How Johnny Became Johnny Air Cargo

How Johnny Became Johnny Air Cargo

Find out how Johnny Valdes of the Johnny Air Cargo “empire” got his gumption.

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Conrad Ricamora, Niceville’s Nicest Actor

Conrad Ricamora, Niceville’s Nicest Actor

Meet Filipino American actor Conrad Ricamora whom playwright David Henry Wang called “a charisma machine.”

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Art and Soul and Fr. Rey

Art and Soul and Fr. Rey

Meet priest-artist-activist and the San Francisco Bay Area Filipino community’s BFF Fr. Rey Culaba, Redemptorist.

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The Good and Brilliant Ka Pepe Diokno

The Good and Brilliant Ka Pepe Diokno

Remembering the late Senator Ka Pepe Diokno who would’ve turned 100 this year.

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A Judge in the Making

A Judge in the Making

Court Commissioner Pelayo A. Llamas aims to be Alameda County’s first Fil-Am Superior Court judge.

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Judge Bumatay, a Fil-Am Benchmark

Judge Bumatay, a Fil-Am Benchmark

Meet the first Filipino American to serve as a federal appellate judge, as well as the first openly gay judge on the Ninth Circuit

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In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Some of the personages we lost in the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021

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A Personal Tribute to Frankie Sionil Jose

A Personal Tribute to Frankie Sionil Jose

A friend honors National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose who turned him into a writer.

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Alex Tizon’s Heartbreak

Alex Tizon’s Heartbreak

What made Pulitzer Prize winner Alex Tizon, author of Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self and Invisible People: People on the Margins, tick?

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The Doctor from Toclong

The Doctor from Toclong

An Army physician trained in EENT in Texas, became a doctor to the poor as well as to generals and a future president.

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