This review is for the Jollibee that recently opened in Woodside, Queens, NY. To summarize, the burgers were “forgettable”, the spaghetti “frightengly addictive”, and the palabok “gummy-but-yummy”.
Mr. Gross’s full review can be found here.
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Jollibee gets a generally positive review from the NY Times
Posted in Fil-Am Culture on March 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
FilVet update 3: The provision text and the reactions
Posted in Fil-Am Culture, RP Culture on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Tuesday (2/17/09), President Obama signed the much-debated economic stimulus bill into law, which indeed contained the provision that contained the $198 million to go to the Filipino WWII vets on a lump-sum basis. Here is a link to the entire stimulus bill, but due to its enormous length I’ll put the text of the [...]
FilVet update 2: JFAV’s official stand
Posted in Fil-Am Culture, RP News on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another update…I just found a media advisory that JFAV released yesterday. Their stand on this whole situation: NO TO LUMP SUM WITHOUT RECOGNITION. Full advisory below. What do you all think?
Media Advisory
Justice for Filipino America Veterans (JFAV)
February 9, 2009
Contact Person: Arturo P. Garcia
(213)241-0995
No to Lump Sum without Full Recognition
San Francisco – The Justice for Filipino [...]
FilVet update: For now, it’s still in the stimulus
Posted in Fil-Am Culture, RP News on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A quick update on my previous post.
It looks like the money appropriated for the Filipino WWII veterans made it through the “bipartisan” negotiations in the US Senate regarding the US economic stimulus bill.
Now, this is far from over. They’re going to have to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate bills before the final [...]
Filipino WWII veterans and the US economic stimulus bill
Posted in Fil-Am Culture, RP News on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So it seems that Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), a longtime supporter of the Filipino WWII veterans movement for recognition and compensation for their service, inserted about $198 million into the economic stimulus bill winding its way through Congress in an attempt to finally get the surviving veterans just compensation.
President Arroyo, who is currently visiting the [...]
