Jo Koy: The Joke’s on Marginalization

Jo Koy: The Joke’s on Marginalization

How Jo Koy’s career becomes particularly relevant to the idea of Diasporic Capital.

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Clarissa Mae Ragrag: From Busking to the Concert Stage

Clarissa Mae Ragrag: From Busking to the Concert Stage

With a brain full of beautiful music and a voice to match, the young and rising Filipino British singer Clarissa Mae Ragrag isn’t in a rush.

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Overseas Filipino Achievers, Part 8

Overseas Filipino Achievers, Part 8

In keeping with Positively Filipino’s goal of celebrating the 13-million-strong (and counting) Filipino diaspora, we are launching a new series titled Overseas Filipino Achievers. The series recognizes outstanding Filipinos making their mark in various countries around the world. It builds on our popular and long-running feature, “FilAms Among the Remarkable and Famous.”

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The Heartbreaking Weight of Loving a Country

The Heartbreaking Weight of Loving a Country

A Balik-Scientist returned home believing he could help fix the cracks. But the cracks were deeper than he imagined.

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Ube or Not Ube: The Philippines’ Next Big Export?

Ube or Not Ube:  The Philippines’ Next Big Export?

Ube could be the Philippines’ next great export, and for once the world is already asking us for it.

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Little Manila: Filipinos Bite a Piece of the Big Apple

Little Manila: Filipinos Bite a Piece of the Big Apple

Little Manila in Queens, New York is more than a street filled with businesses and restaurants. For many Filipino immigrants and Filipino Americans, it not only cures homesickness and strengthens cultural connections, it is also a community.

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Our First Date

Our First Date

Her first date with her grandson is a reminder that love grows strongest when we spend time together.

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My Grandmother’s Love

My Grandmother’s Love

Losing her grandmother meant carrying a hole that never really closes.

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Filipino Americans Sound Off on the Toboso Tragedy

Filipino Americans Sound Off on the Toboso Tragedy

Peers believe that the two Filipino American activists who were killed in an encounter between New People’s Army guerrillas and government troops were innocent civilians.

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With Feathers on Her Cap

With Feathers on Her Cap

Genetic sequencing by Faye Romero helps the desperate cause of the Florida Scrub Jay.

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