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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
Trafficked Filipino J-1 Visa Holder Gets Immigration Relief from USCIS
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Courage will claim its reward. A young Filipino trafficked to the US under the J-1 visa program was recently given humanitarian relief (T visa) by the USCIS after suffering from miserable working and living conditions for the past three years in Los Angeles. Natalie Sevilla (real name withheld) […]
International Journalists Ask Tax Evasion Case vs. Maria Ressa be Thrown Out
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – The International Federation of Journalists Asia-Pacific region today joined the call to end the tax evasion case against Rappler co-founder Philippine journalist Maria Ressa. Trial for Ressa’s alleged tax evasion will be heard on July 22 in Manila. The IFJ is currently part of the #HoldTheLine coalition that […]
Godinez: Sham Marriages is a No No and Will Have Harsh Consequences
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – An immigration lawyer here has warned against ‘buying one’s immigration status’ through sham marriage. Cristina Godinez, Esq., in an interview with Women’s World digital talk show on June 24, 2020, said to “not even think about it because the act could have harsh consequences.” Godinez of the Migrant […]
Penalosa: Women Leaders Show Effective Leadership in the Time of COVID19
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – A Filipino woman leader has underscored the fact that seven women world leaders have effectively responded to the COVID19 global pandemic, and added to her list Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo as well. Virginia ‘Gigie’ Peñalosa, Governor-elect of the Soroptimist International of the America’s Philippine Region, said that […]
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 […]
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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