The famous Jollibee Chicken Joy finds another home in the United States, this time just outside Dallas, Texas. The famous Filipino fast food giant served over 2,000 customers on its opening day....Read More

Gina Ortiz Jones, the Fil-Am Democrat who came close to making history in the 2018 midterm election with her bid in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, is at it again. She tells Balitang America that her top...

HOUSTON, TEXAS — The Lone Star State has emerged as one of the epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an upwards of 6,000 new cases every day. Local hospitals are reaching max capacity. “The hospitals right...

HOUSTON, TX — This week, Texas began reopening for business. Despite no drop in confirmed COVID-19 cases, Gov. Greg Abbot’s executive order is now in effect — allowing some facilities and businesses to reopen and expand...

(Cover photo: Wesley Weaver and his brother Coby Weaver of Dallas join protesters demanding an end to the state’s extended stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of coronavirus at the Capitol building in Austin, Texas on...

HOUSTON, TX — About 7.5 million small businesses will close shop permanently if the COVID-19 pandemic persists, according to a new survey by Main Street America. In Houston, the crisis has clearly taken a toll on...

HOUSTON, TX — Amid the coronavirus pandemic, health care workers are not only fighting to save their patients, but to also make sure they have enough personal protective equipment, or PPE’s. Hospitals, overwhelmed by the surge...

HOUSTON, TX — Even in death, she did what she always loved to do: serving her community. For her loved-ones, Ofelia, or “Ping,” a retired Houston Fil-Am nurse was one of a kind. She touched so...

HOUSTON, TX — Fil-Am Gina Ortiz Jones is one step closer to making history — three times over — as the first lesbian, first Filipina American and first Iraq war veteran to represent Texas in Congress....

Quezon’s Game is the extraordinary true story of how former Philippine President Manuel Quezon, played by Raymond Bagatsing, risked everything to rescue more than 1,200 Jews from the Nazi regime. The film received a Texas-sized welcome...