2023 PIDCI Grand Marshal Ball

PIDCI (Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc.) President Nora Galleros said that her team and Dr. Dely Po Go, 2023 PIDCI Grand Marshal are working hard with the Philippine Consulate General of New York to come up with a memorable celebration of the 125th Philippine Independence Day Parade in Manhattan, New York on June 4, 2023. n

LEADING U.S. IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY MICHAEL J. GURFINKEL SUCCESSFULLY REINSTATES A TERMINATED CASE SUCCESS STORY IN AN ENCORE EPISODE OF CITIZEN PINOY THIS SUNDAY! After Nanay Pilar (center) petitioned her son, Joseph (left) in 2007, it took some 11 years until his F-2B petition became current in 2018. His embassy interview was scheduled in April 2019, but Joseph was in Zurich, Switzerland for work and he asked to have his interview rescheduled. Unfortunately, the embassy sent a termination letter, based on Joseph’s supposed failure to contact them within a year. Joseph consulted with Atty. Gurfinkel (right), who got the case reinstated and visa issued in record time. Watch this success story on an encore episode of “Citizen Pinoy” on Sunday, March 19 at 6:30 PM PT (9:30 PM ET) through select Cable/Satellite providers, right after TV Patrol Linggo. (Advertising Supplement)

From left to right - 2023 PIDCI Grand Marshal Dr. Dely Po Go, Consul-General Senen Mangalile (middle), Ms. Nora Galleros, 2023 PIDCI President at the 2023 PIDCI Grand Marshal Ball. Consul General Mangalile and Galleros called for a renewed partnership with the Filipino community in the ten states that comprise the area of responsibility of the NYPCG towards enhancing consular services, greater responsiveness to the community, promoting Sentro Rizal as the center for Filipino heritage, culture and the arts, preserving the generational connection between the youth and their homeland, economic investment in the Philippines such as tourism and sustaining constructive dialogue with all concerned.

AJPress Photos by Troi Santos is multiawarded philanthropist, Dr. Dely Po Go, who has achieved the American Dream and more, matched only by her generous community giving. Many can attribute their own personal and professional success directly to Dr.

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PIDCI set the expectations for the 125th Philippine Independence Day Parade on June 4, 2023 along Madison Avenue in New York. She said it will be a most “impactful” celebration featuring Philippine history and Filipino reverence for those who founded our Republic, a cultural segment that will represent Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, the present-day heroes and opportunities for investment and employment in the Philippines. pledged a donation for Project DAPITAN - a communitybased livelihood program that bypass the usual pitfalls of previous livelihood projects by engaging local governments, delegating fund disbursements to third parties such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with track records and good standing, providing financial literacy training and values formation through collaborations with clergy and other subject matter experts. As a philanthropist and community leader, Dr. Go hopes to leave a lasting legacy through this and many other projects propagating Filipino heritage, culture and the arts she supports.

WHAT is depression?

Depression is a state of emotion where the individual has some or all of the following senses, feelings or moods: downhearted, unhappy, anxious, irritable, unable to concentrate, socially withdrawn, empty inside, has inordinate fatigue and reduced interest in activities which used to be fun, hopelessness, indecision, impaired sleep, misery, helplessness, confusion, monosyllabic speech or abnormally quiet.

What is morbid mood?

The morbid mood in depression may be so severe that the patient is unable to cry (tears dry up) or to feel the usual emotions like pleasure, grief or joy. The whole world appears lifeless and colorless to the patient, who could be pre-occupied with a sense of guilt and self-denigrating and destructive ideas.

What is melancholia?

It used to be called endogenous depression. Its features include marked slowness in thinking and activity, agitation, worthlessness, weight loss, restlessness, wringing of the hands, inability to experience pleasure or wellbeing, difficulty falling asleep and has insomnia following arousal from sleep, and diminished or loss of sexual desire. The patient usually has the feeling of guilt that he/she has committed a grave crime, with hallucinations (voices of people accusing the patient of bad deeds, or condemning him/her to death; others believe that they have incurable diseases like cancer or AIDs). Very rarely, the patient with this psychotic depression kills family members (“to save them from future misfortunes in life”) and kills himself/ herself.

How rampant is depression?

In the United States, depression affects about 17 million Americans. In the Philippines, about ten percent of young adults have moderate to severe depression in 2022, about 3.6 million of the population. More than two-thirds to 75% of them do not benefit from proper therapy because of the patient’s inability to seek counseling, misunderstanding of the