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ConGen Cristobal holds ConGen Hour with FAPCNY; Calls on FilAms to Participate in Census 2020

New York – Consul General Claro S. Cristobal met with the members of the Filipino-American Press Club of New York (FAPCNY) during the ConGen’s Media Hour at the Philippine Center on September 12, 2019. At the presser, Cristobal said that Filipinos should participate in the Census for it is a tool that ensures equal opportunity […]

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Filipinos in Queens Honored by Melinda Katz, Borough Prez

In celebration of the 121st Philippine Independence Day By Vanette Colmenares   New York – Tiny tots Samantha Perocho and Frederick Zion Plaza pulled off the “Bahay Kubo” (Nipa Hut) song with their slidy American accent. They were absolutely endearing and the entire audience that jam packed the auditorium of the Helen Marshall Cultural Center […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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AF3IRM Rejects Amnesty International’s Call to Legalize Prostitution

Transnational Feminists  Ask Instead to Criminalize Prostitution Businesses    Decriminalizing the johns and pimps and regulating the business of prostitution do not provide those who are prostituted “more decision-making power.” It puts the entire industry in the hands of the oppressors to own. The john is thepower; the pimp is the power; the brothel owner […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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