Featuring the most noteworthy people impacting, inspiring, and empowering the Filipino-American and Global Filipino community.
CALIFORNIA Attorney General Rob Bonta is advancing to the general election in November after being the top vote-getter in the state’s primary on Tuesday, June 7. Bonta, who was appointed…
FEDERICO Z. Munoz Sr. joined his creator on Ascension Day, May 29, 2022 at sundown surrounded by his immediate family. He was 95. Federico was born on March 21, 1927…
LOS ANGELES – Tina Shih, a noted image consultant and model coach in Southern California and China, has recently re-branded her “Tina Modeling – House of Etiquette” modeling academy into…
Ron Rivera “Riverboat Ron,” football head coach for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League, learned the values of hard work and family from his ancestor. His grandfather on his…
Genette Mujar, a Vancouver-based fashion designer of Filipino descent, is a former caregiver turned fast-rising designer in Canada. Genette, who hails from Albay in the Philippines, is the owner and…
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly changed the way businesses work. With the virus limiting social interaction, corporations across the globe were forced to close their offices and send their workers…
SCE celebrates community and business partners during Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. By Shulie Tornel Patty Rhee’s parents stopped checking her grades when she started high school, which is…
THE Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) held its Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month event last week and Tony-nominated and Grammy-winning performer Eva Noblezada. The Filipino-Mexican Noblezada…
GLENDALE — Fatima Bustos-Choy, Ph.D., knows what it is like to deny her own inner voice. After all, it took her 20 years to write her new book on that…
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…
UNITED States Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced Thursday, May 19 that a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be named USS Telesforo Trinidad (DDG 139), honoring the…
Performances are welcoming back live audiences and the national tour of “Hadestown” is not to be missed. Stopping at the Ahmanson Theatre, the Los Angeles engagement of the Tony Award-winning…
July 3, 1964 – May 5, 2022 Atty. Regina Ongsiako Reyes-Mandanas joined her Creator on May 5, 2022 after a brief illness. She was 57. Her wake will be held…
Born October 13, 1938 Died April 23, 2022 Beloved Husband and Father “Man for All Seasons”. Attorney, Psychologist, Business Baron, Leader, Teacher, Philanthropist, Magician, Entertainer, Golf Champion, Chess Champion… Legend….
ALIGNING with Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), the Asian Pacific Islander (API) advocacy group Gold House released its yearly “A100” list, which honors the most impactful APIs in the…
FILIPINA American public service veteran Susana Reyes has a new title: commissioner of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works. Reyes, previously the vice president of the city’s Board of…
FIL-AM community leader Steven Raga announced his historic candidacy for Assembly District 30 from Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights on Saturday, April 23. “I am so excited and pumped up…
ONCE again, the fashion industry took center stage during LA Fashion Week. The season opened with a spectacular explosion of vibrant colors of Fall and Winter collection by runway visionary…
The U.S. Census Bureau announced the appointment of Ditas Katague as associate director of communications, responsible for leading internal and external communications activities of the nation’s largest statistical agency. This…
LOS Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has nominated Susana Reyes, a long-time public servant and community leader, to the city’s Board of Public Works. Reyes, who is Filipina American, is the…
“REAL hard work, perseverance, and focus.” Those are three of the main ingredients that helped Mango King Justin Uy in life. In an interview with the Asian Journal, Uy recalled…
THE diversity of designs in the Filipino community is unparalleled, and what makes them even more unique is each artist’s subtle homage to their culture. Get to know three…
AFTER a momentous win in the U.S. NCAA men’s basketball championship, University of Kansas guard Remy Martin proudly put his Filipino heritage on display in a new Instagram post. The…
Between Rodrigo, Mars, H.E.R. and Saweetie, the 64th Grammys were quite possibly the most Filipino Grammy awards NO matter what part of the world they’re from, Filipinos everywhere know the…
Celestino Gonzales Almeda, a prominent leader of the Filipino World War II veterans’ fight for U.S. government recognition, died at 104 on March 27 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Almeda, born on…
Dr. Robyn Rodriguez, who has more than two decades of experience as a professor at UC Davis, is taking her expertise into the world of entrepreneurship The world of academia…
Nani Coloretti is now the highest ranking Filipino American in the Biden Administration as the U.S. Senate voted Tuesday, March 29 to confirm her nomination as deputy director of the Office…
ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA MEETS WITH FIL-AM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The Fil Am Chamber of Commerce of Greater Los Angeles held its Horizon 2022 Gala Cruise aboard FantaSea One Yacht…
SAN FRANCISCO – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco celebrated National Women’s Month in the Philippines and Women’s History Month in the United States with an online roundtable discussion…
MEET Martha Millan, a Filipino actress who recently made a splash in the barrier-breaking and history-setting Fox series “The Cleaning Lady” as Fiona de la Rosa, an undocumented immigrant in…
