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Fil-Ams: Need for One Political Voice, Cultural Consciousness
By Marivir Montebon New York City – The need to involve young second generation Filipino-Americans in community events and to be more politically visible and active were among the most pressing issues expressed by leaders of the Filipino community in the east coast. During the first general assembly of community organizations, about 200 Filipino community […]
A Cebuana in NYC Makes a Happy, Healthful Homecoming
By Vanette Colmenares Editor’s Note: Vanette Colmenares comes home to Cebu, amazed by the changes she saw, and brought with her the healthful mindset that helped prop up local farmers. In two months, she organized a farmers market of healthy, organic produce. The weekly farmers market in New York city’s Union Square gave her […]
A Little Help Would Make a Child Smile This Christmas
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City — A New York-based Filipina is so loving and doing the act of giving this holiday season. Britney Madison Allen, a native of the province of Gingoog in Mindanao is spearheading on its second year the ‘Spirit of Christmas Drive 2014’ with the theme “Give Love on Christmas […]
Documentation Prevails Over Deportation: A Win Win for All
Editor’s Notes By Marivir Montebon The day after Pres. Obama announced his executive order on immigration is definitely brand new for about five million undocumented immigrants. And it should be for government too. The attitude towards immigration should be a Win Win for all. The Department of Homeland Security revealed that the […]
Director: Hoffman Meant to be the Lead Actor in A Most Wanted Man
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City– There was no one else but the late Philip Seymour Hoffman who’s best for the lead role in the movie A Most Wanted Man which opens this Friday, director Anton Corbijn told the press in mid-Manhattan yesterday. “There couldn’t be any other. Philip is Gunther Bachmann,” Corbijn said, […]
IN HIDING: Sex (Trafficking) and the City
By Marivir R. Montebon Tim Sheard’s eighth crime novel “In Hiding” (published by the Hard Ball Press, fiction, 2013, 299 pages) is a gripping, breath taking story of the invisible crime of sex trafficking in New York City. Having Peter as the main character – a clueless, hopeless romantic in search of his ‘crush’, […]
Valentine’s Day 2014
By Sylvia Hubilla Round Rock, Texas Flowers and chocolates, sweet nothings whispered, or scribbled on fragrant cards caress fluttering hearts. Valentine’s Day conjure up warm feelings of love. A magical spell all but whips up the heat globally on this day of hearts. And […]
ARTIMIST: An Optimist Artist in NYC
The Gypsy Circus By June Pascal UWS, Manhattan The Gypsy Circus (An oil painting by June Pascal 24″ x 36″ 1986, Evry, France) When did we stop playing like children? When we ran out of time? But time is all we have. We might as well be like children. […]
SING YOUR WAY OUT OF STRESS!
SING YOUR WAY OUT OF STRESS! BY DEBBIE ALMOCERA I love to sing. There was a time when I thought I was good at it. I remember having benefit concerts in my college days whose main attraction were my friends and I – a bunch of delusional wannabes drowning in our own grandiosity. It was […]
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