Michelle Devera Louie – Not much about Filipino culture permeates the mainstream media outside of the Philippines. So when a book, even a children’s book, makes an attempt, it’s worth noting, especially when the author can trace her heritage back to the national hero of the Philippines, Dr. Jose Rizal. Read more »
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Filipino Workers in Hong Kong: Fending for Themselves
Photo: Members of the United Filipinos in Hong Kong (Unifil-HK) during their congress, Nov. 26 By Bobby Tuazon – Filipinos comprise Hong Kong’s biggest migrant community. Migrant workers among them stay on for years to work hard for their children’s future; others come home after a short stay as Read more »
Intramuros: A Walk With Carlos Celdran
The San Agustin church in Intramuros has stood for decades as a historical landmark and an important piece to Manila’s legacy. And one man is making sure we don’t forget. His name is Carlos Celdran, a self-employed performing artist that takes his audience on a walking tour through the Read more »
The ‘lost’ Filipino descendants
ALFREDO P HERNANDEZ has traced some of the third to fifth generation Papuan descendants of Filipino Catholic lay missionaries who came to PNG in 1800s. Steven Ramos, then a 31-year-old employee at the Electricity Commission (now PNG Power) in 1975, was manning the company’s customer counter when a Filipino expatriate Read more »
New Yorker – The Approval Matrix
Week of November 20, 2006 Is that Madame we see? We’re telling you, this woman still commands attention. She’s works on a different plane. So altogether now, ‘mass follows class’ — and remember not the other way around. (Just in case you didn’t get it, we’ll quote Borat Sagdiyev Read more »
Imelda Marcos launches jewelry collection
(AP) MANILA, Philippines: Imelda Marcos — wife of the late Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos — launched a jewelry line on Saturday which she described as “both worthless and priceless,” but would entitle the buyer to a piece of the glamorous former first lady.
