Proprietary testing technology guarantees the lowest mercury levels Seafood is a valuable source of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and lean protein, but climate change and pollution have resulted in rising mercury levels in seafood. Safe Catch developed proprietary testing technology to enable ...
Read More »In Search for Oooh-beh: Chillest Ube Hotspots in Chicagoland!
By: Lou Maningas Cabalona Purple Velvet! That’s the most accurate way I can describe this dessert ingredient that has taken social media and the US by storm. Pronounced “Ooh-beh, Ube, a naturally purple yam grown in the Philippines, have bloggers ...
Read More »COVID-19 outbreak: Things That Are In My Control
By: Melody Rabor-Dizon Hello Fil-am community, I want to focus my article today on the things that are within my power and those things that I, myself speaking subjectively can do something about. A positive move, if adopted by many ...
Read More »Phoebe Zerrudo Doruelo RN, BSN, MPH, CRRN
Daughter of Cezar Agustin Zerrudo and Perla Gazo Zerrudo, has 3 brothers, born in Cabatuan, Iloilo Philippines and grew up in Manila. Attended grade school and high school from Sta. Isabel College, Manila. Graduated BSN from San Juan De Dios ...
Read More »Battle of the Bamboo of 2020
Seven college & high-school student groups battled their way against each other to win the Battle of the Bamboo of 2020. On February 22, 2020, Filipino Americans, their families and friends gathered at UIC Forum in Chicago to witness this ...
Read More »Columbus Day
By: Elaine Lehman Since 1937, Columbus Day has been recognized as a national holiday. And since 1971, Columbus Day has commemorated in the United States on the second Monday in October. As equally in the decades since, there has been ...
Read More »Green March is here!
By: Kayla Tejero Happy March! This month, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, and also are hopefully looking at a much warmer, spring weather. I, myself, am enjoying my spring break away from school and work – finding time to make ...
Read More »Coronavirus Fears
By: Joe Mauricio Fear is rapidly spreading along with the news of the coronavirus making its way to Illinois, (as of deadline, it’s already here) likely due to the misconceptions that are circulating about respiratory illness. Don’t panic. I ...
Read More »Judge Jesse Reyes (D),
L-R: Judge Jesse Reyes (D), candidate for IL Supreme Court Justice, his wife Teri Reyes, Tina Nonato and Robert Maroon, host of fundraising event to elect Jesse Reyes.
Read More »Press conference held by the Philippine Consulate General at Max’s Restaurant, Seafood City, 2/21/2020, discussed the fi lm “Quezon’s Game”
A critically acclaimed Filipino movie about President Manuel L. Quezon’s heroic rescue of 1,200 Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust (the trailer was shown). The film was screened at Ce ntury 16 Deer Park for a couple of weeks. David Bianco, ...
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