First legal recreational marijuana shop opens in New York City

Agence France Presse 12/31/2022

NEW YORK — New York’s first legal recreational marijuana dispensary opened on Thursday in the heart of Manhattan. More than 100 people crowded into the dispensary in New York City’s East Village, run by the nonprofit Housing…

Help wanted: New York City seeks ‘badass’ rat czar

Reuters 12/04/2022

Millions of New York rats have been put on notice: the most populous city in the United States is hiring a director of rodent mitigation, a new position that calls for a “swashbuckling attitude” and a “general…

Cherie Gil chose to keep cancer diagnosis from public, family says

Anne Pasajol 08/07/2022

Cherie Gil’s family confirmed that the veteran actress succumbed to cancer, stating that it was her request to keep her illness from the public. Raphael Rogoff, Gil’s son, expressed their family’s gratitude to those who extended their…

Filipina verbally assaulted in New York – official

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 07/22/2022

MANILA, Philippines — A 51-year-old Filipina was verbally assaulted and harassed by a homeless woman in Queens, New York City, a Philippine consul general said Friday. In a Twitter post, Consul General in New York Elmer Cato…

LJ Reyes on self love: ‘You are enough’

Doris Mondragon - Social Media Specialist 01/17/2022

CEBU, Philippines—LJ Reyes is loving it there in the city of dreams! The actress uploads a photo of herself and a photo of Central Park in New York, USA. She wrote along with the photos, a caption…

Sultan battles unbeaten Puerto Rican in New York on Sunday

Glendale G. Rosal 10/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former world title challenger Jonas “Zorro” Sultan and Puerto Rican knockout artist Carlos “Purin” Caraballo will go after each other’s scalp on Sunday, October 31, 2021, in a much-anticipated duel between two power…

Sultan, Caraballo to fight in Madison Square Garden

Glendale G. Rosal 10/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The upcoming fight of Jonas “Zorro” Sultan and Carlos “Purin” Caraballo on October 30 will be held at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City.  The official venue was announced on…

Yam Concepcion at longtime boyfriend, ikakasal na sa US

Reggee Bonoan 07/18/2021

Ikakasal na ang aktres na si Yam Concepcion sa fiancé niyang si Miguel CuUnjieng pagkatapos ng anim na taon nilang LDR (long distance relationship) sa katapusan ng Hulyo 2021. Agad na nagpunta roon ang dalaga pagkatapos ng…

Next ‘Fast & Furious’ movie delayed until June

Reuters 03/05/2021

LOS ANGELES – Universal Pictures has delayed the global debut of the “Fast & Furious” movie “F9” by one month until June 25, the company said on Thursday, the latest shift by Hollywood studios trying to gauge…

Dining at New York City’s The Core Club

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 07/28/2017

I WAS totally in awe as I found myself, upon the invitation of fashion stylist Marlon Corvera, in the exclusive The Core Club of New York City where CEOs and cultural icons comfortably collide. Located in midtown…

An ironclad message for a skeptical world

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 02/18/2017

In the morning of September 11, 2001, planes slammed the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City, killing 2,996 and injuring over 6,000 people. Within two hours, both towers collapsed.…

Raphael and his ostrich

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 10/15/2016

Langston Hughes wrote a short poem entitled “Justice”: That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise: Her bandage hides two festering sores That once perhaps were eyes. Hughes was a…

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