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2008-02-23T15:12:00.000-08:00

Loida Nicolas Lewis, business leader, part 2

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This week on Pinoy Pod, Part 2 of our two-part interview with Filipino American business executive Loida Nicolas Lewis, chairwoman and chief executive officer of TLC Beatrice LLC and TLC Beatrice China and Philippines. A native of Sorsogon, Philippines, Lewis recently became the first Filipino and the first woman to be inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame in Seattle.
Lewis took over TLC Beatrice in 1994. That was a year after the untimely death of her husband, Reginald F. Lewis, who had built the company into the largest African American-owned corporation in America.
In this podcast with The Chronicle's Michelle Louie, Lewis talks about women in politics, particularly how she has joined Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign effort.
Also, she speaks about her love for Reginald Lewis, the fate of "Harry Potter" and how she successfully sued the Immigration and Naturalization Service for discrimination.

2008-02-23T15:07:00.000-08:00

Loida Nicolas, business leader, part 1

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This week on Pinoy Pod, Part 1 of a two-part interview with Filipino American business executive Loida Nicolas Lewis, chairwoman and chief executive officer of TLC Beatrice LLC and TLC Beatrice China and Philippines. A native of Sorsogon, Philippines, Lewis was the first Asian woman to pass the New York State Bar without having studied in the United States.
Lewis took over TLC Beatrice in 1994. That was a year after the untimely death of her husband, Reginald F. Lewis, who had built the company into the largest African American-owned corporation in America.
In this podcast with The Chronicle's Michelle Louie, Lewis talks about how she overcame her grief, balanced the needs of her children and kept faith in herself despite skeptics who doubted her ability to run the company.
She also gives pointers on how to do business in China, offers words of advice to those who want to follow in her footsteps and talks about her recent honor of being the first Filipino as well as the first woman to be inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame in Seattle.

2008-02-21T17:52:00.000-08:00

Pilipino Cultural Night: A rite of passage for FilAm students

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For thousands of Filipino American college students throughout the country, it's PCN season. PCN stands for Pilipino Cultural Night, a yearly ritual featuring Filipino ethnic dances and culture, and skits exploring such issues as family, identity and history.
For tens of thousands of Filipino American youths, being part of a PCN, either as performers or as members of the production staff, has been a rite of passage for about three decades.
In this episode of Pinoy Pod, Professor Theo Gonzalves of the University of Hawaii talks with The Chronicle's Benjamin Pimentel about the origins of the PCNs and why it has endured as a Filipino American genre.

2008-02-20T17:24:00.000-08:00

Socially conscious capitalist Yobie Benjamin

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Published May 1, 2007

As a highly successful businessman, Yobie Benjamin followed a unusual path.
He grew up in the Manila suburb of Malabon where his family struggled to make ends meet. He went to the University of the Philippines, where he became an activist against the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. He was arrested and tortured by the regime.
After he was released, he immersed himself in the world of computers and later moved to the United States where he has worked with many of Silicon Valley's pioneers.
Benjamin eventually made a name for himself as a businessman and technologist, one known for his emphasis on socially conscious entrepreneurship.
He is now CEO of GoodStorm.com, an e-commerce company he co-founded as a response to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. The San Francisco firm's slogan is, "Capitalism Done Right.''
In a recent interview with Pinoy Pod's Benjamin Pimentel, Yobie Benjamin talked about his life journey and what inspired him to create GoodStorm.

2008-02-16T19:48:00.000-08:00

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2007-04-17T13:31:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 48

"Heart in Two Places'' chronicles an immigrant's struggles, triumphs in America

This week, Pinoy Pod features an interview with veteran Filipino American journalist Gemma Nemenzo, the managing editor of Filipinas magazine. She talks to The Chronicle's Benjamin Pimentel about her new book, "Heart in Two Places: An Immigrant's Journey."

The critically-acclaimed book is, in many ways, a chronicle of the Filipino American experience told from different viewpoints - that of an expatriate, a single mother and an activist-journalist deeply concerned about the future of her homeland.

The collection of essays is about her life experiences since moving to America in 1988 when her marriage ended and she sought a fresh start.

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2007-04-10T15:34:00.000-07:00

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Fil-Am novelist Peter Bacho captures experiences of war vets, immigrants

This week, reporter Benjamin Pimentel chats with novelist Peter Bacho, who has explored the Filipino American experience through books such as ''Cebu,'' about a young Filipino American priest, and "Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories,'' about the struggles of Filipino immigrants in the 1920s and 1930s.

His most recently published book "Entrys,'' is about the struggles of a young Filipino-Native American veteran who struggles to rebuild his life after surviving the horrors of the Vietnam War.

It's a sad tale that Bacho says resonates during these times when the country is wrestling with the social and psychological effects of another war. Bacho talks about how he started the book before the beginning of the war in Iraq.

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2007-04-04T17:00:00.000-07:00

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New cookbook celebrates Philippine cuisine, history and culture

What started out as a dare turned into a cookbook that no only celebrates authentic Philippine cuisine, but also commemorates Filipino history and culture.

This week on Pinoy Pod, the authors of "Memories of Philippine Kitchens,'' restaurateurs Romy Dorotan and Amy Besa, tell The Chronicle's Michelle Louie about how the book started when a friend lamented about a dearth of good Filipino cookbooks.

The husband and wife team included their own memories of Filipino cuisine, and did extensive research, both in academia and in everyday households.

They talk about how Filipinos have adapted and borrowed recipes from other countries and down through time made them their own. They also talk about how Filipinos are "obsessed'' with food.

Besa and Dorotan are no strangers to the food business -- their upscale Filipino restaurant Cendrillon in New York's SoHo district celebrates its 12th anniversary in August.

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2007-03-27T17:25:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 45

Filipino American a hit on "YouChoob''

In do-it-yourself world of Internet video, Christine Gambito has become a star. And the Filipino America nurse and aspiring actress is this week's guest on Pinoy Pod.

Gambito is the creator, producer and cast of "Happy Slip,'' which has become one of the most popular channels on the Internet video site YouTube.com - or as she imitates her mother saying it, "You Choob.''Happy Slip, a series of short, humorous videos that draw heavily on her experiences as a Filipino American, this week had 29,700 subscribers, making it the 12th-most subscribed channel on YouTube. And she says she isn't sure how many more tune in through her own video blogging site, HappySlip.com.

