mass shooting

Authorities continue to figure out why a transit employee in the San Francisco Bay Area would open fire, killing nine co-workers including Fil-Am Paul Megia. We find out more about Megia’s life and about his heroic...

California’s Fil-Am Attorney General vows to push for gun control laws following the San Jose massacre. That’s on top of making sure solidarity with Asian Americans continues amid the rise in hate crimes. ...Read More

Hundreds of people gathered in front of the San Jose City Hall to mourn the deaths of nine transit employees who were gunned down by a man authorities now describe as a ‘highly-disgruntled employee’.  One of...

California has one of the strictest gun laws in the country and yet it is not spared from mass shootings. Wednesday morning’s massacre in the city of San Jose is the deadliest in the San Francisco...

Recent data shows nearly 5.5 million guns were sold in the US in the last three months up 13% from the same time last year. Some Fil-Ams who live in states that allow open carry say...

Maplewood, Minnesota’s Fil-Am councilmember Nikki Villavicencio joined Balitang America to share her thoughts and reactions on the verdict in the case of Derek Chauvin. Villavicencio adds the youth of the nation has a lot of power...

Calls for tougher gun laws in the US have gained steam. amid rampant mass shootings in the country. But some police officers point out, more restrictions are not the only solution to gun violence. This is...

In this first of a three-part special report on gun violence, Fil-Am elected officials are weighing in as President Joe Biden continues to push for gun reform laws. Lenn Almadin Thornhill tells us more....Read More

As the latest mass shooting devastated communities in Indianapolis, Fil-Am leaders are making sure to check in on fellow Filipinos. Albert Bataclan with the latest on the country’s battle against gun violence....Read More

A Las Vegas court has approved $800 million in payouts to relatives and victims of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history which took place exactly three years ago on Oct. 1, 2017. On that night,...