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NEWARK, NJ — At least 52,000 TSA workers nationwide who have been working without pay during the federal government shutdown, because they are considered essential. Another 400,000 federal employees have also been working without pay including 26,000...

About a couple dozen volunteers huddled along Fil-Am congressional candidate TJ Cox, catching a glimpse at the primary results. David Valadao, a three-term Republican incumbent is leading 63 to 36 percent — but Cox is confident...

The US Senate reached a deal to reopen the government, 60 hours after it first shut down. This afternoon, a bipartisan group of negotiators in the Senate came to an agreement on immigration and spending by a...

EL CERRITO, CA — Before a full audience at city hall, Gabriel Quinto will serve as El Cerrito’s first mayor who represents the Filipino-American and LGBTQ community. Quinto says he is happy to represent the growing...

A Filipino-American lawyer may soon lead the US Justice Department’s civil division. President Donald Trump is expected to nominate New York lawyer, George T. Conway, to the position — according to several media sources. George T....

Lawmakers from California are fighting back against President Donald Trump — after he called the Golden State “out of control.” President Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from the state with the highest concentration of Filipinos...

PRINCE GEORGE, BC – A Filipina caregiver in Canada is facing deportation. And immigration advocates there say her story is a cautionary for temporary workers to educate themselves well on the laws of the countries where...

By Marjorie Carmona Newman ALBERTA – Kababayans join hundreds of pushing the Canadian government to do more for Syria’s refugee crisis.  ...Read More

By Rowena Papasin, ABS-CBN North America Bureau VANCOUVER, Canada – Filipino community leaders are urging the Canadian government to go after the company that exported garbage from Canada to the Philippines.    ...Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – As a Filipina faces execution in Indonesia for drug trafficking, Filipino American activists say the Philippine government is not doing enough when it comes to protecting overseas Filipinos.  ...Read More