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Internatl Writers Confab in NYC Sunday
New York — It is a week to go to the 2nd annual International Writers Conference, WRITING ACROSS BORDERS, Sunday, May 18, 2014, to be held at University Settlement, 184 Eldridge St., Manhattan on the lower east side. The National Writers Union – New York chapter is enjoining all writers, journalists, and poets to attend […]
Of Attitude, Racism, and Immigration
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York City A bubbly Filipina once cracked a joke that the classy DKNY has a different twist among Filipinos. “We are DKNY. Not Donna Karan in New York but Dakilang Katulong in New York (The Heroic Helper in New York),” she said. We laughed. There’s the classic putting-ourselves-down-again! […]
Immigration Hopes and Woes
By Marivir R. Montebon The immigration forum at the Philippine Consulate in Manhattan sponsored by UNIPRO, FALDEF, NAFFAA Region 1, and the Office of the NYC Mayor on Immigrant Affairs had me pondering. When did TNT (Tago ng tago for Filipino parlance, or incessantly in hiding in English) cease to become a painful joke? I […]
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