By Annie Chang Special to PINOY Every morning, Louisa Kalaw, 32, bathes Perl Agawin, 74. She dresses her, spoon feeds her breakfast and then sits down to watch Perl’s favorite talk show with her. Throughout the day, Louisa pushes Perl in her wheelchair to the park and reads aloud to her from the Bible....
By Mariano “Anong” Santos PINOY Editor/Publisher Physicians, nurses, medical technicians and therapists… these are the professionals who composed the bulk of the second wave of Filipino immigrants to the United States. There was a time when the mainstream population practically saluted our community because of the quality of caring they received from our medical...
A PINOY Exclusive by Mariano A. Santos & Grace Garcia The “Save Our Industries Act,” the bill pending in the US Congress, gets its first sponsor from a member of the Illinois legislative delegation. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R, 14th IL) announced August 29 his co-sponsorship of H.R. 2387 through his communication director Andrew Flach...
By Mariano A. Santos PINOYPublisher/Editor Anniversaries and commemorations—there are just plenty of them nowadays. Some sectors in the community just could not get enough activities to mark the 150th birthday anniversary of our National hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Last July, the centennial year of the death of Rizal’s mother, Dona Teodora Alonzo, generated...
By Jon Melegrito Letter from Washington jonmele@aol.com Immigrant rights groups are applauding the Obama Administration’s sensible re-assessment of its deportation priorities. As a result, tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants – many of whom are law-abiding residents – can breathe a sigh of relief. They include the so-called DREAMers – young people...
4th annual Adobofest & GK Walk, Sept. 17 The annual Adobofest festival is a taste-off of various adobo entrees and offers live performances and children’s games. It will be held at the LaBagh Woods, 5300 N. Cicero Ave., (Cicero & Foster), Grove #2 and #4 on Sat., Sept. 17 from 11 a.m. – 5...
