Covering the week’s most noteworthy life & style news stories impacting the Filipino-American and Global Filipino community.
SAN FRANCISCO – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco’s Sentro Rizal on August 3, 2022 welcomed 42 young Filipino Americans who were taking part in the 9th Cultural Immersion…
SAN FRANCISCO – Consul General Neil Ferrer led the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco in touring the exhibits of the late Filipino American artist Carlos Villa at the Asian…
THE Polio virus was detected in the sewage system in New York City, a discovery that signals this dangerous virus has been spreading locally. Poliomyelitis (Polio) is a contagious, disabling,…
COVID vaccines and boosters have reduced the threat of COVID, allowing many people to gather, travel, and celebrate with more peace of mind. Vaccines and boosters provide the best protection…
What’s your game plan when you retire? The timing can be one of 3 ways: you yourself planned when it will happen; the government said it’s time you did; or…
OVER the past week, Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 metrics improved enough to move the county back to the medium level. The level is based on the Centers for Disease Control…
NONE of us wants conflict. On the contrary, we all want to live in peace and harmony. But the reality is that we will always live with conflict. There will…
THE World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) also known as the only World Talent Olympics celebrated its 25th year anniversary last July 22 to 30, 2022 in Anaheim, California. Team…
MULTI-AWARDED actress Cherie Gil, Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann in real life, passed away on Friday, August 5 after battling endometrial cancer. She was 59. In an Instagram post, her son,…
SoCal’s longest-running Filipino American tradition takes place September 3 at Levitt Pavilion, MacArthur Park LA LOS ANGELES, CA – FilAm ARTS (The Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts…
CARE to dance? Most people have rhythm embedded in their DNA. Music moves them emotionally and physically. Music is a powerful gravity-defying force that can speak to the soul. Watch…
THE Filipino American Symphony Orchestra (FASO) presents CELEBRATION! featuring the music of Filipino singer and composer Jose Mari Chan and internationally recognized Filipino and classical suites. This concert is the…
Comprehensive Community Health Centers (CCHC) in partnership with LA Care, Health Net, Valley Presbyterian Hospital and Blue Shield of California invites members of the multicultural community to CCHC National Health…
ON July 30, 2022, at the legendary Bella Vista Polo Ranch in Santa Barbara, “Celebrating Life” (www.celebratinglife.la) had its extravagant debut with a flamboyant event, international guests and media. The…
NEW York City Mayor Eric Adams issued an emergency executive order on Monday, August 1 declaring a local state of emergency due to the monkeypox outbreak. As of August 3,…
THE past two pandemic years were not particularly focused on flying or fashion events. However, given how well the Philippines’ tourism and fashion industries are currently doing and how they…
LOS Angeles County has dropped the plan to reissue the universal mask mandate as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have decreased over the last week, LA County Public Health said on…
THE heatwave is on, and the summer of 2022 is turning out to be quite a scorcher. For the past week or so, the temperature has been steady, hovering above…
THE 45th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF45) is back as a hybrid festival, both in-person at Asia Society and streaming online globally, and runs from August 3-13, 2022. This…
Oliver Tolentino received a great honor this week when the organizers of Vienna Fashion Week announced the invitation for the fashion designer to present at MQ VIENNA FASHION WEEK.22 (MQVFW.22)…
A Street Food Showcase, free concerts by Original Pilipino Music (OPM) legends, and a fashion show by innovative Filipino couturiers are just some of the expected highlights of Fiesta In…
PHILIPPINE silver screen’s happily married couple and Kapuso Channel 7 Primetime King and Queen Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera, who were married on December 30, 2014, heads the roster of…
COVID still kills As of 10:28 AM (EST), Tuesday, July 26, 2022, the total global COVID-19 cases stood at 576,333,448 and 6,405,539 deaths. The numbers for the U.S. were at…
There are no shortcuts in arriving at a decision to live a simple life. Sometimes, one has to go through a personal hell experiencing an inner fatigue and helplessness over…
One day while I was celebrating a weekday Mass, I asked myself, “If a time comes when there will only be one or two people attending Mass regularly, should I…
PINOY pop (P-pop) group SB19 made it to the all-time favorite boy bands list compiled by Teen Vogue that came out this month. In the article written by De Elizabeth…
Clark, Pampanga — As part of her nationwide listening tours, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco travelled to Clark, Pampanga on Thursday, July 21 to engage in back-to-back dialogues with all…
DOT celebrates back-to-back accolades for PH destinations THE Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) applauded the naming of the country’s three island destinations among “The 25 Best Islands in the World”…
Eighty percent of things don’t matter; twenty percent do. That is essentially the Pareto Principle. Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian sociologist in the late nineteenth century, introduced the concept of the…
Awards include two Four Diamond distinctions and two Best of nods THE hit parade keeps rolling for Pechanga Resort Casino as it adds two new AAA Four Diamond Awards for…
