Covering the week’s most noteworthy news stories impacting the lives of the Filipino-American community in the United States of America.
ON Saturday, October 26, Biden for President launched “AAPIs for Biden,” a national network of Asian American and Pacific Islander supporters working to rally the community around Vice President Biden’s…
FOR the first time, Los Angeles City Hall was illuminated in yellow, blue, crimson red and white to represent the Philippine flag on Friday, October 25 during a celebration for…
OVER the weekend, the Los Angeles Filipino American community gathered at Unidad Park in Historic Filipinotown to celebrate the life and legacy of Filipino leader of the West Coast labor…
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday, October 28, the launch of a new state website with tools and resources for Californians who have been impacted by wildfires and…
Brandon Lee, a Chinese-American volunteer worker and journalist who was shot by unknown gunmen in Cordillera in August, has returned home, two members of the board of supervisors of the…
The year-old Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at the University of California, Davis will be receiving $1 million in state funding to go towards expanding research on Filipino American communities….
Gov. Newsom declares State of Emergency amidst California fires With nearly 50,000 people already under evacuation orders due to the Tick Fire in Santa Clarita, California that broke out Thursday,…
CHINA’S repeated provocative actions in the South China Sea (SCS or West Philippine Sea) inhibit Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states, including the Philippines, from accessing over $2.5 trillion…
Five judges impose injunctions, delaying implementation of the new rule that would expand the definition of public charge in immigration After multiple judges halted the Trump administration’s proposed changes to…
THE U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), announced on Tuesday, October 22, a $16 million initiative to help primary care…
Fil-Am leaders in Los Angeles launch Filipino Complete Count Committee of LA County In an effort to combat an undercount of the Filipino community, Filipino American leaders in the Los…
With California being a “sanctuary state” where law enforcement officers are prohibited from assisting in federal immigration enforcement, it came as a surprise when a bill prohibiting state prisons from…
by Bernard Wolfson IF you are among the Californians who buy your own health insurance, a surprise may await you as the enrollment period for 2020 coverage opens this week….
LAS VEGAS — Four Filipino Americans have been appointed to the reestablished Clark County Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Community Commission on Wednesday, October 9. Fil-Am community leader Margie Gonzales…
Federal judges in three states have blocked the Trump administration’s controversial “public charge” rule, days before it was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday, October 15. The rule expands the…
One dead in Sylmar, multiple communities ordered to evacuate Wind-driven brush fires that began earlier this week throughout California have caused massive, power outages, freeway closures, mandatory evacuations, and at…
by Julie Appleby Vowing to protect Medicare with “every ounce of strength,” President Donald Trump last week spoke to a cheering crowd in Florida. But his executive order released shortly…
New Trump rule set to take effect Nov. 3 IN a new controversy that combines two of the hottest-button issues — immigration and healthcare — President Donald Trump on Friday,…
The Philippine Department of Justice on Wednesday, October 2, said the United States has cancelled the visa of alleged drug queen Guia Gomez-Castro. “Upon the request of the Department of…
“EASY, safe and important.” Those are three words officials want the public to remember ahead of the 2020 Census, after various groups raised concerns about confidentiality and accessibility to the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO), a joint initiative of the Philippine Embassy under the leadership of Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez, Consulates…
by Anna Almendrala SHE had been buying face cream through a friend of a friend for 12 years. This time, it was Pond’s “Rejuveness,” a version of the company’s anti-wrinkle…
The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) on Thursday, September 26, observed that several China Coast Guard vessels patrolling in the South China Sea appear to want to be seen. According…
Anti-Asian hate crimes experience a slight increase according to new hate crime report THE Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (LACCHR) released its annual tally of reported hate crimes…
by Michelle Andrews HEALTH insurance premiums and deductibles for job-based coverage edged upward in 2019, surpassing increases in both wages and inflation, according to an annual employer survey of more…
by Ana B. Ibarra In California, the action is local STATES are piling on. Michigan took the first statewide shot at vaping early this month when it announced a ban…
A FILIPINO American family is searching for their loved one who reportedly went missing on Saturday, September 14 during a layover at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Pauline “Paula”…
United States Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) over the weekend called on the Philippine government to release Senator Leila De Lima who has been imprisoned for the past two years on…
Time Out magazine highlights Filipino cuisine option in one of LA’s up-and-coming areas In the last two decades, Angelenos have lamented gentrification’s impact on the erasure of the historic local…
Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa lamented use of social media to spread misinformation and contribute to the ‘erosion of democracy’ as evidenced in recent elections, such as those…
