In this first edition of a new series called What It Feels Like, a Filipina legal translator writes about what it’s like to sit with kababayan plaintiffs and defendants in court rooms in Dublin, helping them understand the proceedings. She also discusses how ordinary Filipinos are treated in foreign courts.
DUBLIN-In the winter of my sabbatical year, I found myself in Ireland's highest court. The Central Criminal Court, located just by Phoenix Park in this city, is where the gravest of crimes are tried, including international terrorism, drug smuggling, and ...
It was the first time that I had ever had to think long and hard about the meaning of home. I have always found at once enviable, confounding, and self-delusional the ability of many in our modern world to cast off at will like garb their identity and their home.
Seven years ago, a few months after graduating from college, I found myself in the throes of making a momentous life decision, one of those Frostian forks in the road that could determine the course of one's life. I had moved ...
With inaugural solo exhibits from Martha Atienza and Yee I-Lann this September.
We can't have a proper dialogue about art in the context of the Filipino diaspora without Silverlens Gallery. In its 18-year existence, the gallery has become one of the leading contemporary art spaces in Southeast Asia.It has featured a ...
The sad truths of the Filipino diaspora through my dad's OFW experience.
My father turns 60 this year, and for most of his life, he was away fighting somebody else's battles. Much like the millions of other overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), my old man spent his best years in unfamiliar land. He worked ...
Majority of survey respondents also said Donald Trump is “very responsible” discrimination against Asian-Americans.
Over half of Filipinos residing in the United States have experienced some form of racism throughout their lives, while nearly 30 percent say they've been the target of racism over the past year. This was one of the findings of American ...
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