GLENDALE, Calif. — The City of Glendale joins the Filipino community in celebrating the month of October as the annual Filipino American History Month. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, the Glendale City Council passed a resolution proclaiming that Glendale “recognizes of the increasing number of Filipinos who live and work in the City, and therefore join…
LOS ANGELES — The Filipino American Service Group Inc. (FASGI) will be taking part in this weekend’s Choices Expo at the LA Convention Center, to promote its health and citizenship services to the Los Angeles community. Choices Expo is a day-long family-oriented event that aims to showcase the various choices and resources that LA families…
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Hall joined the Filipino employees of the city in celebrating the Filipino American History Month. During the city council’s regular session on Friday, Oct. 10, City Councilmembers Mitch O’Farrell (CD 13) and Joe Huizar (CD 14) led in the presentation of a resolution commemorating October as the Filipino-American…
LOS ANGELES – Kalayaan Mendoza, a Filipino-American activist who made headlines when he administered first aid to a tear gassed journalist during the August riots in Ferguson, Mo., is once again returning to action as he is set to join Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) this weekend in the front lines of protests that are expected…
Calls for more women voices in gov’t GLENDALE, Calif. — Rachel Pastor Sumagaysay Arizmendi, a Filipino-American councilwoman for the City of Sierra Madre, came out to support the candidacy of fellow Fil-Am Edith Fuentes, who has officially kicked off her campaign for a seat at the Glendale City Council on Thursday, Oct. 2. Arizmendi told…
LOS ANGELES – Advocacy groups and community leaders came together on the steps of City Hall on Friday, Oct. 3, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the signing of AB 60, a new law that would essentially provide a driver’s license to all Californians, regardless of immigration status. The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of…
LOS ANGELES – California Governor Gerry Brown recently approved Assembly Bill 2501, an act that bans the use of “gay panic” or “trans panic” defenses in court. Officially, AB 2501 amends Section 192 of the Penal Code, relating to manslaughter. In the past, the “panic” defenses were used by murder trial defendants to argue for…
Two Fil-Am youths honored for craft excellence CARSON, Calif.— The top city officials in Carson welcomed a key local government official from Nueva Ecija on Monday, Sept. 29, while honoring two other Fil-Am youths for excellence in their respective fields. Carson City Mayor Jim Dear and Mayor Pro Tem Elito Santarina gave a warm welcome…
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti warned on Monday, Sept. 29, that the city government will be ‘coming after’ LAPD and LAFD personnel who might be abusing a program that pays them tax-free salary while out on injury leave. “Watch out. We’re going to make sure that we’re coming after you,” Garcetti…
CERRITOS – Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA), a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that serves the Filipino-American community in Southern California, held a small business seminar in Cerritos on Wednesday, Sept. 24 to promote entrepreneurship. In staging the event, SIPA partnered with the City of Cerritos and three local Filipino American Chambers of Commerce: Orange…
LOS ANGELES – A Filipino marketing professional and social media expert recently launched a blog that celebrates all things Los Angeles, and promotes local brands and companies that show the diversity and color of the city. Gwen Paja is the lady behind www.thelagirl.com, a blog that ‘spills LA’s secret sauce on cool brands, hot spots…
LOS ANGELES—International passengers arriving at the Tom Bradley International Terminal can now expect to see a shorter waiting period at the customs checkpoints at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). On Wednesday, Sept. 24, LAX officials, together with LA City Mayor Eric Garcetti, unveiled 40 Automated Passport Control Kiosks, which are expected to expedite the…
Includes public urination and walking dogs w/o leashes LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council recently adopted a new program that will allow police officers to issue citations and fines for minor “quality of life” crimes. Through the pilot program — being called as Administrative Citation Enforcement — the LAPD and the Department of…
Includes public urination and walking dogs w/o leashes LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council recently adopted a new program that will allow police officers to issue citations and fines for minor “quality of life” crimes. Through the pilot program — being called as Administrative Citation Enforcement — the LAPD and the Department of…
USCIS official encourages use of vast educational resources on naturalization LOS ANGELES — In this city, Filipinos ranked third among countries with the most number of people set to become naturalized US citizens on September 17, Citizenship Day. As many as 506 Filipinos joined a total of 6,658 people from 133 different countries in taking…
