Lola

Thanks to an outpour of support from the Filipino community, a 69-year-old homeless woman is now a step closer to reuniting with her children with whom she lost contact years ago. A fundraiser is also still...

A Filipino lola and the popular Filipino holiday treat “bibingka” are introduced on the children’s show “Blue’s Clues and You!” Yong Chavez speaks with the show’s proudly Pinoy host, Josh Dela Cruz, who is changing the...

Lola Betty Romero has been fighting for her life for years, being diagnosed with breast cancer. And this 71-year-old Lola just wants to live life to the fullest. Crossing off one big bucket list recently was...

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — Authorities from San Jose are asking the public for help in searching for a missing, at-risk elderly Filipina. 69-year old Nenita Ricohermosa was last seen early Monday morning in the 600 block of 18th...

Kim Arteche’s interactive art piece “The Lola Project” allows people to experience an important part of Philippine culture. “I have been doing this project at undiscovered for the past two years, where we’ve been collecting stories...

GRANADA HILLS, CA — Luz Mojica has reached a milestone. As of September 13, she’s 100 years young. Blowing out her candles, Mojica made her wishes with a grand celebration. “I’m very happy and thankful to God,...

An iron-pumping Pinay lola who broke a national powerlifting record in June has gotten even stronger. Seventy-five-year-old Susie Rose won eight gold medals and set three world records, while competing at the amateur World Powerlifting Congress...

by Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America Bureau   DRAPER, Utah — It’s 5:30 a.m. at CrossFit Operation Underground Railroad, and 75-year-old Susie Rose is working up a sweat. “I’m already sweating,” she says after a quick warmup,...

MAHOPAC, NY — A 75-year old Filipina Lola was found dead in her Coventry Circle home last Thursday afternoon, and authorities are calling it suspicious. Police say they are looking into the death of Perla Gatchalian as an...

by Connie Macatula – De Leon, ABS-CBN News   CHICAGO, IL — Videos taken by passengers on Sunday’s Flight #3411 were all it took for United Airlines to spark outrage on social media. David Dao, a 69-year old Vietnamese...