Whenever we needed insight and input on the Bridge Generation of Fil-Ams, there was one person we could call on to provide factual information, names, even already written stories: Peter Jamero.
Read MoreIn today's political environment, hate, it seems, has been given a reprieve. Just like at the height of the pandemic, anti-Asian hate is as real as ever and it will take proactive community efforts to mitigate its often lethal effects.
Eric Toda was a teenager when his Japanese grandfather was assaulted randomly, presumably because he was Asian. That traumatizing experience pushed the now-adult Toda to write an impassioned essay in AdWeek in 2021 calling for the industry he belongs to -- marketing -- to act as frontliners in the fight against hate.
Toda is Meta's (formerly Facebook) Global Head for Social Marketing, indeed a powerful megaphone for his advocacy. For his laudable efforts, the Filipino-Japanese-American was recently awarded the first Dado Banatao Legacy Award by Fil-Am nonprofit Phildev. Veteran journalist and community activist Cherie Querol-Moreno introduces the anti-Asian hate crusader to PF readers.
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An award-winning Fil-Am journalist and educator shares her thoughts on “the morning after the morning after” the recent elections. For those seeking clarity and calm, her essay could provide both.
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Here's a big international event book lovers and book industry insiders can look forward to: in October 2025, the Philippines will be the Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the biggest in the world. This means Filipino authors, editors, translators, books and publishers will be at front and center in the book publishing industry's universally recognized event. Author/publisher Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard joined the 2024 delegation and gives us a preview on what to expect.
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[MUST WATCH] Ramona S. Diaz’s “And So It Begins”
Official Philippine Entry to the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature
Teodoro: China 'Pressuring' Philippines To Cede South China Sea Claims
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkz05FgPodM
Why Exactly is the Philippines the World’s Top Rice Importer?
https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/why-philippines-is-worlds-top-rice-importer-a2556-20240703-lfrm?
Senators hail new PH laws on maritime zones, archipelagic sea lanes
https://www.inquirer.net/420368/senators-hail-new-ph-laws-on-maritime-zones-archipelagic-sea-lanes/?
ESSAY: Global Pinoy pioneer Larry Itliong has his day in Pangasinan
https://www.gmanetwork.com/regionaltv/features/104986/essay-global-pinoy-pioneer-larry-itliong-has-his-day-in-pangasinan/story/?
"When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers." The truth of this popular African proverb is starkly illustrated by the mass suffering in Gaza right now following the October 7, 2023 attack by the terrorist group Hamas against Israel. The latter's superior war machine has since been relentless in its goal of obliterating Hamas; civilians, infrastructures and the Gazan way of life be damned.
In this backdrop of unending war, Filipinos who resided in Gaza and married Palestinians had to flee. With the help of the Philippine Embassy in Jordan, under stressful circumstances, many of them chose to return to the Philippines with their families in tow.
This week, we have an exclusive and extensive report by veteran journalist Chupsie Medina who visited a new community now called "Little Gaza" in Quezon City. There the Gaza refugees have organized themselves informally but effectively.
Chupsie was able to talk to some of the more vocal community members, saw how they lived, and heard their stories about their escape from war, what they perceived as a re-victimization by Philippine groups who collected money on their behalf but didn't share the collection with them, and how they see their future.
Poignant, heartbreaking but ultimately a triumph of the human spirit. That's what our story, "Leaving Gaza" is all about.
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What does the election results in the US say about Asian-American voters? University of San Francisco professor James Zarsadiaz dissects the outcome.
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Once upon a time, a Fil-Am psychologist dreamt of his Ilocano great grandfather who he never met. This ancestor who lived in the early years of the 20th century had hand-written stories of his life and times in a cuaderno (notebook), which was handed down through generations. Alvin B. Gaerlan, the great grandson, has since published the contents of the cuaderno into a book or two. Read about how this cuaderno took a life of its own in “My Great-Grandfather’s Memoir: From Notebook to Book”
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Our Partner post this week is from the National Federation of Fil-Am Associations (NaFFAA) which lists the Fil-Am winners of this year's elections.
Video of the Week: Nostalgic Filipino Cookies
In The Know
Undocumented Filipinos urged to return home
https://asamnews.com/2024/11/09/undocumented-filipinos-us-repatriation-advisory/
Museum spotlights rich Filipino Farm Center history
https://stocktonrecord-ca.newsmemory.com/
Ex-Philippine President confirms existence of personal ‘death squad’
https://asamnews.com/2024/11/06/rodrigo-duterte-death-squad-drugs-crime-crackdown/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup
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