Fil-Am community

Chicago begins the enforcement of a new stay-at-home advisory in light of rising COVID-19 cases in the city. A Fil-Am frontliner says she understands the need to double their efforts to contain the virus’s spread. Connie...

When ABS-CBN News spoke to President-elect Joe Biden back in 2019 during the Democratic primary campaign, the political veteran made a promise to listen to the needs of the Fil-Am community. Bev Llorente looks back at...

The bayanihan spirit came alive as Filipinos from different organizations reached out to hurricane victims. Meanwhile 90 percent of power has been restored as an estimated $29 million of damage has been reported in Escambia and...

About one million acres have been burned with more than 1,000 homes destroyed. Over 40,000 residents had to evacuate their homes and about five hundred thousand people were under some level of evacuation order due to...

In Southern California, as fires in the Angeles National forest continue to burn, some residents are now on high alert. Steve Angeles has the last on the Bobcat Fire....Read More

DALY CITY, CA — Over 2,000 meals were given out for the second annual Fil-Am community feed in honor of Father’s Day. People were given family-sized meals which included barbeque chicken, rice, Filipino spaghetti, and Biko....

SEATTLE, WA — After several days of tense, violent protests around the Seattle PD’s east precinct building, Mayor Jenny Durkan made the decision to pull out the barricades and officers defending the precinct. Shortly after, thousands...

LOS ANGELES — An embattled Filipino-American community leader has stepped down from his post as public workers commissioner for the city. Joel Jacinto‘s lawyers said he voluntarily stepped down from his post to take away distraction from...

LAS VEGAS — For decades, the Philippines was the breeding ground of trained nurses for the United States. Today, the nation has become the number one source for foreign-skilled teachers for Clark County. Grappling with the teacher shortage...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — This is a picture of the Gran Oriente Filipino Masonic Fraternity at the Whitcomb Hotel in 1924. It was found among possessions left behind by a tenant who moved out of their room...