My Multi-Colored, Multi-Cultural Christmas on 5th Avenue
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon While New York continues to reign supreme with the grandeur of its holiday lights, real friendships and community are ultimately the ones that gladden my heart. New York City – The holiday season on 5th Avenue, Manhattan’s thoroughfare that divides the city into east and west, is overwhelmingly spectacular. […]
PIDCI Faces NYS Supreme Court Petition for Accountability, Transparency
By Marivir R. Montebon “We did not want to take this to court. But we were forced to, because we had been repeatedly ignored by the newly-elected officials.” Juliet Payabyab New York City – It is now in the Supreme Court. The Philippine Independence Day Council (PIDCI) is facing multiple petitions before the New […]
Theater Review: Reflections of a Violent, Broken Youth in ‘Office Hour’
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – It’s unsettling, disturbing right from the start. Ninety-minute Office Hour by playwright Julia Cho (Durango, The Language Archive) mirrors the danger of youthful anger and isolation that explodes in violence at school. America is forewarned of its gun violence, broken families, hateful communities, and supremacist mindset as recipe […]
My Masters Class: It is Destiny
By Vanette Colmenares New York City – If it were not for my good friend, I would not be in a Theology seminary today. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to be a pastor and I am way past to becoming a nun. So why did I chose to decide to take up […]
Prose and Poetry: I Am Thankful For
By Sylvia Hubilla Austin, Texas Trees are turning into shades of orange and gold. There’s a chill in the air. Pumpkins are everywhere. It’s that time of year, the season to give thanks, to count our blessings. Where do I begin? Seventy one years…and counting. So many miracles and blessings, big and small, […]
Renee Salud Sets Mark for Indigenous Tapestry to International Standards
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – Celebrated couturier Renee Salud’s creation once again dazzled the runway at the Philippine Center during the Thanksgiving weekend November 25, this time highlighting on her neo-ethnic ensemble, together with Philippine Weavers. Philippine Tapestry showcased Salud’s finest gowns and dresses made of indigenous fabrics from various Philippine […]
Kaya Ko!: Filipinos Launch Heart Health Campaign for Filipinos
New York City – Filipino health practitioners and academic personnel launched a health program for Filipinos in response to their prevalent health concerns on cardio-vascular diseases. Kaya Ko! (literally meaning I can do it) a Campaign for Better Health for Filipinos by Filipinos was officially launched on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at the Philippine Center on […]
Mudbound: Friendship Knows No Racism
A movie review by Marivir R. Montebon New York City – What can I say? Mudbound has garnered the most glorious of movie reviews since it came out early November. At the Lincoln Center Cinema, I had the best chance to be in a QA with genius director Dee Rees (stalwart of the movie […]
Media Work: Print and Digital Media Collaboration Mutually Beneficial
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – In this era of digital technology, media practitioners have realized that collaboration strengthens them more than competition does. Take the case of 5-year-old OSM! Online magazine and the nationally circulated PInas USA. With the regular content sharing and distribution for the past eight months, the readership […]
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