Timeline of Our Life in America

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Positively Filipino's FilAm History timeline is the most comprehensive available. With this issue, we have added updates (in red) that hopefully keeps up with the constantly increasing number of milestones the community has chalked up to firmly establish its presence in the US. But timelines are always a work-in-progress, so please alert us if there are items missed or to be added.

Meanwhile, FilAm achievers continue to create history as they excel in their respective fields. Making the list in PF's "Fil Ams Among the Remarkable and Famous, Part 39" compiled by our publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco, are a sportswriter/ESPN host, Miss USA 2022 and a U.S. Ambassador.

Tarmo Peltokoski, a 22-year-old Filipino-Finnish conductor is the current sensation among orchestra fans in Europe. Cultural writer Pablo A. Tariman profiles this amazing classical music star.

October 7 marks the 100th day of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. How has he fared so far? PF's Manila-based analyst Ernesto M. Hilario writes a report card.

Here's a story that brings us back decades, to WWII and one man's harrowing experience in Fort Santiago. PF contributor Harvey Barkin has the written account of Enrique Fernandez, a Nueva Ecija tradesman, as shared by his son, Manny Fernandez.

Our Video of the Week features FilAm Ben Scharlin digging up the fascinating story of a little known revolutionary/babaylan named Papa Isio in Negros Occidental, the heart of the Philippine sugar trade. 

In The Know

How Filipino Americans could decide the balance of the Senate

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/08/filipino-americans-voters-senate/

Undiscovering the Hidden Histories of California’s Filipino Community

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-education/2022/10/04/undiscovering-the-hidden-histories-of-californias-filipino-community/?fbclid=IwAR155nPAC6P9yCV3XFLVrNbDNY3PZStr71Litvlhi9J-XefUlwbPYg_gFMY

10 Award-Winning Filipino Movies on Netflix You Should Have Watched by Now

https://www.clickthecity.com/tv/article/129988/netflix-award-winning-filipino-movies/

Rhuigi Villaseñor Has Earned It

https://www.gq.com/story/gq-hype-rhuigi-villasenor?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=spotlight-nl&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=thematic_spotlight_092122_2&utm_medium=email&bxid=620a27d6813922770b3bd8a9&cndid=68611519&hasha=05ddf22f422e66287df84d4b55ef48a5&hashb=ce49ef3437bce21746d36352988bb7db8952786c&hashc=ae79b0e4adf2c0ab70bcc4e01da4fd8713d5081e7281775da76c12a1dd74ca53&esrc=spotlight_2022_07_01&sourcecode=thematic_spotlight&utm_term=Thematic_Spotlightt

The Fascinating Life of Nick Joaquin

https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/nick-joaquin-life-a00293-20190507-lfrm?utm_source=Facebook-Esquire&utm_medium=Ownshare&utm_campaign=20221001-fbnp-long-reads-nick-joaquin-life-a00293-20190507-lfrm-fbold&fbclid=IwAR2qYv7s4iUIO-t58TYlDbiAKM5HWmS1iXbl2W1BUvB2Dgh3T-05hPcnirc

This charming Filipino restaurant in Berlin has gained local fans and even television fame

https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/food-drink/restaurants/10/02/22/berlins-pinoy-restaurant-has-gained-fans-and-tv-fame?fbclid=IwAR0MzuizWWgOcGDfGXM-WAWqdTiQcy50S1DJfti1nU7KfrSVHvXccqrpsrM

A September to Remember

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We end this September of remembering by noting that attempts by certain quarters to revise or even suppress history has triggered instead an outburst of recollections.  

Every action after all has an equal and opposite reaction, a Newtonian lesson that is lost on despots and their underlings all over the world.

Thus this month saw the emergence of an impressive collection of books, movies, stage plays, articles in print and online, art, songs, concerts and webinars to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the Philippines. 

This is the time to learn and to teach. It is also a good time to document the never-ending array of stories from everyone who lived through that period and to reflect on who we are as a nation and people.

One recently completed documentary film with the intriguing title "11,103", reviewed here by veteran journalist Benjamin Pimentel, did just that.

A fraternity brother of both Ferdinand Marcos (the original) and Ninoy Aquino remembers a slain brother, Melito Glor, who chose to fight for "the other side."

Though September is about to end and we switch our focus to memories of other times (in October, it will be FilAm History Month), we will continue to be watchful and welcoming of stories that tell the history of our homeland.

Popular inquirer.net columnist Randy David puts the recent US visit of current President Bongbong Marcos in historical context, the better for us to understand the nuances of foreign relations. 

PF contributing writer Rafaelito Sy profiles former broadcast journalist, now a novelist Marga Ortigas whose debut novel, The House on Calle Sombra, draws from her coverage of Philippine and international realities.

And our lineup of FilAm community stars and stars-to-be continue with part 38, compiled by our publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco.

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Familial Pattern

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Cory Aquino and Benigno "Noynoy" or "PNoy" Aquino III. Diosdado Macapagal and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Now the two Ferdinands. Is this propensity of Filipino voters towards electing offspring of previous presidents to the presidency an attempt at collective redemption? Or is it collective flagellation? 

It may be too early to evaluate the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos II, as PF contributing writer Patricio Abinales writes. But it's never too late to look at historical records to see how the son compares with the father in a variety of interesting ways.

Most of us know "Earnshaw" only as a street in Sampaloc and a public elementary school in Manila, but as former Ambassador Virgilio A. Reyes Jr. (a regular PF contributor) writes, the family name connotes exemplary public service and business acumen. The Earnshaw brothers -- Tomas and Manuel -- were more than shipbuilders (their family business); they were patriots who served the Philippines as public servants (not politicians) at a time when the country needed them the most. 

We're now on our 35th list of Fil-Ams Among the Remarkable and Famous, and our publisher/listmaker Mona Lisa Yuchengco is not running out of names. Which speaks of how entrenched the FilAm community is in this country their parents/grandparents immigrated to.

Here's a heartwarming story that will definitely make you smile. It involves Joseph Tagaban, a Fil-Am teenager from Alaska and four-time NBA champ, Klay Thompson, of the Golden State Warriors. 

And if that's not enough to make your day, here's humor, Filipino-style. [Forgive Us Our Signs 16]

If you haven't yet, you can still register to join our Zoom webinar, "A Murder Most Foul." Details below. 

Jo Koy's movie "Easter Sunday" is coming very soon (August 5, in fact) but let's not forget that he also has a book. Read Again: http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/jo-koy-gets-no-respect-from-mom

Here's a story worth rereading from our first July issue in 2013: http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/2013/7/when-lolos-debating-team-vanquished-america

{Cook it Again] The Happy Home Cook: Ginataang Langka (Young Jackfruit In Coconut Milk)

[Video of the Week] Jo Koy’s mom reacts to his jokes

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