Memorial

THOUSAND OAKS, CA — The city council has approved a plan to honor the victims of a deadly shooting that took place 8 months ago. On Tuesday night, the Thousands Oaks city council approved a quarter $1...

MILPITAS, CA — Madonna Simmons still has no idea why her son — 30-year-old Matthew Rios — was killed Monday night on his way home from work. As each day goes by — she continues to...

CANADA — Filipino Canadians are mourning the recent death of the region’s Philippine consul general. Members of the Filipino community gathered at St. Ansgar Lutheran Church to celebrate the life of Consul General Rosalita S. Prospero....

Amidst heightened tensions -between the Philippines and Canada over the garbage row, which escalated to the point of a recall of Filipino diplomats, the Philippine Consulate in Toronto announced the untimely passing of their consulate general,...

by Rhia Alcantara, ABS-CBN NEWS WINNIPEG, MANITOBA — The Filipino community in Winnipeg is once again shaken, this time by a crime that lead to the death of 53-year-old Joselito Fernandez.  He was pronounced dead in...

HONOLULU, HI — Last month, Filipino American World War II veteran Domingo Los Banos passed away at the age of 93. A well-known advocate for the Filipino veterans, Los Banos became a voice for thousands of people,...

In commemoration of Philippine Solidarity Week and Black History month — Fil-Am activists in the San Francisco Bay Area recently discussed how the African-American buffalo soldiers fought along-side Filipino revolutionaries during the Philippine-American War. It’s the...

As the community tries to keep Filipino American history alive, this weekend marks a pair of death anniversaries. It’s been 5 months since a scholar and out outspoken advocate of Filipino American history has passed away,...

A Filipina nurse went viral in a controversial photo with the late President George H.W. Bush. In a Facebook post, she set the record straight that she is not the late president’s private nurse. Instead, she is...

Filipinos remember the legacy of former President George H.W. Bush, who passed away last Friday night, at 94 years old....Read More