Fil-Am leaders

LAS VEGAS — Inspiring Filipinos who make a difference in their respective communities, these are this year’s DZMM Global Pinoy Idols of North America. They were recently honored at the international theater at Westgate Las Vegas...

NEW YORK — Regina Manzana-Sawhney, co-founder of the Filipino Google Network, was honored at the “Make Your Mark” dinner fundraiser by the Advancement for Rural Kids, ARK. Manzana-Sawhney co-founded the Filipino Google Network after learning that...

It took 150 years, but a Filipino American police officer has now risen to the rank of LAPD commander. New Jersey-born Donald Mendoza Graham, moved to Los Angeles as a teenager to consider the entertainment industry....

DALY CITY — The Daly City Council honored the legacies of Alice Pena Bulos and Erlinda Tiongco Galeon, two Filipina Americans who spent their lives working to empower the Filipino community in the community through political...

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) said they are proud to have a long history of shared values with the Asian American Pacific Islander, or AAPI, community. And they’re hoping these strong ties would grow with the...

SANTA CLARA, CA — After years of reporting throughout the West Coast, Fil-Am Azenith Smith is home in the South Bay reporting for KTVU Fox News. Smith actually got her start with Balitang America. Now, she is...

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...

BALTIMORE, MD – Violence erupted in Baltimore as protesters clashed with police right after the funeral for Freddie Gray who died of a spinal injury, a week after Baltimore authorities took him into custody. Baltimore is...

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Aug. 14, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC – In a last ditch effort to convince the Department of Homeland Security to grant hundreds of thousands of Filipino nationals in the U.S....