NY restos to open indoor dining on Wednesday
New York – On Wednesday, September 30th, restaurants in New York City can reopen for indoor dining starting at 25 percent, Gov. Cuomo announced over the weekend. All restaurants that choose to reopen must adhere to strict safety protocols, including increased ventilation and air filtration standards, temperature checks and face coverings when not seated, among […]
OSM! Digital Editor Leani Auxilio renders RBG in Digital Art
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an inspiration even for those who she didn’t see. OSM! Digital Editor, the late Leani Auxilio (I feel the sharp pain attaching the word late to her name…) was a fan. On her hospital bed at Mt. Sinai Hospital, she rendered […]
Lovely Memories of Chandpur and decorated artist Farida Zaman
By Martin Bradley Two years ago I had the great pleasure of being invited to stay in Dhaka, Bangladesh for three weeks, to work on a book about Bangladesh’s premiere female artist Farida Zaman. Since the publication of that book the government of Bangladesh has decorated Farida with one of Bangladesh’s highest honours (the Ekushey Padak), while the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has […]
WICCAFE’s American Immigration Story: Looking at America’s History thru the Lens of Culture, Religion, and Women
Editor’s NotesBy Marivir R. Montebon It was a moment of truth I’ve been waiting for. Academic and historical truth that is. I earnestly wanted to see the picture of America’s history so that immigrants who made the US great are being acknowledged. I believe that the more we deny this historical reality, the more haunting […]
Fil-Am Daly City Vice Mayor: Biden, Harris Are Committed to A Future for All
By Juslyn Manalo It’s been said you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. The truth behind this observation can be seen by comparing the way the Trump administration failed to prepare for the pandemic and its effects and the way Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris are preparing to […]
Essay: Trapped in Covid19-free Cambodia and loving it
By Martin Bradley I had been going to Siem Reap, Cambodia, off and on for nearly nine years. Generally I would spend between four to fourteen days helping out at the children’s charity Colors of Cambodia, or mooching along the tourist clad streets, eyeing for a bargain or questing after food. This time was to […]
Racial Justice Begins When Police Departments Reflect the Communities They Serve
By Sunita Sohrabji/Ethnic Media Service Contributing Editor Los Angeles – Even as U.S. crime rates drop to historic lows, residents of low-income neighborhoods continue to be over-policed and victimized by law enforcement, concluded panelists at a Sept. 4 briefing. Crime in the U.S. peaked in the early 1990s, but has fallen 51 percent from 1993 […]
Pinas USA: Back in Circulation in the midst of Covid19
New York – The Pinas USA magazine is back in circulation nationwide after a hiatus for three months during the coronavirus pandemic, editor Muriel Iturralde said. It will be distributed weekly in key FilAm stores and offices in New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, Connecticut and other cities in the East Coast. Pinas USA is […]
Labor of Love: The Pandemic Brought out the Video Editor in Me
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Strange things happened to us in the pandemic. I became overly paranoid with germs and viruses that I became ‘OC’ more than ever about cleanliness. But wonderfully too, I learned to edit my own video! Yes, it’s grace during the lockdown that came along with the […]
12 Take-aways from Fil-Am Teacher, Community Leader Lumen Castaneda
Humility in the midst of success: How does that happen? By Marivir R. Montebon New York – During the 16th episode of digital talk show Women’s World on Sunday, August 30, 2020, Fil-American teacher and notable community leader 85-year-old Lumen Castaneda spoke about humility in the midst of success. Talk show hosts Merly Barlaan, Arceli […]
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