A voice to be heard: Why the AAPI vote matters
With less than 100 days until Election Day, Nevada voters will soon be asked to make an incredibly important decision: determining who will be our nation’s next president. That decision…
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Working together for our nation’s economy
Not only did August’s jobs report reveal that the American economy added 255,000 jobs in July, it marked an even more important milestone for our country’s economy. Our job growth…
Kababayans comment on Duterte’s controversial and bloody war on drugs
EVEN U.S. President Barack Obama has raised concern about the recent statements of Philippine Pres. Rodrigo Duterte and his war on drugs, which has already claimed the lives of more…
Duterte-isms
ANYONE with a relatively good grasp of current events can tell you who said this: “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for…
POLL: A big majority of Filipinos in America support Duterte’s controversial war on drugs
“YOU can’t stop me,” declared Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, despite the criticism from international organizations like the United Nations and the Human Rights Watch, as well as by major international…
Human Rights Watch: Killings in Duterte’s War on Drugs a National Emergency
INTERNATIONAL organizations like the United Nations (UN) and Human Rights Watch(HRW) did not mince words in their concerns about how Philippine Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is governing the country, specifically on…
Duterte’s eulogy for Marcos
WILL it be a test of will between President Rodrigo Duterte and those who protest the burial of the remains of President Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani?…
Fil-Am vets vs Marcos: ‘What makes a man a Hero?’
IN a recent The Filipino Channel “Balitang America” viewers’ poll, a majority (55 percent) of those who voted say they agree with President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to allow the interment…
Why the South China Sea could be the key to winning in swing states
QUICK, what do Vietnamese and Filipino Americans have in common? If you said that both communities hail from Southeast Asia, you’d be right. But the commonalities don’t stop there. Both…
A majority of Filipinos in America agree with Marcos’s burial in the Libingan ng mga Bayani
MUST a Filipino be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani just because he was a president and/or a soldier? Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte believes so, contending that this is…
Fil-Am Republicans defend Donald Trump on his plan to ban immigration of Filipinos to America
SOME U.S. politicians have spoken up in support of Filipinos against Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump’s plan to temporarily ban immigration from what he called “terrorist nations” to keep America…
Do you support Donald Trump’s plan to ban immigration from the Philippines?
DONALD Trump has declared before that should he be elected President of the United States, he would ban immigration from countries identified to be a hub of terrorists so he…
Motivation
ONE can win races and break world records, but an Olympic medal is still the highest feat an athlete can accomplish. To conquer the Olympics is every athlete’s dream. On…
A majority of Fil-Ams think Trump should apologize for slamming family of fallen Muslim American soldier
Did Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump go too far when he defamed the parents of a Muslim American hero who was killed in the line of duty in Baghdad in…
To win, Hillary should speak a little Tagalog
IF all politics is local, then candidate Hillary Clinton may very well need to speak a little Korean and Tagalog in order to win the 2016 presidential election. Why? In…
An open letter to President Rodrigo Duterte
Many years ago, in May of 1986, our family — my husband and three children — decided to leave our country when weexperienced too much chaos and violence after the…
Could this be the beginning of the end of Trump’s sprint to the White House?
Donald Trump’s millions of loyal ardent followers, many of whom are Filipinos in America, would even question the title of this piece as they believe in their hearts that he…
Turnaround
AMID President Rodrigo Duterte’s intensified campaign against illegal drugs, the Philippine National Police (PNP) proudly reported that the country has also seen a downward trend in crime in the first…
Trying to appreciate the SONA
I went through the transcript of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte with a sincere desire to experience the emotional impact that it had on Communications…
100 days to the November 8 election: Clinton vs Trump
IT is official! It will be Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton vs Republican nominee Donald Trump in the final stretch of the race to the White House after both were officially…
Winning the South China Sea battle
More than two weeks have elapsed since the international tribunal from the Hague unanimously decided in favor of the Philippines in the South China sea dispute with China. Much credit for the Philippine victory…
Post-convention goal: How to unite the parties after a contentious primary election
The fierce and contentious debates, criticisms and attacks among candidates of both parties and their supporters in the age of a 24/7 news and social media cycle present a very…
Reclaiming Spratlys won’t happen in our lifetime
LAST July 12 my wife and I joined a demonstration outside the Chinese consulate in San Francisco to add to the loud voices demanding that China vacate the areas in…
POLL RESULT: Many Fil-Ams disagree with the Supreme Court decision to set Arroyo free for plunder charges
AFTER being on hospital arrest for almost four years, former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has been released, after the Supreme Court (SC) of the Philippines ruled that there is…
The Hague ruling: PH cannot rely on US backing
HOWEVER the United States tries to goad China into accepting the ruling of the United Nation’s Permanent Court of Arbitration, in The Hague, what is certain is that the Philippines…
Ensuring an affordable health care
Since President Johnson signed them into law on July 30, 1965, Medicare and Medicaid have helped millions of people receive necessary health care services. These programs are some of the…
Race and law enforcement: A new escalation
The killing of Dallas police officers by sniper fire marks a new escalation of race wars here in America and signals a higher level of frustration with the unabated killing…