One video, "Mixed Nuts,", in which she imitates her mother, father and a Filipino "auntie,'' has been viewed more than 2.7 million times on YouTube. That video finished second in voting completed last week for YouTube Video Awards Best Comedy of 2006.

In another video, that same auntie tells her daughter to play piano with more "peeling." And in a video that has been viewed more than 800,000 times, Gambito sings a love song to an Apple computer.

On Pinoy Pod, Gambito tells The Chronicle's Michelle Louie and Benny Evangelista about the origin of the name Happy Slip, which comes from her mother's heavily accented pronunciation of "half-slip.'' She also talks about how her parents always encouraged her to imitate them and how she developed her spot-on observations of Filipino cultural characteristics.

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2007-03-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

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Images from the Filipino Diaspora

Victor Bareng moved to the United States in 1986, at the height of the political upheaval in the Philippines during the final days of the Marcos regime.

As he began a new life in the United States, Bareng increasingly became interested in the history of Filipinos in America and in telling that story through photographs.

Some of Bareng's work, together with those of veteran documentary photographer Rick Rocamora, are on exhibit at the Manilatown Heritage Center at 868 Kearny Street.

Bareng is also a graphic designer and photogrpher at The Chronicle.

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2007-03-13T15:58:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 43

"Usaping Puki" 2007 - Staking a claim for peace

The Filipina community's production of "Usaping Puki,'' the Tagalog version of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues," created a firestorm when it debuted in the Bay Area in 2004.

The themes of women's rights and domestic violence awareness - and its unbridled expressions of women's sexuality - were startling to many who seldom spoke of the topics in private.
Since then, the annual performance staged by the Filipina Women's Network has drawn a growing audience as the community warms to the production that seeks to voice the unspoken and calls for an end to abuse of women in all forms.

But there are still many challenges as the 2007 production takes to the stage this month in San Francisco and New York with a bolder global theme.

Marily Mondejar, one of the executive producers, and Elena Mangahas, a co-director, talk to Chronicle Deputy Managing Editor Leslie Guevarra about the "Vagina Monologues," "Usaping Puki" and this year's theme of "Reclaiming Peace."

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2007-03-06T11:49:00.000-08:00

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"Empire of care'' supplies steady stream of Pinoy nurses to U.S.

Go to any major hospital in America and chances are you'll find Filipinos on the nursing staffs. For decades, the Philippines has been a major supplier of Filipino nurses to the U.S. health care system.

That's been good for the Filipinos for whom coming to America means higher pay and better benefits, although many of them have also endured exploitation and discrimination.
Now, with the critical shortage of nurses in this country, more Filipino nurses are expected to come to America in search of a better life.

UC Berkeley Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy is the author of "Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History,'' a book that traces the history of Filipino nurses in the United States, starting with the beginning of the 20th century when the Philippines was still an American colony.

In an interview with Pinoy Pod, Choy examines this history, along with a more recent - and some say alarming - trend of doctors who are enrolling in accelerated nursing courses in the Philippines to increase their chances of coming to America.

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2007-02-27T10:29:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 41

Part Two - Buffalo Soldiers returned to Bay Area with Filipino wives, customs

Vangie Canonizado Buell's memoir, "25 Chickens and a Pig for a Bride," tackled a little known chapter in the histories of the United States and the Philippines: The thousands of African Americans, known as Buffalo Soldiers, who served in the war between the two countries.

Buell's grandfather, Ernest Stokes, came to identify with the Filipinos so much that he decided to stay in the Philippines where he started a family.

In Part 2 of our interview with Vangie Buell, she talks about how Ernest Stokes returned to the United States, where he started a new life with his Filipino wife in West Oakland.

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2007-02-20T11:31:00.000-08:00

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Buffalo Soldier came to the Philippines to fight, instead found new way of life

Pinoy Pod joins the commemoration of Black History Month with a special podcast on a little known chapter in the histories of the Philippines and the United States.

When Filipino revolutionaries resisted the U.S. occupation of the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century during the Philippine-American War, thousands of African Americans were recruited to crush the rebellion.

It was not an easy mission for the black soldiers, most whom were mistreated by their Caucasian officers and came to identify with the plight of the Filipinos. Some of them found it hard to shoot at the brown-skinned rebels fighting for independence. A few of the African Americans defected to the Filipino side.

Evangeline Canonizado Buell is the granddaughter of Ernest Stokes, one of the so-called Buffalo Soldiers who fought and later started a new life in the Philippines.

Buell, who lives in Oakland, recalls her grandfather's experiences in the Philippines in her book "25 Chickens and a Pig for a Bride."

In Part 1 of our interview, Vangie Buell shares her memories of her grandfather and the unusual path that led him to the Philippine islands.

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2007-02-13T10:07:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 39

FACES pushes for environmental cleanup in the Philippines

This week on Pinoy Pod, Michelle Louie interviews Galatea King of the Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity, or FACES, which is waging campaigns to call attention to ecological problems in the Philippines.

King talks about two of the Berkeley group's main causes - getting the United States government to take more responsibility for the cleanup of the former military bases and to get Chevron Corp. of San Ramon to take responsibility for the health problems of residents who live next to an oil depot in Pandacan.

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2007-02-06T15:37:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 38

The legacy of Nick Joaquin

This week on Pinoy Pod, we talk to Bay Area writer Tony Joaquin, who is writing a biography about his uncle, Nick Joaquin, one of the Philippines' most revered literary figures.

In a career that spanned more than half a century, Nick Joaquin wrote novels, poems, plays, essays and biographies, exploring many facets of Philippine history in the 20th century from the American colonial period to the Marcos regime.

Joaquin, who died in 2004, was named National Artist of the Philippines in the 1970s.
In an interview, Tony Joaquin recalls his uncle's passion for literature, his kindness and courage, and his impressive literary legacy.

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2007-01-30T09:42:00.000-08:00

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No easy match for biracial Fil-Am toddler in dire need of bone marrow donor

This week on Pinoy Pod, we interview the parents of Harrison Leonardo, a 2-year-old San Leandro boy who is battling Acute Myloid Leukemia, a cancer of the blood.

Harrison is in dire need of a bone marrow transplant, but the search for a donor has been difficult because of his mixed heritage. He is half Filipino and half white and his donor will most likely share the same heritage.

