Filipina

CANADA – A Filipino temporary foreign worker who was paralyzed in a car crash now faces deportation. She’s making an emotional plea to the government to let her stay in the country. Marjorie Carmona Newman reports.  ...Read More

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Authorities in Anchorage, Alaska are asking the community to help look for a 14-year-old Filipina who was last seen on Thursday Jan. 15. Janessa Rodrigo-Legarda was reportedly last seen that afternoon at...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – It was a tragic New Year’s Eve for an elderly Filipino couple in El Cajon, Calif. Police say Merlin and Rosie Mondejar were jaywalking across a street on New Year’s Eve when they...

By Rommel Conclara, ABS-CBN North America Bureau October 28, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO – Friends, co-workers, and other family members, came to St. Gabriel’s Church to say goodbye to 68 year old Priscilla “Precy” Moreto and offer...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau July 21, 2014 LA JOLLA, Calif. – Daniella Uy from the Philippines swung her way to the top prize for the senior division of the Callaway Junior World Championships...

By Anne Wong, ABS-CBN North America Bureau May 14, 2014 TORONTO, Canada – Rowena Villanueva, who has pleaded guilty to sixteen counts of fraud, has been sentenced to 18 months less three days in prison, plus...

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Feb. 14, 2014 NEW YORK – It has been three months since Typhoon Yolanda pummeled through the central part of the Philippines, leaving widespread loss of lives and damage...

By Connie Macatula-De Leon, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Feb. 13, 2014 DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – Jennie Dizon, 17, was writing in her journal while sitting a park when she was struck by lightning and killed. It...