FilAm ARTS (The Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts and Culture) announced the return of its popular Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture (FPAC), the City of Los Angeles’ official Filipino festival and the longest-running Filipino cultural celebration in Southern California. FPAC 27 will take place virtually October 23, 24, and 25 from…
“UNDISCOVERED X,” a two-day gathering of Filipino/a/x entrepreneurs, creatives and thought leaders will be mounted online from October 17-18. With four virtual stages, four streaming hub cities, over 60 key guests and 50+ sponsor & vendor expo booths, “UNDISCOVERED X,” will showcase a range of Fil-Am stories, art, music, panel discussions and more. The virtual…
#GoldOpen, the community movement created by Gold House that successfully catapulted “Parasite,” “The Farewell,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Just Mercy,” and nearly two dozen multicultural films to box office success, is hosting a nationwide weekend of #GoldOpen support for Sony Pictures’ “Yellow Rose” ahead of its theatrical release on October 9. Yellow Rose portrays a timely…
A FEDERAL judge ordered that the 2020 Census counting efforts must continue through the end of the month, not October 5. This comes after the Census Bureau was found violating a previous order that had moved the decennial enumeration through the end of October 31. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in Northern California, in an…
THIRTY-FIVE visitors flew to Boracay Island after the famous tourist spot reopened its doors to domestic tourists on Thursday, Philippine Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo–Puyat said on Friday, October 2. “There were actually 35 tourists who came to Boracay yesterday by air, land and sea,” she said. “Of course there were people from Aklan, also some…
UNITED States President Donald Trump has been transported to Walter Reed Medical Center after contracting COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the White House announced on Friday afternoon, Oct. 2. The president “remains in good spirits [and] has mild symptoms,” Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Friday according to a White House pool…
As the coronavirus pandemic put in-person gatherings on hold, events have been canceled left and right, or have had to adapt to the “new normal” by capturing audiences online. The Center for Asian American Media’s CAAMFest, now on its 38th year, has been an annual gathering to look out for as one of the largest…
A new five-year bilateral assistance agreement amounting to P10.5 billion ($213 million) has been signed by the United States and the Philippines to boost the country’s economic development and growth. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) signed the agreement to deepen their commitment to accelerate inclusive, broad-based…
Metro Manila will stay under general community quarantine (GCQ) for the entire month of October. This comes after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on Monday, September 28. Aside from the capital region, the province of Batangas, and the cities of Tacloban,…
THE Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles has reopened to handle certain services, but advises the public to follow its guidelines under the “new normal.” The consulate — which covers approximately 1.3 million Filipinos in Southern California, Southern Nevada and Arizona — has been accepting in-person services by appointment only for passport renewal, notarization/legalization of…
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has recovered from the novel coronavirus, 13 days after he contracted the disease. The Pontificio Collegio Filippino in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, said Tagle’s recovery was “a great joy for the whole Church.” “God wants him to continue serving in the Vatican’s office for the Missions, to bring God’s…
SIX new cases of COVID-19 among overseas Filipinos have been recorded by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday, September 25, bringing the total number of infections to 10,430. Meanwhile, the death toll and the number of recoveries remained at 786 and 6,645, respectively as no new reports were received by the agency….
TWO Filipino American authors have been honored at the 20th annual Massachusetts Book Awards, the Massachusetts Center for the Book announced this month. Grace Talusan, author of “The Body Papers” who lives in Medford, was awarded with the Nonfiction Award. Her debut memoir, which was released in April 2019, explores a Filipino immigrant’s battle with…
Cristina de Jesus, an educator of nearly three decades, has been elected the board chair of the California Charter Schools Association, the organization announced this week. The association advocates for non-profit charter schools that can help California students prepare for college and life afterward. “I am honored and humbled for the vote of confidence by…
NAIL salons in California will be allowed to open, regardless of the tier the county is in on the state’s reopening roadmap, according to State Health Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly. During the press briefing on Tuesday, September 22, the secretary said even with the state’s permission, it would be up to individual counties to have…
In an effort to prevent a “twindemic” of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is urging Californians to get vaccinated against the flu now to protect yourself and your loved ones. “Flu will be hitting your community soon, and in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in California, getting…
United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday, September 14, raised concerns over the continued drug-related deaths in the Philippines amid the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking before the 45th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Bachelet stressed the need to revoke policies and rhetoric that lead to human rights violations…
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, September 15, logged 15 additional cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the official tally of infections to 10,329. It also recorded 17 new recoveries, pushing the total number of recovered and discharged patients to 6,571. Meanwhile, only one fatality was reported by the agency, which raised…
PHILIPPINE Senator Manny Pacquiao, the eight-division boxing world champion, is launching PacPay, a digital payment platform for global influencers, brands and fans. The boxer-senator’s technology startup, Pac Technologies, on Friday, September 11, announced that it has forged a “strategic partnership” with fintech remittance firm Remsea to further both companies’ initiatives in the fintech space in…
LOS Angeles County recorded 7 new deaths and 439 positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, September 8. Tuesday’s latest reports bring the total county cases to 249,241 and 6,036 deaths. Of the fatalities, three were over the age of 80, one person was between the ages of 65 and 79, and three were between the…
DICTIONARY.com recently announced that it has updated thousands of its entries as well as 650 new terms related to race and ethnic identity. Of the new additions, five are related to the Philippines: “Filipina,” “Filipinx,” “Pinay,” “Pinoy,” and “Pinxy.” “Filipinx,” pronounced filipineks or filipinks, is a gender-neutral noun or adjective that relates to natives or…
