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Around Town 642

 

Champorado: Arroz con Chocolate Y con Anchoas

By Vanette Colmenares New York – The  champorado dish is as old as ‘Mampor’ which is the Visayan adaptation of the Spanish language to mean being born in the ‘tiempo ni Mampor’ (time of Mampor).  Who is Mampor? Only God knows.  Ever since I was born, the dish ‘champorado’ has already been there.  It is […]

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Love Heals Racial Divide, Interracial Couples Say

By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Interracial couples believe that marrying someone outside one’s race would help bridge the racial divide among peoples. The testimonials of Greg and Yuka Agulan and Noel and Rhia Luz speak of enduring relationships of people coming from different racial and cultural backgrounds with one common element: trust.  Businessman […]

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Review: A Thousand Cuts – Eerily Timely, Brave

By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Watching Ramona Diaz’s two-hour documentary A Thousand Cuts makes you bleed, figuratively. It brings you to the backstory of Filipino journalists covering the horrendous arbitrary killings of suspected drug pushers and users in the Philippines.  Produced by Cine Diaz, it is about the age-old adversary of the frontliners […]

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On Same-Sex Marriages and Immigration

By Cristina Godinez, Esq. New York – Seven years ago to this month, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) and the Department of State opened immigration benefits for same-sex couples in the same way as those for opposite-sex couples. It took quite a while for the U.S. to come around. In 2013, the U.S. […]

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Filipino care providers in NJ respond to growing mental health needs of New Jerseyans thru Telemedicine

By Geremy San Agustin Jersey City – Two Filipino women have developed an innovative plan to sustain their services for mental health patients and ensure the continued employment of their staff despite the lockdown of New Jersey due to the coronavirus pandemic. Myla Dizon and Rhodora Dionisio have been running two Psychiatric Partial Care Program […]

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Filipinos in the US Celebrate Independence Day, Accuse Duterte of Authoritarianism to Hand Over the Philippines to China

By Marivir R. Montebon New York – The commemoration of the 122nd Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 2020 as the first Republic in Asia comes in as ironic with the impending signing into law of the Anti-Terrorism Act, seen by international human rights groups as the way to legalize Pres. Duterte’s authoritarian rule.   Filipino […]

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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 […]

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Young Entrepreneurs Revive Barter in the Philippines

By Marivir R. Montebon New York – How about chicken in exchange for tempura? Or a pair of shoes in exchange for a sack of rice? Sometimes, it is not always the money, but a community of innovators and givers who will save the day. Young entrepreneurs in the Philippine cities of Tagbilaran, Cebu, and […]

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George Floyd and Institutional Racism: Education Needed to Foster Understanding and Reconciliation to Change the Culture of Fear, Resentment

On June 2, 2020, this statement first appeared in the UTS.edu website and republished with permission here in OSM! Online Magazine. Dr. Thomas Ward is the president of Unification Theological Seminary in New York City. His message is clear: Beyond better police training, there is a need to foster an education with the consciousness of […]

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Parents Need to Ensure Routine, Repetition and Fun for Kids to Keep Interest with their Home-Schooling

By Marivir R. Montebon New York – An educator in the Philippines said that routine and repetition make for mastery of Math and Reading among school children and for any subject for that matter. And at the time of the pandemic, it is important and to make learning ‘fun’ because children naturally want to move about […]

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