Harrison's parents, Stephanie and O.J. Leonardo, and little brother Lucas.
According to the National Marrow Donor Program, of the 6 million people now registered as donors, only 34,000 are Pinoy, and even fewer are biracial.

In this podcast, Pinoy Pod's Michelle Louie talks to Harrison's parents, O.J. Leonardo - a San Francisco firefighter - and his wife, Stephanie Isaacson, who are trying to raise awareness about the lack of biracial donors on the national bone marrow registry.

They're hoping the more people who step forward to get tested, the greater the chance of finding a match for Harrison or others who await a life-saving transplant.

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2007-01-23T12:37:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 36

Tagalog on Site teaches language, fills cultural void

This week on Pinoy Pod, we spotlight a program that takes young Filipino Americans to the Philippines to learn Tagalog and find themselves in the process.

The program is called Tagalog on Site, which combines language instruction with lessons on history, culture and life in the Philippines. Pinoy Pod's Michelle Louie talks with new Tagalog on Site director Karen Villanueva, who says that like many young Fil-Ams, the inability to speak Tagalog used to make her feel she was missing something integral to her identity.

Villanueva says that while growing up in the land of opportunity has been a "rich" experience, it has also been a confusing one because she couldn't connect with the Philippines in a meaningful way. Last summer, she traveled to the Philippines through Tagalog on Site to not only learn Tagalog, but to, as she puts it, "decolonize" herself.

She was so transformed by the trip that she wanted to work for the 10-year-old program, which has served about 153 students. The seven-to eight-week program costs about $2,600, which includes lodging and meals, but not airfare. You don't have to be Pinoy to go - but this is not a tourist excursion.

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2007-01-17T19:44:00.000-08:00

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The poet and his past - Part 2 of our talk with Oscar Penaranda

Oscar Penaranda tells Pinoy Pod about his personal journey from his boyhood in the Philippines to his coming of age in the United States and how his experiences shaped his writing.

Penaranda also reads from his book of poetry "Full Deck (jokers playing)." Often gently humorous and sometimes wickedly barbed, Penaranda's poems are like cards dealt from a fresh pack - and you can't tell how the hand will play out until the final turn.

"Full Deck (jokers playing)" is published by T'Boli Publishing & Distribution.

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2007-01-09T07:31:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 34

Penaranda's Principles

Storyteller, poet and playwright Oscar Penaranda has written compelling tales for more than 30 years. His characters and story lines are as rich as his own life.

Now a high school teacher, he's lived in the coastal town of Barugo on the Philippine island of Leyte, in cosmopolitan Vancouver and the San Francisco Bay Area. For many years, he was a follower of the seasons and joined the workers who toiled and trekked from the farmlands of California to the fish canneries in Alaska.

The short stories in his award-winning book, "Seasons by the Bay," are set in those places, but his characters and lots are drawn from imagination rather than reality, Penaranda tells Pinoy Pod. Find out more about the author and his secrets to good storytelling this week.
Next week: Penaranda, the poet.

"Seasons by the Bay" is published by T'Boli Publishing & Distribution. For more information, write: tiboli@comcast.net.

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2007-01-02T10:06:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 33

FilAm scientist warns faster Arctic ice melt another sign of global warming

A group of top NASA scientists led by Josefino Comiso said in a recent report that sea ice in the Arctic region in the Winter has been shrinking at a faster rate in the last two years.

The alarming trend is another sign of global warming, says Comiso, is leading expert on climate change in the Arctic.

This week, Pinoy Pod talks to Comiso, a senior scientist in the cryospheric sciences branch of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

Comiso, who was born and educated in the Philippines, has warned that the amount of Arctic sea ice reduction recorded has not been seen in the 27 years satellite data has been available.

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2006-12-26T12:58:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 32

FilAm Author Patricia Laurel

In this week's edition of Pinoy Pod, author Patricia Laurel talks about how she hopes her latest book, "Only If You Can Find Me," helps Filipino American youth appreciate their cultural heritage.

The book is the tale of a young Filipino American girl named Samantha Plum, who lives in San Francisco.

But when Sammy travels to the Philippines for the first time for her family's town fiesta, she encounters the spirits of her ancestors, learns she has inherited her family's psychic abilities and discovers her heritage.

Laurel is the great-grandniece of Philippine national hero Dr. Jose Rizal. In this phone interview from her home in Hawaii, Laurel tells The Chronicle's Michelle Louie about her inspiration for the book, which is the first of a trilogy, and hints at what's coming next.

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2006-12-21T12:03:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 31

The Story of the Parol

This week on Pinoy Pod, we look at the rich and diverse history of Filipino Christmas lanterns known as parols.

M.C. Canlas, founder and director of San Francisco's annual Parol Lantern Festival and Parade, calls the parol a "symbol of Filipino nationhood.''

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2006-12-12T07:58:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 30

Covering the People Power Revolution

Photographer Kim Komenich won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the People Power Revolution that forced President Ferdinand Marcos from office 20 years ago.

At the time, Komenich was a photographer with the San Francisco Examiner and covered the story with then-reporter Phil Bronstein. Both are now with The Chronicle, and Bronstein is the paper's editor.

Komenich said they covered "heroes'' and "larger than life'' people on both sides of the revolution, from rebel priest Father Conrado Balweg to Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. He survived getting shelled by Marcos troops and getting caught in a crossfire in Manila. They ate "off the earth'' one week and at Malacanang Palace the next.

This week on Pinoy Pod, Komenich remembers his travels and adventures throughout the Philippines, starting in 1984 when he first photographed Corazon Aquino.

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2006-12-05T09:53:00.000-08:00

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The struggle for Little Manila

From the 1920s through the 1960s, Little Manila in Stockton was a center of the Filipino American community, a vibrant neighborhood where the likes of Carlos Bulosan and other prominent Pinoys lived and worked.

But by the 1980s, Little Manila was disappearing as developers replaced the historic structures with fast food joints and parking lots.

When the last buildings were scheduled for demolition, San Francisco State University professor Dawn Mabalon and other FilAms led a campaign to save the neighborhood. Today, Little Manila is an official historic site.

In an interview with Pinoy Pod, Mabalon talked about growing up in Little Manila, where her grandfather became good friends with Bulosan, the famous Filipino American writer and activist. She also recalled what made her decide to help preserve the neighbhorhood's colorful past.

