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Filipino-Pakistani Mina Malik Runs for Queens Dist. Attorney
Cites experience and qualifications make her the best DA for Queens residents By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Over a few plates of bam-i (a Philippine noodle dish made of canton and bihon that originated in Cebu) and fresh lumpia, Mina Malik talks of her family as a bi-racial daughter seeking to hold […]
Munira Ahmed: Rhetoric Won’t Destroy Muslim Women
By Marivir R. Montebon (This article was first published in www.uts.edu) “There is a need to stop the negative stereotypes and reductionist thoughts in the US. Muslims are as diverse as Christians are, because of different cultures.” Munira Ahmed New York City – On a chilly midweek evening, photographer and social justice advocate Munira Ahmed […]
Filipinos to File Complaint with Dist. Attorney for Lost Boxes
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – Clients of the defunct RDR Cargo and Logistics are rolling their sleeves to reclaim their stalled balikbayan* boxes. At least 20 of them, from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland, are stepping up efforts to file a complaint against RDR owner Rommel del Rosario with […]
A Must Visit in NYC: The Amazing American Museum of the Moving Image
By Juliet Payabyab Astoria – Who would have thought that we will have one place where we can find history of films or movies – how they were made so many years ago, and how they are compared with the modern technology. While growing up, all we heard was Hollywood blockbuster movies and famous […]
Events: Bolivians, Filipinos Celebrate Heritage in NYC
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City — The long stretch of 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights became a spectacle of Bolivian art and culture to commemorate the Bolivia Festival today, October 18. Despite the unusually cold autumn Sunday, spectators stopped to enjoy the parade in honor of Bolivia’s national day. Now on its […]
Hanging Out with Artist Mona Lunot Kuker
By Marivir R. Montebon The best things in life are indeed free, especially visiting a friend for a worry-free chat of personal and professional pursuits. It is one thing I like doing best in New York – chatting with friends and whipping up projects along the way. Artist Mona Lunot Kuker shows how her works […]
Motherhood: The Joy That It Always Is
Sweet Abundance: Food for the Stomach and Soul By Kay Habana I hardly find him resting his head on my chest anymore, sound asleep. He’s just overgrown the capacity of my grasp. He used to fit perfectly in my arm. He used to search for my body warmth in bed and found it hard […]
America May Erase the Native Tongue But Not the Palate…For Balut
From Ginoo Ko, to OMG! But Balut Remains a Fave By Vanette Colmenares New York City — A few years ago, my son, his wife and my two adorable grandchildren migrated to America, where New York became their home. But before coming over, I told my son to always speak the Visayan dialect […]
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