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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 […]
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 […]
FilAm Couturier RC Caylan Opens Flagship Store in Michigan
NEW YORK – Grand Rapids-based and Filipino-American fashion designer, RC Caylan opened his flagship store in Breton Village Mall, MI on August 15, 2020. RC Caylan Atelier features a retail area, as well as a production space for premade and custom designs. New collections such as his own brand of luxury home fragrances and stylish […]
Sociologists: Address Global North-South Inequality Through Women’s Voices
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon She remembered who she was and the game changed. – Lalah Delia New York – Chances are, a journalist would be in a gut-wrenching situation when she is in the company of sociologists, whose world is of the high intellect and theories. Her head, so accustomed to writing in […]
Book Review: Mary Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough is a Must Read
How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man By Marivir R. Montebon New York – A must read! Mary Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough (Simon and Schuster, 2020) deserves a 5 star rating because of the clarity of her writing. Her being a family member and a clinical psychologist gives her credibility to […]
Without a COVID-19 vaccine, use of unproven traditional remedies surges in NJ Filipino community
By Marivir R. Montebon CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ—Despite warnings from scientists and health officials that natural remedies are by no means a medically proven treatment for various diseases, Filipinos in New Jersey could not be stopped from using traditional remedies to fight the coronavirus. Without a COVID-19 vaccine, many Filipinos in the Garden State believe that […]
‘A Thousand Cuts’ Film Featuring Maria Ressa opens in the US via PBS Aug 7
New York – The freedom of the press is under attack in the Philippines and journalist Maria Ressa, a 2018 TIME Magazine Person of the Year, is fighting back in an attempt to defend press freedom, a pillar of democracy. Filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz (Motherland, Imelda, Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey) highlights the urgency of […]
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