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2006-11-28T11:38:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 28

Overcoming domestic violence in the Filipino community

Cherie Querol Moreno is known to many Filipinos in the San Francisco Bay Area for her work as a journalist and community advocate. Four years ago, she took on a new challenge: focusing attention on the problem of spousal abuse in the community.

She is currently the coordinator of Kumares/Kumpares, which is part of the Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse, or CORA, in San Mateo County. In December, Kumares/Kumpares will receive a Philippine Presidential Outstanding Overseas Filipinos Award in Manila.

In this interview with Pinoy Pod, she talks about the cultural and social issues involved in the battle against domestic violence in the Filipino community.

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2006-11-21T15:27:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 27

Oasis for Girls in San Francisco's SoMa

For seven years, Oasis for Girls has provided a haven for girls and young women - ages 10 to 20 - in San Francisco's South of Market Area.

With its after-school and community programs, Oasis provides a place for girls to discover and develop their strengths, dabble in the arts, learn life skills or simply take a personal moment along the journey to womanhood.

Founded in an area that has become a home to many Filipino newcomers, Oasis now serves girls and young women from SoMa, several San Francisco neighborhoods, Oakland and Daly City.
Oasis for Girls' Executive Director Rachel Paredes Paras talks to Deputy Managing Editor Leslie Guevarra about how the organization has made a difference.

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2006-11-16T15:06:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 26

Chronicling the Filipino diaspora

This week on Pinoy Pod, The Chronicle's Michelle Louie interviews Jeremiah Opiniano, president and founder of the Overseas Filipino Workers Journalism Consortium, a non-profit group of journalists who aim to cover the stories and the issues affecting Filipinos who have migrated far from their homeland.

Opiniano touches on issues such as whether the exodus of millions of Filipinos has diminished Philippine nationalism, the country's reliance on remittances from overseas workers and the practice of parents refraining from teaching their children Tagalog to ease assimilation in their a new land.

Opiniano is also the first journalism fellow of the Yuchengco Philippine Studies Center at USF and executive director of the Institute for Migration and Development Issues. He has also authored the book "Diaspora Philanthropy: Good News for the Poor."

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2006-11-15T13:25:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 25

Sheila Coronel takes on new challenge in Big Apple

A chat with Sheila Coronel, the first director of the just-opened Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University. She talks about her career in Manila and her views on investigative journalism in today's world.

In 1989, Coronel was already a highly respected reporter, but gave up her full-time job to start a non-profit organization: the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
Under her leadership, the PCIJ exposed cases of government corruption, political abuse and human and civil rights violations and became a model for journalists in other Southeast Asian countries.

Coronel talks about why she decided to move to New York City to take on the challenge of heading up a new teaching institution established by the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.

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2006-11-14T10:32:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 24

Singer Carlos Zialcita's passion for blues

This podcast spotlights blues singer and harmonica player Carlos Zialcita, who has spent the last three decades entrenched in the Bay Area blues scene. He is one of the artists featured in the "Filipino Musicians Through The Generations" exhibit on view through Dec. 23 at the International Hotel in San Francisco.

The Manila-born Zialcita, a teacher at Alameda's Encinal High School, spoke with The Chronicle's Michelle Louie at a recent performance with another Filipino Bay Area jazz and blues veteran, Ben Luis, and newcomer Joel Del Rosario.

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2006-11-13T10:46:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 23

Filipina Women's Network takes on the future

The Filipina Women's Network, a leading organization for career-minded Filipinas, is reaching out to a cross-section of Filipino and Fil-Am organizations.

The goal: Develop a game plan to elevate the presence and participation of Filipinas in leadership positions in corporate America, public service and government.

Marily Mondejar, president of the Filipina Women's Network, talks to Chronicle Deputy Managing Editor Leslie Guevarra about the ambitious project.

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2006-11-09T11:02:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 22

Lifting the Veil on War Brides' Struggles

Norma Vega Castillo, a newlywed still in her teens, was among the first war brides to leave the battle-torn Philippines after World War II.

Her husband was a Filipino American officer in the U.S. Army and she hoped their shared ethnicity would make it easier to adjust to her new life. But the reality was different than her dreams.

Her struggles as a newcomer and those of war brides are the subject of "Strange Land," a new documentary by her daughter, Hawaii-based filmmaker Stephanie Jean Castillo.

Castillo gave Pinoy Pod a sneak preview in time for Filipino American History Month and talked to Deputy Managing Editor Leslie Guevarra about the project. "Strange Land" makes its world premiere on October 25 at the Hawaii International Film Festival.

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2006-11-08T10:11:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 21

FilAms embrace Reggae Spirit

Skateboarding brought Chris Cortez and Jose Pangan together, but the two Filipino Americans have become more well know for their music. Cortez is the drummer and Pangan is the lead vocalist for the reggae band Native Elements.

For more than a decade, Native Elements have been thriving on the Bay Area reggae scene, performing at musical festivals such as Reggae on the River and the Monterey Bay Reggaefest and packing them in at local clubs such as Pier 23 in San Francisco and the Shattuck Down Low in Berkeley.

And their song "World People'' was featured in The Debut the independent movie by Filipino American director Gene Cajayon.

In this interview with The Chronicle's Shelah Moody, Cortez and Pangan discuss their origins as a garage band in Daly City, Native Elements' eclectic sound, their spiritual connection to reggae music and the similarities between Filipino and Jamaican cultures.

This podcast includes the songs "World People'' and "Why'' from the band's Native Elements album.

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2006-11-07T10:24:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 20

The Forgotten Amerasians

More than 50,000 Filipino Amerasians fathered by military men stationed at former U.S. military bases in the Philippines are the "forgotten Amerasians." Only about 10 percent have proper documentation to prove their citizenship, but most do not have the money or the support of their fathers to come to the United States.

This week's edition of Pinoy Pod looks at the Philippine Children's Fund of America, which has helped 11 Filipino Amerasians come to the United States since 2005. The Sacramento nonprofit organization provides airfare, housing and job training for a year to help the new immigrants settle in their new home.

Chronicle reporter Cicero A. Estrella speaks with the group's founder, Erik Gomez, and recently-arrived Amerasians Tracy Young, Christopher Smith and Sydney Lee Lucas, whose training in the American way of life includes learning English and the proper use of crosswalks.