GLENDALE – After failing to make it in 2013, a Filipina is once again running for a seat in the Glendale City Council in the upcoming April 2015 city elections. Edith Fuentes, 64, pointed out that in the 108-year history of Glendale, there has never been a single Asian or Filipino American elected into the…
About 98,000 families must verify lawful presence in US before Sept. 30 LOS ANGELES – About 98,000 families are being asked by Covered California to verify their lawful presence here in the United States, either as citizens, nationals, or individuals with eligible immigration status, in order for them to continue receiving health coverage under the…
ARTESIA – The City of Artesia is set to host its first ever “International Diversity Festival” on October 4, Saturday, on the city’s main thoroughfare, Pioneer Boulevard, between 183rd and 188th. According to Artesia City Mayor Tony Lima, the big event will be music, food and entertainment extravaganza. Along the stretch of Pioneer Blvd. that…
About 98,000 families must verify lawful presence in US before Sept. 30 LOS ANGELES – About 98,000 families are being asked by Covered California to verify their lawful presence here in the United States, either as citizens, nationals, or individuals with eligible immigration status, in order for them to continue receiving health coverage under the…
SAN FRANCISCO—Members of the Filipino-American community in the South of Market District in San Francisco have banded together to raise money to repatriate the remains of an undocumented Filipino immigrant who died of a heart attack in mid-August. Pio Candelaria was 54 years old at the time of his passing, and was described in a…
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilmembers Mike Bonin (CD 11) Mitch O’Farrell (CD 13) introduced a resolution on Tuesday, Sept. 9, which calls on the Federal government to halt the ban on gay men giving blood at donation drives. The American Red Cross (ARC) and the Los Angeles LGBT Center expressed support for the…
LOS ANGELES — A proposed statewide law which seeks to provide health care coverage for California’s remaining uninsured could create new fees on remittances and driver’s license applications as a way of funding an expanded Medi-Cal and an insurance marketplace for the undocumented. According to State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Huntingon Park/Long Beach), the primary author…
LOS ANGELES – Good news for frequent flyers. Getting to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) may have just become easier with the arrival of a new bus line that will shuttle passengers from Hollywood to LAX, and vice versa. On Wednesday, Sept. 3, LA city officials launched the new, low-cost FlyAway bus service that will…
LOS ANGELES – A fashion brand that uses banig, or hand-woven sleeping mats, for its fashion accessories is looking for help in recovering and rebuilding their facilities, and the lives of the Filipino weavers, embroiders, and artisans that comprise their company. When Typhoon Haiyan hit Central Philippines in 2013, a lot of families, communities, businesses and…
LOS ANGELES – A Filipino-American activist played a key role in the administration of first aid to a journalist who was caught in a cloud of tear gas while he was covering the civil unrest and mass protests that took place in Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown, an…
As part of ‘1 of 11 Million’ campaign LOS ANGELES — Pulitzer Prize-winning Filipino American journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who is arguably the most visible undocumented immigrant in America right now, has joined 10 other fellow undocumented immigrants in applying for temporary relief from deportation proceedings under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program….
Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) chief is co-creator LOS ANGELES – An e-book that helps readers learn Tagalog is now available on iTunes, and it is co-created by the executive director of a key Filipino community organization in Los Angeles. The e-book “Lana! Nasaan Ka Na? (Lana! Where Are You?)” was created by Debbie Nagata, Pilipino…
LOS ANGELES – The fraud trial against embattled car dealer Eminiano “Jun” Reodica, Jr., scheduled on Tuesday, August 19, has been moved again by the court to a later date on Nov. 4, 2014. According to court documents, Judge S. James Otero filed a Scheduling Notice on Aug. 8, 2014 to reschedule the trial three…
LOS ANGELES – Many people in the United States cannot even begin to imagine what life is like for undocumented immigrants and their families. The lack of understanding has led to negative misconceptions and stereotypes about the life of the undocumented people, and has left a pervasive stigma that the immigrant community has fought long…
LOS ANGELES – The Philippines yet again won big at the world’s stage by snatching a grandslam win by taking home the top two awards at the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA). On Friday, July 18, 11-year old Lloyd Montebon of Davao and the Xtreme Dancers duo of Raymark Alminasa (22) and Eddie Melody…
