Category: OPINION / COMMENTARY
Pacquiao-Marquez 4th fight sends shock waves to Fil-Am Community
by: Rey Andres After eight years, 42 rounds and hours and hours of trainings for the two great ring gladiators, finally the score was settled on the sixth round of their fourth encounter on who between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez would be the last man standing on the boxing ring. Manuel Marquez, who [...]
Seniors overwhelmed by Medicare open enrollment marketing
by: Myrna Aquitania Seniors who are 65 or older are given two options to choose when it comes to health care coverage. One is the federally-mandated regular Medicare Health Insurance, while the other one is Medicare Advantage. As I understand it, both healthcare options include a prescription drug plan. On both options, one should already have [...]
Advent signals Christmas is just around the corner
by: Ray Andres Thanksgiving Day signals the “official” start of the Christmas season in this part of world where the following day, a Friday, has been dubbed as the “Black Friday” when merchants hope to generate good businesses to brighten up their accounting books. It is also an important day to provide them an opportunity [...]
Riveras honor mom on her 90th birthday!
by: Myrna Aquitania “The Heartbeat of Our Lives,” was the invitation sent only to relatives and some very close friends of Carmen Sapinoso-Rivera, for a “surprise” luncheon and afternoon tea dance celebration recently. The tea party even had vintage1940 to1960 motif where each green and gold draped-table had a designated year on it. The rainy Saturday afternoon gave Tia Mameng, as she [...]
Bonifacio and Rizal: Shedding blood for freedom
by: Rey Andres The stubbornness Andres de Castro Bonifacio who refused to listen to an intellectual and well-educated Jose Protacio Rizal sparked a revolution in August of 1896 to signal the struggle to end the three-and-a half centuries of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines. The man from Tondo did not give in to the [...]
Thanksgiving ushers in Newport Beach’s water spectacle
by: Rey Andres California eagerly awaits the Pasadena Annual Tournament of Roses that users in the New Year and draws admiration to the artistic floats that serve as monuments to the creative attributes of thousands of men and women who fashion God’s wonderful resources into works of art. Millions remain glued to their TV sets [...]
Lladro: porcelain expressions of art, culture, life and positive human values
In a world filled with negative aura, comes the positive vision of porcelain art in all of Lladro’s porcelain pieces. In their Expressions brochure, their mission is stated as: “we want our work to have elegance, to be expressive, to exude life and to have feelings.” “We want them to reflect the good side of life, [...]
Audiophile turns garbage into gold restoring vintage systems
by: Rey Andres In this age of miniaturized sound technology, collectors still prefer the high-fidelity rendition the tube in their sound systems. The technology that many baby-boomers grew up with still commands a following in this high tech, user-friendly world of gadgetry. Rey Havana of Orange County is a throwback to the good old days [...]
How to know when it’s time to consider bankruptcy
Are you being harassed by your creditors day and night due to unpaid bills? If you are, you know that this is a pretty unpleasant experience. You may feel scared, angry or embarrassed about your situation. The prospect of debt relief through bankruptcy may sound appealing to you but you are not quite sure if [...]
The FAPCLA (est.1978), Inc./SIPA hold Larry Itliong forum
Collectively, The Filipino American Press Club (est. 1978), Inc. SIPA, Weekend Balita/USAP, Philippine News and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association presented a significant forum on December 13th on Larry Itliong, the forgotten hero of the US Labor Movement. Below is a recap authored by media colleague/journalist Dante Ochoa. Labor Leader son bats to re-tell UFW [...]