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2006-11-02T10:38:00.000-08:00

Pinoy Pod 19

Dan Gonzales pushes his students to the head of the class

Meet Dan Gonzales of the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University. Musicians and other performers tip their hats to him in the liner notes for their CDs and in their bios. Writers, community leaders and educators count on him as a friend, colleague or sounding board. How did one guy manage to influence so many people? Hear what broadcast journalist Malou Nubla and comedian Rex Navarrete said about him to Pinoy Pod, hosted this week by one of Gonzales' former students, Chronicle Deputy Managing Editor Leslie Guevarra.

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2006-09-19T21:29:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 18

A cockroach on Ferdinand Marcos, Imelda sends in the clowns and other tales from a tragic murder case

Part 2 of the interview with Terri Mast, widow of Silme Domingo who was one of two FilAm martyrs of the movement against the Marcos dictatorship.

She recalls her bizarre encounter with the Marcoses in Hawaii during his deposition in connection with the 1981 murders of the two FilAm activists.

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2006-09-12T11:48:00.000-07:00

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Remembering two FilAm martyrs

Many Filipinos lost their lives in the 14-year battle against the Marcos dictatorship that culminated in the People Power Revolution 20 years ago.
Two of them were Filipino Americans.

In June 1981, Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, two union organizers in Seattle who were also known anti-Marcos activists, were shot in cold blood.

The assassinations shocked the Filipino American community.

The murderers were later arrested and convicted. But Viernes' and Domingo's families and friends suspected that the Marcos regime was involved.

After a long legal battle, a U.S. federal court found the Marcoses liable for the killings. It was a stunning victory for the families and colleagues of the two Filipino American martyrs.

This week, we present part one of a two-part interview with Terri Mast, the widow of Silme Domingo, and their daughter Ligaya.

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You can also send us an e-mail at pinoypod@sfchronicle.com.
And check out FILIPINAS Magazine's August cover story on Pinoy Pod.

2006-09-05T17:51:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 16

Farewell to Pati Poblete

Pinoy Pod says goodbye to Pati Poblete and Benny Evangelista talks to her about her book, "The Oracles: My Filipino Grandparents in America."

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2006-08-29T10:18:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 15

The Kuyas of Comedy

Three months ago, we featured an interview with Rex Navarrete, the most famous Filipino American comedian today. This week, we focus on two other Filipino humorists who are trying to tickle the Pinoy funny bone in Manila.

Allan Manalo was a theater artist and stand-up comedian in the San Francisco Bay Area when he decided to move to the Philippines three years ago. He has slowly built a following in the last few years, and has become so popular that the Ateneo De Manila University, one of the country's top universities, even hired him to teach a course on stand-up comedy.

Tim Tayag is another FilAm pioneer who is trying to popularize American-style stand up comedy in the Philippines. A survivor of the dot-com boom and collapse, he has developed deep insights into the type of comedy that clicks with Filipinos. A key ingredient, he said, is: Be yourself.

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2006-08-22T11:41:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 14

Amnesty International: More political killings under GMA

An interview with Tim Parritt, the head of the Amnesty International team that drafted the report criticizing Arroyo's human rights record.

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2006-08-22T11:39:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 13

Remembering the Sakadas of Hawaii Part 2

Profiles of two Hawaii Pinoys with ties to the Sakada era.

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2006-08-22T11:36:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 12

Remembering the Sakadas of Hawaii Part 1

Pinoy Pod features the centennial of Filipino migration to Hawaii and beyond.

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2006-08-01T10:43:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 11

Irwin Ver to Gringo Honasan: "Forget about coups."

In Part 2 of our interview with Irwin Ver, the former head of Marcos' Presidential Guard talks about Gringo Honasan and the unrest within the Philippine military.

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2006-07-25T20:16:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 10

Irwin Ver recalls the final days of the Marcos regime

The former head of Presidential Guard finally speaks on the Marcos years, his late father and the unrest within the Philippine military.

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2006-07-18T12:30:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 9

Lou Diamond Phillips and the Beteranos of World War II

FilAm actor Lou Diamond Phillips talks about his reasons for supporting the struggle of Filipino World War II veterans. And then a chat with Almario Julaton, one of the thousands of Pinoy veterans who moved to the United States hoping for a better life for their families.

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2006-07-13T17:26:00.000-07:00

A Fun Skit from Bindlestiff

As a follow up to this week's Pinoy Pod episode on the Soma Pinoy art scene, here's a fun video from "The Return of the Comeback," about the Filipino immigrant experience in San Francisco.

Yes, I'll be posting some regular blog entries, too, from now on. But more podcasts to come.

2006-07-12T10:07:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 8

The Pinoy Soma Scene

San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood -- best known as Soma - isn't the most scenic part of the city. But young Filipinos have found a home here, a place where they can express themselves in music, poetry and activism. Pinoy Pod's Michelle Louie offers an upclose look at the Pinoys of Soma.

Meet hiphop artist Mario Demiera, a.k.a. Nomi,who left the Twin Cities and was blown away by Soma's Pinoy scene.

Then there's musician Rupert Estanislao who left the Philippines at age 11 and later plunged into the Bay Area punk rock culture.

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2006-07-04T13:23:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 7

"Hello Garci" one year later

The most unusual political scandal in recent Philippine history. A chat with Lito Gutierrez of Philippine News and attorney Rodel Rodis. Film director Lupita Aquino Kashiwahara also shares her thoughts on President Arroyo.

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2006-06-27T10:41:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 6

Malou Nubla (foreground) with sister Christine

Where in the world is Malou Nubla?

She was once the most popular Filipino TV personality in the San Francisco Bay Area. Then, she disappeared. Malou Nubla explains explains what happened.

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2006-06-23T10:58:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 5

Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel

Tony Robles wanted his son, Lakas, to know more about Manilatown, the Pinoy neighborhood in San Francisco. So he started writing fun children's books. Here's the second one.

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2006-06-21T08:00:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 4

The Pinoy Blogger

and Cavite, the thriller

Episode 4 focuses on Filipino bloggers. We had a chat with Abe Olandres, Web pioneer who created Pinoytopblogs, political analyst Manolo Quezon, journalist Sheila Coronel of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Bryanboy and the most popular Pinoy blogger, Rickey Yaneza.

And we talk to Neill Dela Llana and Ian Gamazon, who wrote and directed the critically-acclaimed thriller, "Cavite."

