Covering the week’s most noteworthy feature stories impacting the Filipino-American and Global Filipino community.
UNITED States-based graduates of Olongapo City National High School (OCNHS) celebrated their 50th Reunion in San Diego on September 9-12, 2022. Over 60 classmates who live in the U.S. from California, Idaho,…
By Ambassador Babe Romualdez Arriving on presidential flight PR001 from Manila to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, we were extremely honored to welcome President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his official…
My wife Gigi always causes eyebrows to rise whenever she gives her date of birth. 9-11. For years that date was celebrated (or cursed) as the birthday of President Ferdinand…
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…
“We Filipinos have always found it easier to die for our country than live for it. In times of peace and civil order, we seem to fritter away in bickering….
By Adam Laxalt, Candidate for U.S. Senate As we get closer to November, Nevada’s AAPI families are wondering if they can make ends meet, send their kids to a good…
By Angelyn Tabalba AS Chair of the AAPI Democratic Caucus in Las Vegas and an active AAPI community leader in Nevada, I have dedicated much of my time to improving the…
By: Dr. Dali Fan, UC Davis Health Getting vaccinated provides best defense to staying safer and keeping life expectancy higher Life expectancy has dropped for all Californians during the pandemic,…
Editor’s note: Once a year, an essay competition is held at Cal State University, Northridge, amongst Asian American Studies and Education majors, as part of an endowment set up by the columnist, Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz, for…
THIS year’s celebration of Independence Day felt like there was a dark cloud hovering above the 7,100 beautiful islands of our beloved Philippines. Where there should be pride and joy…
THE philosophical question is again being made the center of the ongoing debate involving our rights and liberties in America. This comes amid the escalating number of mass shootings and…
LIVING in California, in good economic times, is an expensive endeavor. But, with rapid inflation and runaway home prices, the state is quickly becoming unaffordable for all but those at…
You could rant and rave endlessly over the return to power of the Marcos family and refuse to accept their victory – questionable in many aspects as it was. Or…
By Gus Mercado June 12, 1898 marks a most important milestone in the history of the Philippines as the day the Republic was born. Every year since then, Filipinos all…
PENDING the decision of an enlightened Philippine Supreme Court (SC) on petitions to disqualify/cancel the candidacy of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, then we Filipinos should fasten our seatbelts. If the…
By Angelyn Tabalba, President, AAPI Democratic Caucus of Southern Nevada It has been a long two years for Southern Nevada. While COVID-19 relentlessly afflicted our communities, we saw our biggest…
HOW could an 18-year-old boy, who is not even of legal age to drink alcohol, be able to purchase a military-style assault weapon, storm into an elementary school in Uvalde,…
“VOX POPULI, VOX DEI.” The voice of the people is the voice of God. This is what supporters of Bongbong Marcos would argue in light of street protests, questions and…
THE May 9, 2022 Philippine election isn’t over. The son of the dictator who wants to be president — allegedly using lies, deceit, troll farms, disinformation, hakot, vote buying, and…
By Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada As one of the fastest growing communities in Nevada, Asian American Pacific Islanders are an essential part of our state and enrich our…
IF we think that the U.S. and Philippine elections were the worst times we as citizens of both countries would have to endure, the lowest pit our people could find…
THE much-awaited May 9 elections in the Philippines have left many kababayans with more questions than answers following the overwhelming lead of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and running mate Sara Duterte…
THE New York Times reported: “Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of an exiled dictator, is set to win a sweeping presidential victory in the Philippines. Marcos had more than double…
I was on my Camino de Santiago pilgrimage around September 21, 2021 when I was shocked to read so many people posting comments on social media disputing the commemoration of…
“TROLLS? Show me one, they don’t exist,” Bongbong Marcos repeatedly claims. Well, he is lying and here is very solid concrete evidence that you can see with your own eyes….
WE, the Filipino people, have been clamoring for change and an honest government to clean up the corruption-infested Philippine government to make it really work to help uplift the lives…
By Christine Chen, executive director of Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) Misinformation and disinformation are one of the great challenges facing Asian American and Pacific Islander communities today….
THE enlightenment, zeal. commitment, and sense of volunteerism of the Filipino people have turned the tide in favor of candidates Vice President Leni Robredo for President and and Senator Kiko…
SATURDAY, April 23 is the birthday of Maria Leonor Gerona Robredo, our vice president and the presidential candidate who I hope we will deserve as the 17th president of the…
Across the state of Nevada, Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) families are working hard to pay their bills, make an earnest living, and send their children off to college. From…
