Covering the week’s most noteworthy news stories impacting the lives of the Filipino-American community in New York and New Jersey.
A couple of students from the Philippines graduated Summa Cum Laude from their respective universities this week. Twenty one year-old Lara Andrea Montales graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Economics Major in Finance and Business Analytics from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, listed as Forbes’ 2017 Best Business School…
Rain-soaked fashion show at City Hall highlights Filipino fashion, culture Intermittent rains and inclement weather did not dampen the spirits of guests and community members who trooped to the Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard on Wednesday, May 16 to attend the Pennsylvania leg of the Philippine Tapestry Fashion Show. The Mayor’s Commission on Asian American Affairs…
Tourists Asked to Discover, Experience and Explore The world-famous and iconic Grand Central Terminal in New York City is the home of the 7,641 islands of the Philippines – at least for four days this week as Explore Islands Philippines, a major project to promote Philippine tourism is now ongoing at the Vanderbilt Hall after a…
A FILIPINO doctor accused of financing a thwarted jihadist plot in New York in 2016 has been indicted by the Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) over a separate Islamic State (IS)-inspired kidnapping and murder case. Maranao doctor Russell Salic has been charged for his alleged involvement in the abduction of six and the murder of…
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez has defended the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revoke the license of online news site Rappler. In a letter to the New York Times dated Wednesday, January 24, Romualdez dismissed the alleged “political motivation” behind the SEC order against Rappler. The ambassador also…
A weekend getaway in Cebu quickly turned into a tragedy after seven Filipino-American medical missionaries were killed in a car crash in the nearby town of Alegria last weekend. On Saturday, January 20, a group of 10 physicians and nurses from the United States were in the town of Oslob, located 73 miles south of…
LOS ANGELES – A Filipino-American judge was sworn into the LA County Superior Court on Thursday, Aug. 27 at a ceremony held at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown. Julian C. Recana of Long Beach became the newest Fil-Am judge, following his appointment by Governor Jerry Brown in July. Recana, who has served as a…
A Brooklyn man claiming New York police put him in a chokehold has settled a lawsuit against the city for $75,000. The settlement was approved by a federal judge last week, and Nick Paolucci, New York City Law Department spokesperson, said that “based on an evaluation of the case, it was determined that the settlement…
A Brooklyn-born man accused of helping Al Qaeda conduct surveillance of the New York Stock Exchange for a possible terrorist attack was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday, Jan. 20, in a New York federal court. Wesam El-Hanafi, 39, was arrested in April 2010 along with dual US-Australian citizen Sabirhan Hasanoff, his associate….
The families of two of the 20 children killed during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are suing the town where the 2012 massacre occurred, as well as its board of education, alleging security measures at the school “weren’t adequate.” The wrongful-death lawsuit served on the town last week is being filed by the parents…
United Airlines and and online travel company Orbitz are suing a 22-year-old who founded a website that helps travelers book cheaper flights. Aktarer Zaman from New York City founded Skiplagged.com, which uses “hidden city” ticketing to provide people with more affordable airfares. The website allows travelers to purchase a ticket with a layover in the…
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Federal prosecutors sued New York City on Thursday, Dec. 18, as the city has allegedly not acted fast enough in reforming Rikers Island jail, particularly in how it deals with adolescent inmates. In a report by the Justice Department, findings from a 2 ½ -year investigation conducted from 2011 to 2013 revealed there was a…
“I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!” Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black man from Staten Island, screamed as New York Police Department officers caught and put him in a chokehold, slamming his head against the sidewalk in front of a beauty supply store. He was being arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes. Within moments of the incident…
New York City will invest $130 million to reform its criminal justice system by expanding access to public health services for mentally ill inmates. “For years, the criminal justice has been the default for dealing with behavioral and mental health issues, but that approach alone does not best serve public health or public safety,” New…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was re-elected for a second term Tuesday in the 2014 midterm election. Cuomo garnered 54 percent of the vote with 98 percent of precincts reporting on Wednesday, 41 percent for his Republican opponent Rob Astorino, and 5 percent for Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins. Reports showed that Cuomo was a…
THIRTEEN years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the World Trade Center in New York City is once again open for business. On Monday, Nov. 3, the mass media publishing giant Condé Nast began moving into the new One World Trade Center, a 104-story, $3.9 billion steel skyscraper built at the same site where the decimated Twin Towers once…
Nurses in Dallas free of virus THE war on Ebola continues with a new case, this time in New York City. Doctor Craig Spencer was working with the organization Doctors Without Borders, treating Ebola patients in Guinea. He came back to the US on Oct. 17, arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport and exhibiting…
A FIL-AM teenager from New Jersey who managed to slip through the security of the World Trade Center in New York, was sentenced last September 3. Sixteen-year-old Justin Casquejo was sentenced by Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Felicia Menin to 23 days of community service. This was in a plea agreement made last July, when the…
The top dancers of the Philippine Elite Dancers of New York represented the Philippines at the 2013 Multinational Cultural Festival. The festival was sponsored by the Asian-American Cultural Circle of Unity whose mission is to foster awareness and appreciation of the many different groups represented here in the United States. The event which was held…
Despite Hurricane Sandy’s wrath, the shows went on. The Bayanihan, the national dance company of the Philippines, performed before sold-out audiences in New York and Washington, DC on the same week that Sandy ravaged most of the eastern seaboard. The dance group succeeded in putting the country back on the American stage as it sang…
She’s been hailed as a Super Lawyer, referenced as one of the top trial attorneys in the nation, and the National Law Journal named her as one of the 50 most influential minority lawyers in the US. Fil-Am Attorney Lorna Schofield, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, has pretty much done…