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2006-06-20T19:55:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 3

Usaping Puki

This is Episode No. 3. Marily Mondejar and Elena Mangahas explain how the Vagina Monologues in Tagalog helped celebrate Pinay sexuality and power.

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2006-06-18T08:02:00.000-07:00

Pinoy Pod 2

Talagang Crazy!

Medyo humahabol ako. But here's Part 2 of the interview with Rex Navarrete. Mas mahirap ang weekly podcast, pero kahit paano kakayanin.

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2006-05-24T06:44:00.000-07:00

PINOY POD

At mas marami pang kuwento kuwento...

Nanahimik ang Kuwento Kuwento nitong mga nakaraang buwan. Pero balik na po.

There's a reason for the break: I'm now also producing Pinoy Pod, a new podcast for Filipinos, for my newspaper, The San Francisco Chronicle. It's the first of its kind of a major U.S. newspaper and so far, it's been well received. You can check it out here.

Pinoy Pod was inspired largely by Kuwento Kuwento. It will feature interviews and stories on the Pinoy experience. But this time, I'll be working with a talented group of Filipino American journalists. You can see the Pinoy Pod team in the photo taken by Kim Komenich, who won a Pulitzer for his coverage of the fall of the Marcos regime 20 years ago.

I'll be posting the links to the Pinoy Pod episodes on this site. Pero patuloy pa rin po akong makikipag kuwentuhan sa ibang mga Pinoy -- yong may mga karanasan na maaring hindi namin isali sa Pinoy Pod pero sa tingin ko'y magandang maikuwento.

Kaya tuloy po ang kuwentuhan!

Here's the first episode of Pinoy Pod.

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2006-01-30T11:36:00.000-08:00

MANUEL L. QUEZON III

Manolo's View

Part 3

Manolo Quezon describes an ordinary day in his life. He also talks about his name and how, despite his background, he managed to shape his own identity.

“More and more – and I am very grateful for this – I am having the chance to make my own name and my own reputation, for better or worse," he says. "The name is never a hindrance. It is not as big a liability as I thought it was when I was a crazy teenager.”

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2006-01-26T19:28:00.000-08:00

MANUEL L. QUEZON III

Manolo's View

Part 2

Congressman Manolo Quezon? Senator Manolo Quezon? Nah, says one of the country’s most popular bloggers. He may come from one of the best known political families in the Philippines and may write frequently about political developments in the Philippines and beyond, he adds, but he has no plan to plunge into that world.

“People are very skeptical when I say this,” he says. “You have to have a particular kind of personality and gift to become a politician. And my attitude has always been, if you can’t be a great politician, you have no business being a mediocre one.... I’m always in the periphery of politics and I comment on politics. That’s where, in a sense, I can be more useful potlically.”

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2006-01-24T09:29:00.000-08:00

MANUEL L. QUEZON III

Manolo's View

Manuel L. Quezon III is a journalist, blogger and political analyst. He writes a column called The Long View for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and for the Arab News. He also happens to be the grandson of an important figure in Philippine history, the late former President Manuel L. Quezon. In a conversation shortly before the end of 2005, Manolo talks about his family, his writing career and his insights into the current political crisis.

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2006-01-11T19:52:00.000-08:00

JADE PENA

The Activist Doctor

Part 3

Dr. Jade Pena talks about how her work with Doctors Without Borders has changed her political outlook. She also shares her concerns about her plan to return home.

“If you’ve been away too long from your country, you can never go back,” she says. “You go back, but it’s not the same country. You thought it would never change. But when you go back, things have changed… That’s the fear of many Filipinos.”

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2006-01-10T12:40:00.000-08:00

JADE PENA

The Activist Doctor

Part 2

Dr. Jade Pena of Doctors Without Borders says that, despite the suffering she has encountered in her work, she has no plans of leaving the international relief organization.

But she adds: "The problem more is I'm feeling guilty. I know doctors are leaving the Philippines and I'm jumping from one country to the other helping other countries."

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2006-01-07T20:38:00.000-08:00

JADE PENA

The Activist Doctor

Welcome to the 2006 season of Kuwento Kuwento!

Around this time last year, the world was reeling from news of the devastation caused by the tsunami in Southern Asia. The disaster killed more than 100,000 people in several countries and left more than half a million more homeless. Among the relief workers now helping the survivors rebuild their lives is a Filipino doctor, Jade Pena, a member of the Nobel Prize winning organization, Doctors Without Borders. A student activist during the Marcos years, Dr. Pena is currently in Acheh considered the worst hit area in the disaster. I caught up with Jade Pena shortly before Christmas last year.

In Part 1, she talks about the devastation and despair she found on the Indonesian island.

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2005-12-27T07:31:00.000-08:00

JOE BATAAN

AfroFilipino King of Latin Soul

Part 3

Joe Bataan talks about his comeback and his dream of one day performing in the Philippines, his father's homeland. And he tells the amusing story of how during a trip to Colombia, where he is well known, he had to prove who he is by singing one of his popular songs.

This is the last Kuwento Kuwento podcast for 2005.

Happy New Year! Maligayang Bagong Taon sa lahat! Kuwento Kuwento will be back in 2006 with more stories from the Filipino experience!

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2005-12-22T16:27:00.000-08:00

JOE BATAAN

AfroFilipino King of Latin Soul

Part 2

Bataan Nitollano, a.k.a. Joe Bataan, explains why he added the word "AfroFilipino" to one of his most popular songs, "Ordinary Guys." "I call myself universal," he says. "But if anybody asks me, I'm an AfroFilipino."

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2005-12-19T10:08:00.000-08:00

JOE BATAAN

AfroFilipino King of Latin Soul

Joe Bataan is known as the King of Latin Soul, who combined the spirit of Rhythm and Blues with the energy of Latin music. The son of a Filipino immigrant and an African American woman, he grew up poor in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s.He became a legend in the music world in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, Joe is making a comeback. In Part 1 of a 3-part podcast, he recalls his childhood in Harlem and explains his unusual name which was inspired partly by the Tagalog word for “youth” and the Philippine province where a historic battle took place.

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2005-12-11T12:35:00.000-08:00

JACQUELINE CO

Tsinay in Tex-Mex Country Part 3

Gaya nang maraming Pinoy college students noong 1980s, kinailangang mag aral ng Spanish si Jacqueline Co. Buti na lang dahil ngayon e araw araw siyang napapasabak sa wikang ito sa frontera, sa bayan ng Brownsville sa U.S.-Mexico border. Pahirapan sa pag-conjugate at pag-intindi kung past tense o present tense ang pinag-uusapan. Pero kahit paano nakakasabay naman ang Tsinay na tubong Divisoria.

