Breathe In, Breathe Out
/The nail-biting US election is over.
Meanwhile, here are our stories for the week:
A brief visit to President Roxas town in Capiz to talk about drugs (the use of, the fight against, the politics and social science surrounding the issue) gave PF contributing writer Robert Francis Garcia some memorable encounters with regular folks and fresh scallops. ["Captivating Capiz"]
The Florence Finch is the newest U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter named after Florence Ebersole Smith Finch, a Filipino American woman who assisted the United States during World War II. We're reposting NextShark's' story on this singular honor accorded to one of us.
The 7th Fil-Am Book Festival in San Francisco recently was an exhilarating experience for Kyla Crisostomo, a young writer who was in Cloud 9 as she listened to well-known Fil-Am authors and perused the wide variety of Fil-Am-authored books in the marketplace.
Our Video of the Week: an interview with Katrin de Guia, originally from Germany who has adapted the Philippines as her second homeland.
In The Know
Jollibee to take over Michellin-starred restaurant
https://asamnews.com/2024/11/05/flagship-chinese-food-store-worldwide-acclaimed-restaurant/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup
Duterte’s jarring testimony into drug killings in Philippines relives a nightmare for many
https://apnews.com/article/philippines-duterte-drug-killings-testimony-448d440e057506e5a9cbe615372ccd45?
Here's one of the only places you can ride in a Filipino jeepney
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/27/nx-s1-5135715/filipino-jeepney-san-francisco?
