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PIDCI Report on Accountability Wins 2019 Plaridel for Best Investigative Story
Daly City Mayor Raymond Buenaventura receives award on behalf of writers Cristina DC Pastor and Marivir Montebon New York – Journalists Cristina DC Pastor and Marivir Montebon won the Best Investigative Story of the 2019 Plaridel Awards for their four-part series of the accountability issues surrounding the Philippine Independence Day Council Inc. The award […]
Photo Gallery: The 2019 US Open on a Sizzling Summer
Photos by Carla L. Mayol New York – It’s summer, the time of the year here where locals, tourists, and sports buffs gather to watch the US Open – like an annual sports pilgrimage of sorts in Queens. OSM! Contributing photographer Carla Mayol shares snippets of the vigorous public – friends, lovers, and family […]
Cherokee Leader Roz Dotson: A Life of Integrity and Generosity
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – New Yorkers bade farewell to a well-respected First Nations Cherokee leader and artist this summer, Roslyn Eulalie Dotson, or Roz to family and friends. “A woman of integrity, an advocate and an activist” was inscribed in Roz’s memorial pamphlet. She stood and spoke for human rights on […]
Cultural Tourism: Diskubre Tour for Young Filipinos Open for Registration
Manila — Young Filipinos with a sense of adventure and a wish to connect with their Filipino roots are invited to participate in the second Diskubre Tour from 3 to 13 January 2020 in the Bicol Region. Covering Manila and the provinces of Albay, Masbate, Sorsogon, and Camarines Sur, this year’s Tour will include historical […]
JP Rizal Awards of Excellence Set Nov 2019
New York – The Order of the Knights of Rizal — New York Chapter will hold the 2019 Dr. Jose P. Rizal Award for Excellence on Friday, November 15, 2019, at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (57th Street and Seventh Avenue, New York City). The organization is searching for outstanding Filipino-American in the […]
Filipinos in North America Call Out China’s Incursion on West Phil Sea
New York – Filipinos in North America simultaneously held rallies calling out on China’s incursion of the West Philippine sea. Pocket rallies in Chinese embassies and consulates called for “China Out Now,” on July 12, 2019 which marked the third anniversary of the Philippine victory at The Hague Tribunal that upheld its territorial claim to […]
World Pride Parade 2019: NYC Sees Biggest March Thus Far
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – From personal messages such “Love your true self” to the political insistence “We shall resist,” the World Pride Parade was a huge and colorful spectacle of the LGBTQ communities here with the support of political leaders and big businesses alike. Over 100,000 attendees waving banners and carrying […]
Consulate General in NY Supports PHL Basketball Clinic
New York – The Philippine Consulate General in New York supported the recently concluded 1st PHL Basketball clinic and awarding certificates to the participants at ceremonies held during the last day of the 5-day event on 16 June 2019 at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Gym in Jersey City. The clinic was managed by some members […]
Life for Children Foundation Relaunched in NYC
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – There are so many things that are on the plate of the indefatigable 82-year-old Lumen Castaneda, Fil-Am community leader and founder of the teacher’s group UNIFFIED. A few years ago, when she saw the horrible situation of little school children in Batangas who had to traverse the […]
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