Overseas voting for the 2022 Philippine election begins
Eligible Filipino voters in US to receive ballots by mail ELIGIBLE Filipino voters can begin casting their ballots about a month ahead of the May 9 Philippine national elections. The…
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Not too soon to engage in Census 2030
ARTURO Vargas has been involved in census education and advocacy for over 30 years and says that after each decennial April 1—the day America takes a snapshot of its population—“it…
Fil-Am supporters flock to LA’s Historic Filipinotown for Bongbong Marcos-Sara Duterte rally
LOS ANGELES – Some 300-strong Filipino American supporters of Uniteam “Sama-samang Babangon Muli” presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (BBM) and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio are…
Bataan Death March heroes honored through memorial march
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Philippine Embassy participated in the Bataan Memorial Death March held on April 2. The Embassy contingent, led by Deputy Chief of Mission Jaime Ramon T. Ascalon, Jr.,…
Civil rights org continues bystander intervention trainings amid hate surge
To help put an end to the proliferation of anti-Asian hate and harassment, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) is offering free virtual bystander intervention trainings in the native…
Patients’ perilous months-long waiting for Medicaid coverage is a sign of what’s to come
By Bram Sable-Smith and Rachana Pradhan/Kaiser Health News Korra Elliott has tried to avoid seeing a doctor while waiting to get on Medicaid. She worries she can’t afford more bills without any insurance…
Filipino WWII veterans leader Celestino Almeda dies at 104
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…
Fil-Am Nani Coloretti makes history in Biden’s administration
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…
FDA allows second COVID boosters for 50 and older
ELIGIBLE adults can start getting a second booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine following the United States Food and Drug Administration’s authorization this week. The FDA on Tuesday, March 29…
BA.2 COVID variant now accounts for more than one third of new infections, says CDC
By Sunita Sohrabji / Ethnic Media Services THE BA.2 variant of Omicron now accounts for 35 percent of new COVID infections in the U.S., and more than 50 percent in…
Tagalog bystander trainings aim to reduce hate incidents in Fil-Am community
TO help put an end to the proliferation of anti-Asian hate and harassment, the Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-Los Angeles), in partnership with Hollaback!, is holding a series…
Can K-6 grade children safely return to school without masks?
By Sunita Sohrabji/Ethnic Media Services CHILDREN ages 5-11 have one of the lowest vaccination rates of any group but are now returning to elementary schools which have no masking requirements…
First of its kind, a new digital bank caters to the financial needs of growing Filipino American population in US
FILIPINO Americans can now sign up for the first-ever digital bank built with their cross-border financial responsibilities in mind. BayaniPay has tied up with California-based East West Bank to launch…
Pfizer seeking authorization for second COVID booster for adults 65 and older
OLDER people may soon be able to get a fourth COVID booster after it was announced that Pfizer and its partner, BioNTech, plan to ask the United States Food and…
Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliates continue in-language bystander intervention training for Asian American community nationwide
THE Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliates in Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, DC continue to offer virtual “Bystander Intervention Training – Stop Anti-Asian and Asian American and Xenophobic Harassment” in 2022 and…
US travel mask mandate extended to April 18
TSA extends the mandate as the CDC reviews new approach to travel protocol THIS week, days before the masks on transportation requirement was set to expire, U.S. officials extended the…
‘We need greater investment in our community’: Asian American women reflect on anti-Asian racism one year after Atlanta massacre
LAST year, when anti-Asian violence and hate spiked exponentially due to the coronavirus pandemic, the heartbroken Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community continued demanding justice for these senseless attacks,…
New Filipina co-founded software aims to stymie human trafficking at the source
Filipina co-founder of the new initiative hopes to reduce the number of trafficking victims, especially those of Filipino descent IN a digital world where scamming has essentially become institutionalized, the…
Filipino Veterans Education Program now accessible online
With the completion of a full online interactive educational program, educators are now able to access, free of charge, resources that bring to life the story of U.S. colonization and…
Consulate General encourages Filipinos, Fil-Ams to vote in 2022 PH elections
SAN FRANCISCO – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco informs Filipinos and Filipino Americans under its consular jurisdiction that the overseas voting period for the 2022 Philippine national elections…
COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates for children spike alarmingly
MORE than 12.3 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 and represent 1.5 percent of all hospitalizations from the virus in some states, and an increasing number of deaths, according…
Why millions on Medicaid are at risk of losing coverage in the months ahead
By Rachana Pradhan/Kaiser Health News The Biden administration and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of people losing their Medicaid benefits when the pandemic health emergency ends….
VP Harris swears in members of President’s Commission on AANHPIs
UNITED States President Kamala Harris and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on Thursday, Feb. 3 swore in 23 members, including 3 Filipina American community leaders, of President Joe Biden’s…
It’s day 6 of COVID and a rapid antigen test comes back positive – stay home, say virologists
By Rae Ellen Bichell WHAT does it mean if a person’s rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due to COVID-19? According to the experts,…
CDC warns against travel to PH for ‘very high level’ of COVID-19
THE United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning individuals against traveling to the Philippines, citing the “very high level” of COVID-19 in the country. The CDC…
Tax season is open! Here’s how to get your refund quickly
TAX season officially opened Jan. 24, but early birds will have to wait for refunds until March, as the Internal Revenue Service is barred from issuing payments before Feb. 15….
Moderna vaccine receives full FDA authorization
Full FDA authorization allows for more physician flexibility when prescribing the vaccine Nearly two years after the earth-shattering coronavirus pandemic began, the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has become the second major…
Biden appoints Fil-Am community leader to regional role at Small Business Administration
PRESIDENT Joe Biden this week appointed a Filipina American community leader to a key regional leadership role at the United States Small Business Administration (SBA). Geri Sanchez Aglipay was named…
From pandemic to endemic: Will we ever be there?
Even as COVID-19 hospitalization rates surge in some parts of the U.S., many public health experts are advising a shift from thinking of the crisis as a pandemic to an…
Biden, Harris enter second year with mixed public opinion, lukewarm social progress
White House AANHPI representatives celebrate diversity despite low approval ratings for current admin ONE year ago, on Jan. 20, 2021, when President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala D….
