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Fil-Am Media Spends Relaxing Merienda Break with Outgoing Consul General
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon Despite her busy schedule, Consul General Tess Dizon de Vega had been so considerate to squeeze into her wrap-up goodbye meetings a time for the Fil-Am Press Club of NY. For sure, the media community will miss her as she officially ends her stint in New York this month. […]
Goodbye Carmen Marie Schentrup
Fil-American girl among the 17 victims of the Parkland massacre in Florida By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – Carmen Marie Schentrup would have graduated at the top of her class in May this year. She was a consistent A student at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida until that bloody […]
Ouida Duncan Continues to Give Free Spinal Surgeries in Davao, Philippines
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – There are women who are simply unstoppable. Life coach Ouida Duncan is one of them. Early this International Women’s Month, the foundation she established, the Duncan Tree Foundation, held its fourth fundraiser for its Scoliosis Surgical Missions in Davao City, Philippines in order to be able […]
US, Canada Shows for GMA Pinoy TV’s ‘Sikat Ka, Kapuso!’
New York City – GMA Pinoy TV is gearing up for the most star-studded event of the year as the hottest Kapuso royalties grace the much-awaited return of ‘Sikat Ka, Kapuso!’ this April. Following the huge success from last year’s event in California, the Kapuso abroad can once again get the chance to see their […]
Lobby for Immigration Reform, Romualdez Tells Filipinos in US
Also Says Duterte’s Drug War Will See a ‘Sophistication’ Soon By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said Saturday that Filipinos in the US should actively lobby with Congress and local officials on immigration reforms to ensure protection and intact families. This came as a response […]
Fil-Ams Express Concerns for Their Social and Housing Benefits in 4th GA
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – Much of the time during the whole day affair of the 4th General Assembly of the Filipino community in the East Coast was given to queries on social security benefits and Pag-Ibig Funds. Put together by Consul General Tess Dizon de Vega and her dynamic consular team, […]
Trump grants immigration relief to 1.8 M Dreamers, but caps petitions for parents
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City . Pres. Trump said he will give 1.8 million ‘illegal’ immigrants a path to citizenship in a 12-year span, particularly those who have the “education, work, and full character” shifting emphasis on merit-based immigration from family-based petitions. In his first State of the Union address that lasted […]
Jesuit Priest and HR Watch Exec Speak on Philippine Human Rights Situation
New York City – In the wake of the reloading of Tok-hang, the Philippine “anti-drug war” which has resulted thus far in some 20,000 killings, the Fil-Am Press Club of New York will hold a forum featuring activist priest-scholar Fr. Albert Alejo, SJ, and Human Rights Watch Asia Division Deputy Director Phelim Kine. The […]
The Best of the Philippines Goes to Grand Central in Spring 2018 Expo
By Marivir R. Montebon In ‘Explore Islands Philippines’ the best of Philippines comes to life in one of the world’s largest train terminal, the Grand Central #comeexplorewithus New York City – Jerry Sibal and Edwin Josue of the JS Productions pulled off an elegant and electrifying opening salvo for what is to happen in […]
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