BURBANK – Luke Carnegie, a Geology Major student currently attending Los Angeles Valley College from Burbank, was the overall winner of the recent 4th United Specialist Healthcare Foundation’s Golf For…
The author with his wife, Myrna E. Niño, aboard the gondola, the only mode of transportation in Venice. Photos by Denver Niño VENICE – Visiting Venezia, or well known by…
Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA President Sue Ann Estrada-Tumakay confers plaques of Excellence Awards to (clockwise, from top left) Kenneth Puzon Mejia in Public Service, Emeben Baysic-Vales in Musical Theater, Eddie Caguioa Ferrer in…
LOS ANGELES – Five college-bound students are recipients of supplemental scholarship grants from APO Global Foundation, Inc. The students, who were nominated by their high school and career guidance counselors,…
EMMANUEL “Manny” Ilagan has navigated an exceptional and well-rounded journey. With divergent interests: he was a community leader, a travel writer, a former choir member, a sportsman and with myriad…
Cerritos – On its third year run as Los Angeles County’s largest Philippine American Friendship Day, this year’s edition will be held on July 13 (Saturday) from 10:30 am to…
Long Beach – In response to the rapidly evolving landscape of the importing industry, EC Ferrer Customs House Brokers (CHB) Inc. in partnership with the Filipino American Chamber of Cerritos…
Travelling to other countries like Italy and Greece is culturally and intellectually very enriching and stimulating. It rekindled my interest and passion in history especially ancient history and antiquities of…
LOS ANGELES – In a bid to bolster tourism in the Philippines with emphasis in the untapped countrysides – the Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Tourism, Tourism Promotions Board…
Norwalk, CA – Despite the short preparation, the inaugural induction and gala night of newly-formed Philippine Global Media Group was fruitfully carried out at the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton…
LOS ANGELES – A group of seasoned Filipino journalists, broadcasters and news photographers have formed a new media group to help professionalize the Filipino-American media industry in their efforts to…
As a tax practitioner dealing with income tax, sales tax along with two dozen Fil-Am non-profit, public benefit 501 C-3 organizations that I maintain, I have the top four in…
Liong Beach, CA — It appears that “Women Empowerment” in Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA’s top leadership team seems to be the mantra as the incoming board of directors elected two women to…
IN a bid to upgrade the existing College Seminary and House of Formation for theology students of the Marian Missionaries of the Holy Cross (MMHC) in Marikina and Silay City,…
LOS ANGELES – The donation drive dubbed as “Ahon Abra,” a joint project of the Divine Word College of Bangued (DWCB) High School Batch 82 and the United Specialist Healthcare…
Although Mother’s Day is more hyped in terms of celebration because of our mothers’ heroic role in raising their children, fathers’ roles should not be taken for granted for their…
JANUARY is the start of income tax filing once again. It is due on or before April 15, 2023. However, due to the natural disaster caused by the so-called atmospheric-river…
BECAUSE the late 12th Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos is one of the most admired presidents of our Motherland — who restored democracy and who recently passed away at age…
CERRITOS, Calif. — The Filipino American community of Southern California recently came together at the Don Knabe Community Regional Park for the Philippine-American Friendship Day hosted by the National Federation…
COMPARED to other Filipino American elected officials in California, Ariel Pe, Lakewood’s newly-installed vice mayor is relatively unheralded in the local media. Is it by design or by the circumstances…
CERRITOS, Calif. — Two Filipino American public officials were officially sworn in as councilmembers on Wednesday, April 27 at the City of Cerritos Council Chamber. Top vote-getter Frank Aurelio Yokoyama…
CERRITOS, Calif. – Two Filipino Americans emerged as the top vote-getters out of seven hopefuls in the race for this city’s council. Fil-Am incumbent councilmember Frank Aurelio Yokoyama, a local…
IT has come to my attention that several qualified taxpayers – by either lapse of memory or for some unexplainable reasons – don’t realize that they already received their Economic…
THE 2022 Tax Season is very much underway for tax year 2021. Due to the pandemic, there are new tax laws that were enacted like the American Rescue Plan to…
Cerritos, CA — With her vast and glowing experiences as paralegal and field deputy of Los Angeles County’s two branches of services, Lynda Johnson may yet be the first Filipina…
Corona, Calif. – Jake Taruc Merilo, the 22-year-old son of APO member Robert Merilo (APO San Diego) who was also the competitor of the former, topped the 1st Golf For…
IF there’s somebody who passionately dares to thread a career path that’s rarely taken by like-minded professionals, Errol C. Mendoza typifies this description. Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, Errol’s artistic…
FE Olegario-Pakula, a former elementary school teacher from Mangatarem, Pangasinan, passed away on April 5 from coronavirus complications at a nursing home facility in New York City. Olegario-Pakula, 81, is…
From the reckless rhetoric of both Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and U.S. presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, one can deduce that they share the same speaking style: It’s rough,…
Long Beach, Calif. – As a continuing public service, E.C. Ferrer Custom House Broker, Inc. is sponsoring another half-day seminar for importers, entrepreneurs, distributors, wholesalers and retailers on Oct. 26…
