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Cuomo Calls Out Partying New Yorkers without Masks and Social Distancing

By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Just as when director Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases had remarked that New York set a ‘good example’ in flattening the curve of covid19 pandemic, jubilant crowds were photographed in Astoria and the Lower East Side of Manhattan gathering and drinking […]

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Fil-Am Leader Juliet Payabyab Appointed as Community Board Member of Queens

New York – Filipino American community leader Juliet Payabyab has been appointed by the president of the Borough of Queens Sharon Lee to be an official member of the Community Board (CB) starting May 31, 2020.  The Community Board is the official municipal body which advises elected officials and government agencies on matters affecting the […]

7 months ago 1 More
 

Expelled Community Leaders: PIDCI’s Doing the Detriment, Not Us

By Marivir R. Montebon     New York – Leaders of the expelled organizations of the Philippine Independence Day Council cried foul over the dismissal of their groups by the Membership committee on the grounds of being a detriment to the organization and having less than ten members. “The termination is purely an act of […]

2 years ago More
 

Now This: PIDCI Expels Critical Members from Running for Post

Expelling community leaders who are critical of its processes is an act of a bully Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York – With the expulsion of the organizations of Ronie Mataquel, Juliet Payabyab, Fernando Mendez, and Nieva Quezon Burdick and their subsequent denial from running for PIDCI posts, where is PIDCI going these […]

2 years ago More
 

Special Report: The Anatomy of Missing PIDCI Funds

1st in a Series By Cristina DC Pastor & Marivir Montebon New York – It began innocently enough. In the mid-winter of 2017, then President Prospero Lim of the Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. (PIDCI) went to the bank to check on the organization’s account. It was learned he needed some cash so he could […]

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Aries dela Cruz, Ronie Mataquel, 12 Others Awarded Fil-Am ‘Achievers’ by PACEC

By Marivir R. Montebon   New York – The 14 achievers recognized at the 53rd anniversary of PACEC, one of the oldest organizations of Filipinos in the East Coast were the real deal in yesterday’s high-fashion gala, August 26, at the Pearl River Hilton. Spanning more than five decades of generational leadership of Filipinos in […]

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Pioneering Fil-Am Group PACEC Celebrates its 53rd Year

By Ann Constantino Beck   New York – The Philippine American Communities of the East Coast (PACEC) will celebrate its 53rd anniversary with a grand ball and recognition of community achievers on August 26, 2018 at 1-6 PM. It will be held at Pearl River Hilton Hotel on 500 Veterans Memorial Drive at Pearl River, New […]

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Payabyab: PIDCI Still Claims to be Tax-exempt When it is Not

By Marivir R. Montebon   New York City – One month into the Philippine Independence Day parade in early June, organizers of the annual Filipino celebration here have raised money to make it happen despite an impending Supreme Court case on transparency and accountability. Juliet Payabyab, one of the two petitioners against the Philippine Independence […]

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SC Judge Jaffe Orders PIDCI to Hand-over Finance Documents ASAP

By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – In a court hearing that lasted for almost three hours, a clearly exasperated Judge Barbara Jaffe ordered the Philippine Independence Day Council Inc. (PIDCI) “to immediately hand over” certified records of finance reports, ledgers, balance sheets, statement of profit and loss for 2103-2017, membership lists of qualified […]

3 years ago More
 

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 […]

3 years ago 5 More
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