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‘Biting the Big Apple’ Gets the Ultimate Thumbs-up by Fil-Am Doctor-Writer
By Dr. Pol Tiongson San Jose, CA Editor’s Note: The best and humbling thing that could happen to a writer is to be reviewed and endorsed by another writer. And when I woke up to Dr. Pol Tiongson’s book review of Biting the Big Apple: Memoirs of a Journalist Turned Immigrant (2012) a few […]
Filipinos Excited to Hear the First US Presidential Debate Tonight
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon It feels like the excitement of the first 2016 presidential debate is as charged up as the past international boxing bouts of Filipino world champ Manny Pacquiao. The mood is simply electrifying, and never quite before in the past two elections. My friends are inviting me to wine […]
Obama’s Last SOTU: Recycling Rhetoric and Hope
OSM! Forum Women leaders in various communities in New York were asked their opinion on the State of the Union address of Pres. Obama. They have mixed reactions to his speech. Everyone applauded at the President in criticizing and discouraging racism that continues to divide America. Many gave him the thumbs up for the message of […]
NYC Women Artists Honor Women World-wide and Their Work
By Jenny Green International Women Artists’ Salon New York City Nearly thirty nations were given voice at the International Women Artists’ Salon’s fourth annual tribute to women artists from across the world, throughout time, to celebrate to Women’s History Month on March 8, 2015. Monologues, songs and even samba were used to pay tribute […]
Random Acts of Kindness Can Change the World
Excerpts on Miracles from my memoir Biting the Big Apple By Marivir R. Montebon Consider a random act of kindness, especially in an immigration office, a miracle. My aunt, Susan Hinaut, was distraught on the day of her scheduled interview for her Green Card application on October 5, 2011. Her son, my cousin Voltaire […]
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