domestic abuse

MAUI, HI — Last Friday, Maui became the first county in the U.S. to pass the first legislation that commits to a feminist economic recovery plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “The plan calls for putting women...

VANCOUVER — Domestic violence calls to the 24-hour crisis lines of the Battered Women’s Support Services in Vancouver have increased by up to 300 percent since March. Battered Women’s Support Services said the COVID-19 quarantine has...

NEW YORK — Filipina soprano Stefanie Quintin plays the title role of “Mila,” in an original chamber opera that takes the audience inside a Hong Kong family’s home — where the unseen struggles of an abused Filipina...

LOS ANGELES — If these walls can talk, this particular painting, done by a Filipina artist, has a story to tell. The bright colors on this canvas represent the darkest days of 59-year-old domestic worker Terry Vilasenor....

RICHMOND, VA — In a seemingly simple and quick acknowledgment, this was the moment at the Virginia House of Delegates that carried a volume of significance. 39-year-old Bellamy Gamboa, who was a victim of domestic violence, was...

WASHINGTON DC — Jackielyn Belangel Brewster was only 32 years old and a mother of two young boys. Bellamy Gamboa was only 39 and had four children. Lives both ended tragically from violence. Police said, killed her...

HILO, HAWAII —  Slow moving molten lava is not what scares some women on the Big Island — but another kind of threat that they are trying to survive. Rose Bautista says the number of domestic violence...

LAS VEGAS — As October marks domestic violence month, the Vegas Metro Police Department remembers victims whose lives were cut short by domestic violence. Names of domestic violence victims are posted on this plaque that will be...

TORRANCE, CA — It’s been two months since the video of nurse Thelma Manalastas allegedly abusing her 2-year-old patient was released. She appeared in court on Monday morning for her arraignment. Manalastas pled not guilty to a pair...

by Cheryl Piccio, ABS-CBN News HOUSTON, TX — It’s that time again for parents and children to start preparing for another school year. And some kababayans recently took part in a program that makes sure struggling families...