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2005-12-08T10:06:00.000-08:00

JACQUELINE CO

Tsinay in Tex-Mex Country Part 2

Babalikan ni Jackie Co ang galit at takot sa Tsinoy community noong pumutok ang krisis sa kidnapping.

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2005-12-02T13:20:00.000-08:00

JACQUELINE CO

Tsinay in Tex-Mex Country

The Chinese Filipinos, or Tsinoys, have played an important role in Philippine history. But they have also endured prejudice that sometimes turned violent. Alam ito ni Jacqueline Co, isang manunulat na lumaki sa Divisoria at Quezon City na ngayon ay nakatira sa Brownsville, Texas sa border ng U.S. at Mexico.

Nakasama ko si Jackie sa Philippine Collegian noong 1980s. Naging section editor siya ng Manila Times at ng Tulay, isang Tsinoy publication.

Sa interbyung ito, ikukuwento ni Jackie ang kanyang karanasan bilang Tsinay, mga karanasan na binanggit niya sa isang essay, "Growing Up Chinese in the Philippines" na isa sa mga selections sa librong "Intsik," isang koleksyon ng mga sanaysay, tula at maikling kuwento tungkol sa mga Tsinoy.

Ikukuwento rin niya kung paano niya natutunang mabuhay at makibagay sa Tex-Mex country at ang kakaibang nitong kultura, wika at mga isyu kaugnay ng identidad.

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2005-11-18T16:31:00.000-08:00

SHEILA CORONEL

Sheila's Coup Part 3

We begin Part 3 with excerpts from PCIJ's latest venture, the PCIJ Podcasts. Then Sheila Coronel talks about her decision to form PCIJ and her vision for the 16-year-old organization. And find out what the busiest investigative reporter in the country does for fun when she's not blogging, podcasting and exposing cases of corruption and abuse of power.

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2005-11-15T16:28:00.000-08:00

SHEILA CORONEL

Sheila's Coup Part 2

Journalist Sheila Coronel talks about the PCIJ blog's audience and shares her insights into the current political crisis in the Philippines.

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2005-11-12T16:09:00.000-08:00

SHEILA CORONEL

Sheila's Coup

As perhaps the best journalist to emerge from the martial law era, Sheila Coronel has covered every major political upheaval in the Philippines since the early 1980s. Her stories about the final years of the Marcos regime and the uncertainty that followed the fall of the dictatorship were published in 1993 in a collection titled "Coups, Cults & Cannibals" and she has written for major international publications, including the New York Times. In 1989, she made what seemed like an odd career choice. She helped form a non-profit organization, one with a long name that didn't exactly sound sexy: the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.

But her decision to start PCIJ turned out to be a journalistic coup. PCIJ, which has exposed many of the major political scandals in the Philippines over the past 15 years, is now considered a critical media institution in the country. In 2003, Sheila was honored with the Ramon Magsaysay Award for her groundbreaking work in Philippine journalism.

In Part 1 of a 3-part podcast, Coronel talks about PCIJ's latest success: the creation of the PCIJ blog which has become one of the most popular Philippine Websites.

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2005-10-25T20:59:00.000-07:00

ASIN

Asin on tour in Canada

"Maalat Pa Rin!" Part 3

Tinalakay nina Lollita Carbon at Pendong Aban ng Asin kung paano nagbago ang folk music sa Pilipinas mula noong 1970s, at kung ano pa ang nais nilang maabot bilang mga musikero.

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2005-10-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

ASIN

"Maalat Pa Rin!" Part 2

Bakit Asinang pinling pangalan ng grupo nina Lolita Carbon at Pendong Aban? Malalaman ninyo ang sagot sa ikalawang bahagi kung saan ikukuwento nila kung paano nagsimula ang grupo.

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At nagtataka siguro ang ilan sa inyo kung bakit "Maalat Pa Rin!" ang pamagat ng kabanatang ito. Malalaman ninyo sa ikatlo at huling bahagi.

2005-10-23T16:47:00.000-07:00

ASIN

Sina Lolita at Pendong kasama si Apl de ap

"Maalat Pa Rin!"

Sina Lolita Carbon at Pendong Aban ang dalawa sa apat na orihinal na miyembro ng Asin, ang folk group na naging kilala sa kanilang pag awit ng tungkol sa karaniwang buhay sa Pilipinas. Kinagiliwan ng laksa laksang mga manggagawa, magsasaka, kabataan at marallitang tagalunsod ang kanilang musika.

Nadinig ninyo siguro ang pinaka sikat nilang fan, si Apl de Ap, na sinabing ang ASIN ang pinaka paborito niyang grupo sa Pilipinas. Sa Part 1 ng kuwentuhan namin, pinag usapan nina Lolita at Pendong ang kanilang tour sa Canada, ang pakikipag-kaibigan nila kay Apl at ang malungkot napagpanaw ng isang dating miyembro ng grupo, si Saro Benares.

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2005-10-10T10:39:00.000-07:00

APL.DE.AP

"Ang Palayaw ni Apl Ay..."

Alam ninyo ba'ng tawag kay Apl.de.ap sa Sapang Bato noong bata pa siya? Si Apl mismo ang sasagot. "Ang palayaw ni Apl ay," sabi niya sabay kunwaring magdadrumroll. Pero hindi ko muna sasabihin. Malalaman ninyo pag pakinggan ninyo pag-uusap namin noong July sa Chronicle Podcasts. May kasama pang sample rap mula sa "Bebot." Ang storya ko mababasa ninyo dito.

Sari-sari ang naging reaksyon sa storya at sa interbyu.

Journalist John Nery took some time off from his engaging analyses of the crisis in the Philippines to mention the story and the podcast in his Newsstand blog.

Ito naman ang sabi ng isang manunulat na medyo hindi ata nagustuhan ang aking Tagalog na may puntong Cubao. "I dunno... Ben Pimentel (of Cubao?) spoke Tagalog with a slight accent. Apl. de. ap's Tagalog sounded more fluent. His Tagalog rap sounded like it was coming from a next-door neighbor here in Manila. Pinoy na pinoy talaga ang dating." (Sabi ko na nga ba, dapat hindi ako masyadong tumambay sa Ali Mall at Fiesta Carnival e.)

