concerns

President Duterte’s top socioeconomic planning official is in New York, and he says international worries over the Philippine economy under the Duterte administration are exaggerated. Don Tagala tells us more.  ...Read More

LOS ANGELES – The city’s top lawyer took time to visit the Filipino community and hear their concerns. Steve Angeles tells us how Filipinos are using these chances to meet with elected officials to build a...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – It was a friendly crowd that greeted President Benigno Aquino III at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council forum. The congenial relationship goes way back. Aquino’s father, the late Senator Benigno Aquino...

NEW YORK – When it comes to the Basic Law on Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Mindanao, the BBL remains a hot button issue for some Filipino Americans in the Big Apple. NY Filipino community leader Sonny Lerum...

By Connie Macatula Delon, ABS-CBN North America Bureau CAROL STREAM, Ill. – The measles outbreak in America worsens with 19 more confirmed cases in the last week. That brings the total number of measles cases to...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 7, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A Spanish nurse assistant has become the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside Africa. She helped care for two...