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Fil-Am Youth Learn Basketball from PHL Basketball Clinic
Pinoy’s Love of Basketball Highlighted in the Successful Launch of the PHL Basketball Clinic New York – What better way to engage with the Filipino-American Community in the US Northeast Region than to appeal to the innate Pinoy exuberance towards basketball. The PHL Basketball Team, under the auspices of the Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCGNY), […]
Be Entertained: GMA’s Musikalye in Brooklyn Tonight
By Vanette Colmenares New York – I got an invite to a press conference last week from Grace Labaguis, top lady for Synergy Production and Marketing and GMA consultant, as a prelude to tonight’s Musikalye sa Brooklyn by GMA. And since D’Haven is just in my hood, I could not pass up that event, expecting […]
Actor Lawyer Jennifer Yen Honored in Asia Pacific Heritage Month
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray honored actor lawyer Jennifer Yen to celebrate Asia Pacific Heritage Month in the Big Apple. Yen, of Chinese descent, heads the Film Laboratory, a non-profit performing arts workshop in NYC. De Blasio proclaimed before 300 guests who attended the […]
Filipino Restaurant Week Begins in the City, and in Seven States too
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Whether on the sweet scent of tradition or innovation, Filipino food is pervading the Big Apple through the Filipino Restaurant Week (FRW). Seven states in the East Coast have now simultaneously participated in this mouth-watering culinary event from May 13 to 26, 2019. The food tasting at […]
FilAms Call for Honest Elections, Independent Philippine Senate
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – The Philippine midterm elections is in full swing here in the East Coast, defined by political actors as a crucial time in determining whether the first republic in Asia will continue to be a democracy or become another dictatorship. The overseas elections are being conducted for a month […]
NYC Art Scene: Two Cebuano Artists Open ‘Fishers of Men’ Exhibit
By Vanette Colmenares New York – The weather here had been brutally freezing but inside the Philippine Center, the ambiance was warm, jovial and fun with the opening of the exhibit “Fishers of Men” by two renowned Cebuanos: Jun Alfonso and Gil Maningo. The two artists were college buddies at the University of the […]
The New School Students Document Refugee Crisis in Lesvos
A production by Melissa dela Cruz for the New School International Affairs New York – Graduate students of The New School here embarked on a trip to Lesvos to put a human face and voice of the refugee crisis in Europe. Based on authentic interviews, the narratives of refugees should provide the real picture for […]
Media Should Spread Transformative Truth and Speak Truth to Power
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – In this digital age, media must consciously carry on their responsibilities “to deliver truthful and transformative news and to speak truth to power” and veer away from political propaganda and fake news. Three interfaith theologians and a lawyer stressed this necessity during a forum sponsored by […]
Peace is Possible: Filipino Leaders’ Thoughts on Inner and Global Peace
#inclusion #peacebasedonjustice #onehumanityundergod Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Young Filipino leaders here are articulating deeply what peace means in the community, in the midst of the worrisome violence happening mostly in schools and churches across the county. At a gathering organized by the JCI New York State at a midtown […]
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