Nakakaaliw naman ang sulat ng makata at peryodistang Lina Sagaral Reyes na inimbita ang ibang kaibigan para basahin ang kuwento at pakinggan ang podcast:

"Simpleng mga tanong at simpleng mga sagot. Nagtelebabad. Nagtatawanan. Laughter.
They spoke of
home, family, nanay,
country,
death, living, creating,
Song.

Kayud, kamay, kapatid, kanto, kultura. Matters.

What matters. Most.

"I-try nga ninyong pakinggan. Bagong pakulo ito sa internet na ang tawag ay podcast. Alam nyo na siguro ninyo. Ito'y naka-blog sa website ng peryodikong San Francisco Chronicle, "radio-to-go," 'ika nga ng BBC, ala McDo, kung ang kwento't balita'y fried chicken o burger... mabibitbit mo, ida-download mo kung kailan mo gusto, pakikinggan mo kahit saan ka man. Ang linya nila'y : "Listen to your newspaper." Ang mga kwento sa likod ng mga kwento. Ang blog ay – paano ba ito i-explain sa inyo na 'di man nakaalis sa mga pilapil ng San Pascual, Ubay, Bohol o nakakita man lang ng computer sa Sumilao, Bukidnon?

"Parang baon na nakabalot sa dahon ng saging na pwedeng mong pakpakin kung saan ka man datnan ng gutom. Yon nga lang, hindi ito tungkol sa gutom, at walang dahon ng saging. Basta. Ito'y tungkol sa ibang dimension ng gutom, sa ibang uri ng pagkain.

"Parang radyo na naka-"tape record", at pagkatapos naka-bodega sa isang bodegang kahit saan mo mabubuksan, ganun na nga, kung alam mo paano mabubuksan."

Tigil na muna ako dito. 'Kinig na tayo kay Pareng Apl.

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2005-10-09T20:20:00.000-07:00

APL.DE.AP

The Apl Story

The journey of Allan Pineda, a.k.a Apl.de.apof the Black Eyed Peas, from Barrio Sapang Bato, Pampanga to the top of the music world has inspired many Filipinos all over the world. We had a chat about his odyssey last July. My story in the San Francisco Chronicle and the podcasts of our conversations ran in August. This is the interview that really got me hooked on Podcasting, and made me realize how this new medium can be used to tell our story, our diaspora.

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Coming up next, the Tagalog-English portion of my conversation with Apl.

2005-10-01T07:24:00.000-07:00

RENE CIRA CRUZ

An Exile's Tale Part 3

Rene Ciria Cruz takes us back to his hometown of Pandacan, Manila where some of the great Filipino heroes of the Spanish era lived and where a group of brave, though overeager patriots, joined the 1896 revolution against the conquistadors -- a day ahead of schedule.

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2005-10-01T07:22:00.000-07:00

RENE CIRIA CRUZ
An Exile's Tale Part 2
Rene Ciria Cruz talks about his battle with cancer and how he struggled with the question: With the fight against dictatorship over, is it time for him to go home?

He also talks about his new role as an advocate for a rapidly-growing and increasingly important pillar of American journalism, the ethnic media. He cites the Hurricane Katrina disaster in which Korean and Vietnamese newspapers and radio stations played critical roles in helping immigrant communities.

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2005-10-01T07:12:00.000-07:00

RENE CIRIA CRUZ

An Exile's Tale

Nearly 20 years ago, writer and activist Rene Ciria Cruz joined thousands of Filipinos on San Francisco's Union Square where they danced, sang, cried and popped champagne bottles. They were celebrating the fall of Marcos. There was only one problem -- they had only one song for the party and they played it over and over again. Find out which one in Part 1 of a three-part podcast. Also, listen to Rene's thoughts on the current crisis in the Philippines.
Rene is an editor at New California Media and at Filipinas magazine.

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2005-09-25T21:28:00.000-07:00

RUBEN GERARDO
From Samar to Norway Part 2
Ikukuwento ni Ruben Gerardo kung ano ang naitulong ng mga dayuhang tulad niya sa bansa ng Norway at kung ano ang hinahangad niya sa kinabukasan.

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2005-09-25T21:16:00.000-07:00

RUBEN GERARDO

From Samar to Norway

Narinig ninyo na ang mga Pinoy na nag-Saudi. Iba ang ginawa ni Ruben Gerardopara makaahon sa hirap -- nag Norway. Wala pa siyang bente anyos noong mag-isa siyang naglakbay sa isang bansa na may kakaibang klima at kultura sa nakagisnan niya sa Samar. Sa Part 1, ikukuwento ni Mang Ruben kung ano lang ang dala niya at kung ano ang inasahan niya nang mag-isa siyang lumipad sa Norway.

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2005-09-19T06:53:00.000-07:00

GLENDA GLORIA

Flowers for a Journalist Part 3

Glenda Gloria talks about how she has learned to balance her journalism career and motherhood.

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2005-09-19T06:38:00.000-07:00

GLENDA GLORIA
Flowers for a Journalist Part 2

Glenda Gloria talks about her career as an investigative reporter and editor and how Philippine journalism has changed over the past 20 years.

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2005-09-18T10:44:00.000-07:00

GLENDA GLORIA

Flowers for a Journalist

Glenda Gloriais one of the most respected investigative reporters in the Philippines today. That has made her a target.

In Part 1 of a 3-part podcast, she talks about the day she received a disturbing gift.

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Glenda Gloria is managing editor of Newsbreak and author of Under the Crescent Moon: Rebellion in Mindanao.

2005-09-14T06:01:00.000-07:00

THEO GONZALVES
Doctor Boogienights Part 3

The doctor recalls what it was like to grow up as a Filipino American.

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2005-09-14T05:55:00.000-07:00

THEO GONZALVES

Doctor Boogienights Part 2

Doctor Boogienights talks about comedy and culture, and his encounter with three hecklers at a Manila comedy club.

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2005-09-10T03:03:00.000-07:00

THEO GONZALVES

Doctor Boogienights

On the University of Hawaii campus in Honolulu, he is Professor Theo Gonzalves . But Professor Theo has another identity. Listen to his story.

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2005-09-08T21:25:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Kuwento Kuwento!

Finally, we can get started with the stories and the conversations!

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