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As we begin our 8th year of publication, we hope that 2021 will be another year of sharing and caring in our uniquely Positively Filipino way. 

Our Stories This Week

Where Giving Back Is The Main Course By Cherie M. Querol Moreno

She Tracks The Wind For Wildlife’s Sake By Anthony Maddela

Read Again: 

The First Quarter Storm Was No Dinner Party, Part 1 By Jose Lacaba

The First Quarter Storm Was No Dinner Party, Part 2 By Jose Lacaba

Note From The Underground By Patricio Abinales

[Recipe of the Week] The Happy Home Cook: Steamed Stuffed Bitter Melon A La Siomai By Rene Astudillo 

[Video of the Week] Ambeth and the San Miguel Corporation anniversary

In The Know

‘It’s Starting Again’: Why Filipino Nurses Dread the Second Wave
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/nyregion/filipino-nurses-coronavirus.html?smid=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR2_onJf7EDLWdmEyUrhQyCm0wDzo892iJNzGMrNIKvs4x9wPisDFamRlzs 

These are the proposed toll fees for SMC's Skyway 3
https://www.autoindustriya.com/auto-industry-news/these-are-the-proposed-toll-fees-for-smc-s-skyway-3.html?fbclid=IwAR0tsm4vHXzyiTLHang3-0MjWOGoLHwI8XzGo2f0ol_LviWaZJ3_ya7Mck0

[ANALYSIS] Trying to understand Filipino-American Catholics who voted for Trump
https://www.rappler.com/voices/ispeak/analysis-trying-understand-filipino-american-catholics-voted-trump?fbclid=IwAR2lSqvBcSORSWu6zJCNPU9PXT7FnXUM8L8hAUsTTTGCeKUUsiMyv-DdgCc

Why Filipinos Love the Santo Niño
https://nqc.gov.ph/en/resources/why-filipinos-love-the-santo-nino/?fbclid=IwAR0K45O1k3yv5HqFV95kWv3wedysDLdC9VNFz7zv1mcj08-qwqYG4HxhcQE

In the Philippines, the soon-to-be tallest statue of the Virgin Mary in the world is about to be ready
https://catholicsay.com/in-the-philippines-the-soon-to-be-tallest-statue-of-the-virgin-mary-in-the-world-is-about-to-be-ready/?fbclid=IwAR0Ape2Pv0a0mqTTdNRdXLnTpaOGM905tJN4h0KTa7iBAMyvcBWgmr53seo

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Mother Mary's Call and Hope for Children

As we all know, the Catholic world is big on miracles, thus this entire year it celebrates the centenary of the miracle of Fatima, with thousands of pilgrims visiting Portugal to pay homage to the Virgin Mary. For Linda Nietes-Little, who owns the most established Filipino bookstore in southern California, her affirmation of faith is more personal and she shares with us her story, "When Mama Mary Called from Fatima."

Moving now to the secular world, Los Angeles-based fashion designer Oliver Tolentino headlines this year's fundraising event for Philippine International Aid (PIA), the foundation established more than 30 years by our publisher, Mona Lisa Yuchengco. PIA provides educational funds for needy children in the Philippines. Tolentino, a stalwart in the Hollywood fashion scene, has prepared a collection of 60 new and original outfits for the November 19 extravaganza in San Francisco, as he tells PF Correspondent Myles A. Garcia. Read the story for more details.

Every year, art-inclined staff of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center participate in the UCSF ARTshow, an event that combines treatment modalities and the creative arts in one of the country's most famous medical facility. Regular PF contributor Manzel Delacruz highlights the works of two Filipino Americans -- sculptor Rex Dacanay and painter/illustrator Nannette Nemenzo (a distant relation), both analysts in the Department of Pediatrics.

Everyone's gearing up for Christmas and for this week's Happy Home Cook, we feature the Macadamia-Jackfruit Cake of San Francisco foodie Voltaire Gungab -- a cake pretty and delicious enough for gift-giving or for enjoying with the clan.

Here's our In The Know links for this week:

The True Story of the Mindanaoan Slave Whose Skin Was Displayed at Oxford
http://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/the-true-story-of-the-mindanaoan-slave-whose-skin-was-displayed-at-oxford-a00029-20171102-lfrm2?ref=article_featured

The Fascinating History Behind Pinoy Slang

http://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/the-fascinating-history-behind-pinoy-slang--a1729-20171107-lfrm?ref=article_featured

Celebrating Fil-Am History Month without Fil-Am History
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/130383/celebrating-fil-am-history-month-without-fil-am-history

Dignified: A Filipina Taking Pride in Caregiving
https://www.facebook.com/AARPAAPI/videos/1153134021489302/

And our Video of the Week: AJ Plus' Sana Saeed looks into the history of Filipino American nurses.