New York to use Moderna vaccine; new covid19 cases down from yesterday’s
New York – Gov. Cuomo yesterday said that New York State’s independent COVID-19 Clinical Advisory Task Force approved the Moderna vaccine Friday. Their unanimous vote to approve the Moderna-developed vaccine followed the FDA vaccine panel’s vote last night to recommend it for Emergency Use Authorization. The formal authorization by the FDA is expected imminently, and […]
JCI Philippine New York: Fast, relentless community service in these tough times
New York – Covid19 couldn’t stop this professionals’ volunteer organization -JCI Philippine New York – from reaching out to communities in New York and in the Philippines through the leadership of Pres. Ann Constantino Beck. On December 13, 2020, avail of its outreach project for public health at 57-18 Woodside Avenue, Suite 101, Woodside, NY […]
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 […]
Philippine Tourism: How can it survive in the time of covid19?
Interview with Joebert Opulencia, president of Orientours, by OSM! Online Magazine and Issues & Inspiration. Excerpts of our interview: 1. Please give us an update on how the tourism industry and tourism operators are doing in the Philippines. Is it beginning to perk up despite covid19? JO: We are all in for a long ride, […]
It’s a Butt Time
By Vanette Colmenares If you are Filipino, stocking on toilet paper is the least on your mind. Water always made us feel cleaner and more hygienic. New York – Recently, when projections of a second wave of covid19 surge grabbed the headlines, people again slowly started to hoard toilet paper. What’s with toilet paper? If […]
Immigration Talk, Techie gifts, Pinoy songs by bi-racial kid Trinity Bosley on Issues & Inspiration Show Debut
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York – At least there were two take-aways during the debut episode of the FilAm-led Issues & Inspiration digital show: hope for a path to citizenship for American dreamers (beneficiaries of the Deferred Action on Child Arrivals) and inspiration from a bubbly bi-racial child who can pull off […]
I’ll be home for Christmas: Philippines Reopens Balikbayan Program
New York – Filipinos who have been naturalized citizens in other countries can now go back to the Philippines for Christmas, starting on December 7, 2020. The Department of Tourism welcomed the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to allow balikbayans entry to the Philippines in a press release […]
Filipino human trafficking survivor tells her story of courage in a debut podcast
New York – On Wednesday, November 25, 2020, the Awesome WICCAFE Podcast debuts on the digital platform with the conversation on “Surviving Human Trafficking” with human trafficking survivor and rights advocate Fritzie Maliwanag Corral. Ms. Corral is a native of Manila and came to the US in 2013. She had an H2B visa and worked […]
Filipino professionals group take time to help Philippine communities despite being in COVID19-battered NYC
From Farm to Fork, all the way from New York, and many more By Marivir R. Montebon New York – The pandemic has brought out the best in them. Despite health and life risks, a local volunteer organization of young professionals here have continued to reach out to needy communities in the Philippines through their […]
Life-and-death lessons that change you for the better
By Marivir R. Montebon “The death of that beloved youth and his separation from you have caused the utmost sorrow and grief; for he winged his flight in the flower of his age and the bloom of his youth to the heavenly nest. But he hath been freed from this sorrow-stricken shelter and hath turned […]
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