Paco, Manila – Call It By Its Name

Paco, Manila – Call It By Its Name

Get to know a largely ignored historic district in Manila – Paco.

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Coming Out to Our Asian Parents: Family Is Still Family

Coming Out to Our Asian Parents: Family Is Still Family

Why coming out is a difficult and long process that moves from tolerance, to some understanding, then acceptance, and finally celebration.

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Estrella Macute Echavez – A Filipina of Many Gifts (1920-1999)

Estrella Macute Echavez – A Filipina of Many Gifts (1920-1999)

A son raises a toast to his mom to mark Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and Mother’s Day 2023.

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Belgium in April: Get Me to the Nunnery

Belgium in April: Get Me to the Nunnery

The writer discovers the roots of the ICM nuns of her school days in the Philippines.

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Sister

Sister

A former pupil proudly treasures a school principal-nun’s unexpected act of caring.

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Asians Americans as Medical Scapegoats

Asians Americans as Medical Scapegoats

The COVID era is the latest episode of medical scapegoating of Asian immigrants

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La Vida Local on the Amazon, the Sequel

La Vida Local on the Amazon, the Sequel

Fun and conspiracy aboard an Amazon riverboat.

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My Mother, Emy

My Mother, Emy

A nonagenarian mother is living life to the fullest.

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POW No. 24

POW No. 24

A veteran World War II survivor remembers the cruelty, hunger and sickness he and his fellow prisoners suffered during the Bataan Death March.

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Grief

Grief

How we’ve begun to defy centuries of Philippine customs and traditions in saying goodbye to our beloved departed.

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