NY Senate Health Committee Passes ‘Coverage For All’ Bill After Recent Assembly Committee Vote
FilAm Leaders Laud Bill as Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers Eligible To Receive Health Coverage Under C4A Legislation Albany, NY— On February 1, 2022, the New York State Senate Health committee voted to move bill S1572, also known as Coverage For All, forward to the Finance committee. The legislation passed with 7 yes votes […]
Pacific Asia Travel Association-NY: Going digital in the new normal
New York – The travel group Pacific Asia Travel Association will adapt ways to maintain its presence in the travel industry, among them going digital. Newly elected chairperson Joebert Opulencia said that in his watch, PATA New York will be digitally accessible to members. It will hold monthly webinars on destination updates. To make the […]
Filipino Cast on Aladdin: Magnificent Actors with an Attitude of Gratitude
By Marivir Montebon New York – Filipino actors of Aladdin on Broadway exude an attitude of gratitude as they embrace the opportunity given them to perform their electrifying roles on stage. Such feeling is shared by Don Darryl Rivera (DDR), who performs Iago, the funny-but-mean sidekick to Jafar, Angelo Soriano, who swings as Omar or […]
Gifts from Santa in Alaska: Christmas is for the children
By Nieva Quezon Burdick New York – My primary goal in visiting Fairbanks, Alaska was to follow the Aurora Borealis. Alaska’s Arctic is one of the last great wilderness regions on Earth – remote, wild, and unpopulated vast land where possibly the Northern Light becomes visible. But when I was there, the days were cloudy. No […]
Maryknollers elect first Board of the Maryknoll/Miriam College Alum East Coast
New York – The Maryknoll/Miriam College Alumni Association (MMCAA) congratulates the first Board of Directors of its USA East Coast Chapter and the officers elected among them. Chapter elections were held last December 2021. A follow-up meeting among the Directors was held on 11 January 2022 to elect officers. Felicidad De Los Angeles Bunuan GS […]
Fundraiser Initiative for #OdettePH victims in Cebu and Bohol Launched in NYC
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Young entrepreneur Dalareich Polot readily agreed to an interview to provide us a glimpse of what’s going on her province of Bohol after super typhoon Odette (international name Rai) hit land on the midnight of December 17, 2021. She was, however, unable to have a conversation with us […]
What state ads would mean for New Jersey’s ethnic press
Opinion Republished from https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/12/what-state-ads-would-mean-for-new-jerseys-ethnic-press-opinion.html By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist Phillip Sungyong Han, Clyde Hughes and Aleksandra Slabisz Ethnic and community media are critical lifelines of information for tens of thousands of people in New Jersey. Immigrants and people of color have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and are often the first to suffer the brunt […]
Bangon Cebu, kaya natu ni!*
By Vanette Colmenares Cebu City – It’s Christmas morning and I can hear a few hustle and bustle within the assigned hotel that I am quarantined in. It is my third day in Cebu, and accordingly, they will be releasing those with negative results but will continue their quarantine in their respective destinations. I am […]
Finally, a Little Manila Avenue in Woodside, Queens NYC
By Marivir Montebon New York – For the effort, Filipinos can pat their backs this time. The NYC Council voted Wednesday the co-naming of the southwest corner of Roosevelt Avenue on 70th Street to Little Manila Avenue which residential and business enclave of Filipinos in Queens. The legislation was sponsored by Council Member Jimmy Van […]
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