Sexism in the US
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – Mindful of the racial chaos in Charlottesville that claimed the lives of three people, the Consul General of New York Maria Theresa De Vega called on to Filipinos in the East Coast to keep calm and respect human rights at all times. At the ConGen Hour on […]
At the People’s Ball: I Saw Briggitte Bardot and Gloria Diaz Look-alikes
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon Secaucus – At the bisperas (eve) of the 19-year-old tradition ‘Fiesta in America’ cultural exposition, Filipinos in the East coast partied at the People’s Ball with the 1960s theme. It was a party (showing the rich blend of the Spanish, American, and ethnic characters of the Filipino) I wanted […]
In Loving Memory of the Hollywood Studio Drama
ZAPRUDER By Roy Sevilla Ho Manila – It has been a lingering condition that has been spoken about in the last decade. However, a cursory glance at the lineup in your local theaters will tell you that – just maybe – it has finally come true: the death knell has been rung […]
Fashion Institute of Tech Graduate Wins Ms. Tourism New York
New York City – Fashion Institute of Technology graduate Loria Song was crowned Miss Tourism New York USA at the 3rd annual competition and charity show held on August 5, 2017 at the historic SoHo Playhouse Theater. She represented West Village and will represent the Empire State at the National Finals to be held here […]
UTS Grad School Features Montebon’s Human Trafficking Book and OSM!
By Cabot Peterson UTS For UTS student Marivir Montebon, a native of the Philippines who came to the United States ten years ago and became a naturalized citizen in 2015, getting to the U.S. was an instinctive case of “blooming where you are planted,” as she aptly puts it. In an age filled with an endless […]
Interfaith: It’s all about love and understanding and community service
By Marivir R. Montebon NEW YORK CITY – Quintessential New York has raised the meaning of interfaith into something both profound and pragmatic at the auspices a multi-media classroom for graduate studies of an interfaith seminary here. During a forum on “Interfaith Dialogue in these troubled times” on July 31st at the Unification Theological […]
Millennials of Manila: Did you hear the young people sing?
By Diana G. Mendoza MANILA – The Filipino youth have sung the song. Any political dissent today may not measure to the First Quarter Storm (FQS), that 1970s period of student unrest and opposition to a growing dictatorship, but in the schools and streets of Manila and key cities, an upheaval is happening. And […]
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