UC Berkeley Filipino American students and faculty, along with members of the school’s student government leaders and other community supporters, held a protest action on Thursday, October 28 to rally against an exhibit in the campus’ Doe Library. The small exhibit in question was part of the South/Southeast Asia Library 50th Anniversary Exhibit that featured the…
55 APIA students set to receive $500,000 total in scholarships to help advance their academic journeys CHICAGO – A student inventor, a formerly homeless nursing major, and an aspiring teacher, can put more focus on their dreams and less on how to pay tuition this school year. On Monday, November 8, McDonald’s USA in partnership…
For a 4th year in a row our local Massage Envy Las Vegas/Henderson locations partnered with US Vets Las Vegas to support our Veterans in honor of Veteran’s Day. For the entire month of October, Massage Envy’s 13 participating locations collected self-care items for our veterans. Massage Envy members and guest donated face shields, mask,…
Continuing his efforts to take meaningful steps to address the changing climate, Mayor Todd Gloria signed onto a joint declaration and announced on Thursday, Nov. 11 at COP26 for governments, businesses and other organizations to collectively accelerate the transition to zero emissions vehicles (ZEVs) and achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement to transition all new vehicles by…
Governor Phil Murphy signed A-5737/S-3763 into law on Monday, Nov. 8 establishing the Asian American Pacific Islander Commission within the Department of State. The commission is charged with developing policies to address the social and economic needs of the growing Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in New Jersey. Under this new law, the commission…
CHALK up another win for the Philippines in the world of pageantry! On the heels of Cinderella Faye Obeñita’s win at the Miss Intercontinental 2021 in Egypt, fellow Binibining Pilipinas beauty Maureen Montagne was adjudged Miss Globe 2021 last Friday, November 5 in Albania. A 28-year-old Batangueña beauty, Maureen bested over 40 candidates for the…
AROUND 30 million Filipinos are now fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. As of Wednesday, November 10, a total of 30,108,097 Filipinos have received a second dose of the vaccine or completed the single-dose regimen manufactured by American drugmaker Johnson & Johnson. Meanwhile, 35,656,279 individuals have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, the latest figures…
MY grandson Colin, 11, finally got his first COVID-19 vaccine last Thursday, November 4, after eagerly waiting for months “because someone ahead of him had opted out,” his mother, my youngest daughter, Emily, an ophthalmologist in Iowa, texted to me. I would think all parents would be very eager to have their children vaccinated soonest…
GOV. Phil Murphy eked out a win last week, beating his Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli by a close margin. As such, Murphy made history by becoming the first Democrat governor in New Jersey since 1977 to win a second term. New Jersey is home to the third-largest percentage of Asian American and Pacific Islander residents…
THE mandatory use of face shields in closed spaces and crowded areas will remain until the pandemic task force makes its final decision on the matter, according to Malacañang. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, November 8, urged local government units (LGUs) to wait before issuing ordinances since the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management…
THE Philippines’ reopening to international tourists is currently being studied by the national government, according to Malacañang. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday, November 9, pointed out that the country only closed its borders to foreign tourists, never to arriving Filipinos from other countries. “Hindi po natin kahit kailan pinigilan ang pag-uwi ng mga kapwa…
FILIPINA American Logistx is the first B-Girl from the United States to be crowned champion at the 2021 Red Bull BC One World Final. The breaking tournament invited 16 B-Girls and B-Boys to compete at the world final on Saturday, November 6, at Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland. Logistx dominated in the B-Girl event, defeating…
Divorcing couples with children sometimes worry about who is going to pay for their children’s college education after the divorce once their children graduates high school. They want a guarantee that their soon to be ex-spouse will share in the college expenses of their children. This is specially the case when the other spouse has…
Ending the month of October 2021, the Southern California housing market continued to appreciate in comparison to the prior year (Oct 2020)*. Los Angeles County showed an increase of 6.7% with a median sales price of $880,000 and an average sales price of $1,315,782 (+11.6%) for single-family homes. Orange County had an increase of 12.4%…
March 16, 1521 is one date that is known by students of Philippine history, as it’s the date when Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese national but worked as a mercenary of Spain, “discovered” the Philippines that put the country onto the map of the world powers (Spain and Portugal) then. Due to this discovery, Filipinos could…
AFTER a better than expected jobs report and lower unemployment rate (4.6%) last Friday, November 5 — coupled with a very encouraging news about the continuing rise of vaccination rates in the United States (now at 77% as of mid-October) — we now have more reasons to be thankful for and look forward to. A…
(Continued from last week …) Half a lifetime later and half a world away, I have forgotten much about the murdered American soldier. Buried in the mists of time, his story would have remained shelved, tucked away in my memory banks and promptly forgotten until I came across an account of that incident long ago…
LOS Angeles is now requiring patrons of indoor establishments such as restaurants, coffee shops, movie theaters, gyms, and salons to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19. The city’s new vaccine proof mandate took effect on Monday, November 8, but it won’t be fully enforced until Nov. 29. Called the SafePassLA ordinance, it is one…
It’s the “civil rights issue of our time,” voting rights advocates say, but three different proposals to strengthen and create nationwide standards on voting are all stalled in Congress. “Democracy is facing challenges unlike any we have seen in modern time,” said Wade Henderson, CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, at…
FILIPINA American Arleen Rojas continues to lead the pack of candidates for a city council seat in Carson, California. The Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office released the semi-official results for the local and municipal elections in the county on Tuesday, November 2, which included measures in Inglewood, Commerce, and Alhambra and local offices in Carson….
After many letters to the city and a successful plea to the media spearheaded by neighbor Leticia Ruiz, the potential health hazard is finally getting under control FOR years, a Filipina resident of Los Angeles has lived next door to a hoarder whose accumulation of items and trash has become a health hazard for the…
The city’s mandate expands on Los Angeles County’s separate vaccine mandate, which was enforced on Thursday, Nov. 4 STARTING on Monday, Nov. 8, anyone visiting most public businesses in the city of Los Angeles will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter, per a new city ordinance….
COVID-19 restrictions in Metro Manila have relaxed after Malacañang downgraded the country’s capital region to Alert Level 2 starting November 5. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday, Nov. 4, announced that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved the de-escalation of the National Capital Region to Alert Level 2. “This shall take effect beginning tomorrow, November…
“MAKE no mistake: An effective plan to beat the virus is the ultimate answer to how we get our economy back on track. So we should stop thinking of the health and economic responses as separate.” This was the prophetic message of then-Presidential candidate Joe Biden to the American people on April 12, 2020 as…
“Correct leadership is not a divine right, but a duty of service. We are known as Christians by our service. We have to remember our roles as servant leaders… to remember that the waters of truth are soft and gentle. It does not agitate, it does not incite, it does not flatter.” – Fr. John…
