Filipinos in government

SAN FRANCISCO — Vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, New York Congresswoman Grace Meng, along with other local Asian and Pacific Islander leaders gathered at the Chinese Historical Society of San Francisco museum to stress...

NEW YORK — Since April, Anne Del Castillo has been serving the New York community as Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment — responsible for promoting, coordinating municipal support, and giving permits to...

EL PASO, TX —  Barely a week has passed since the community of El Paso witnessed one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history. And in their mourning, they also made it clear to President...

Two Fil-Am lawmakers, Congressmen Bobby Scott and TJ Cox, are joining efforts to raise the federal minimum wage. Congressmen are playing big roles in the passage of a much-contested and long-awaited Raise the Wage Act. Congressman...

DALLAS, TX — What started out as a dream to come to America and have a better life has turned into a nightmare for about 70 Filipino teachers, who were recruited from the Philippines by the...

VIRGINIA — A Filipino former elected official gets 2-and-a-half years in jail for committing federal fraud while in office. Court documents show that Ron Villanueva conspired with two companies in a 9-year scheme involving more than...

The U.S. Department of State’s third-ranking official is Filipino-American. Meet Brian Joseph Bulatao, a Harvard and West Point alum who is out to make a difference in the U.S.-Philippines alliance, as undersecretary of state for management....

There may be mounting calls from Democratic lawmakers for Congress to begin the process to impeach President Trump. But a new Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday showed that 61 percent of American voters actually oppose...

Filipina American Marjan Philhour was selected by San Francisco’s first African American woman mayor London Breed to serve as her senior advisor. In this exclusive interview, Philhour talks about how she and Mayor Breed plan to...

Fil-Am Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones, the openly-gay Iraq war veteran, who narrowly lost to Republican Representative Will Hurd in Texas’ 23rd congressional district in 2018, announced she is ready to take on the incumbent candidate again....Read More