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SF community supports Filipino families threatened with eviction
Jun 22, 2018SAN FRANCISCO —Â Chants echoed throughout downtown San Francisco, in front of the building where landlord Michael Cheung works. Last year, Cheung issued eviction notices to four Filipino families. Since then — with the support of the... -
Pinoy couple completes year-long visit to all 59 US national parks
Jun 22, 2018HOUSTON, TX —Â Husband and wife team, Victorina and Irwin Casiano, quit their 9-5 jobs to travel around the country visiting all 59 national parks, from Alaska to American Samoa, in just one year. They say it... -
Fil-Am photographer raises funds from landscape exhibit towards mental health causes
Jun 22, 2018For most of his adult life, Fil-Am photographer Robert Surrency has had countless, difficult battles with anxiety and depression. He’s tried medication, therapy; almost everything. But it wasn’t until he was in the beauty of the... -
Family and friends remember hardworking Pinay, who was trafficked in Canada
Jun 22, 2018BRITISH COLUMBIA — Friends and family gave Leticia Sarmiento an emotional send-off, as they recalled the good times they’ve shared with her. Harevie Curbi became best friends with Sarmiento after she escaped from her abusive employers in... -
Filipino activists criticize Trump immigration policies
Jun 22, 2018Over 100 activists took to the streets outside of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center to criticize President Donald Trump, who signed an executive order to stop the separation of migrant families at the border —... -
BA Special Report: Missing balikbayan boxes (Part III)
Jun 20, 2018Filipino families across several southern states continue to search for missing balikbayan boxes that were allegedly lost by a South Carolina-based cargo company. In part three of this special report, Lenn Almadin Thornhill tells us how... -
Can Pres. Trump’s comments threaten possible trade war between the US and Canada?
Jun 20, 2018Disagreements on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAF-TA has been on the news for months, but it was a comment from Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau at the end of the G7 summit... -
House Speaker Paul Ryan applauds Filipina nurse for defending pro-life in her workplace
Jun 20, 2018Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, gave high praise to a Filipina nurse for her pro-life advocacies. “Cathy Decarlo stood strong. She didn’t give in and she fought for the religious rights that this country guarantees... -
Nevada braces for intense heatwave
Jun 20, 2018Southern Nevadans are bracing for an extreme heatwave, with triple-digit temperatures....Read More -
In Texas, nurses protest “zero tolerance” border immigration policy
Jun 20, 2018National Nurses United, the country’s largest labor union for nurses — which counts a Filipina among its co-presidents — is adding its collective voice to the outrage over the forced separation of families and detention of...
