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TORONTO — The first full-size statue of Dr. Jose Rizal was unveiled in Markham, Ontario in time for Philippine Heritage Month. The 6-foot bronze statue, fittingly located in Luneta Gardens, represents the diversity of this city’s...

HIGHLAND PARK, NJ — Cloyd Edralin has been living his life for the past year with quiet discomfort. “Sometimes inside of my head, how far behind the immigration, cause my case was 11 years ago, and I...

LOS ANGELES — Worker rights and immigrant advocates came together to not only celebrate recent victories by to find new ways to help vulnerable workers. Many of these Filipinos work alone, as caregivers and domestic workers...

MANHATTAN — It’s a private decision that’s been debated publicly for decades: a woman’s right to have an abortion. Progressive states like Illinois and New York have lately taken steps to protect a woman’s choice to have...

It was a chaotic scene at the Toronto Raptors victory celebration and parade. One Filipino family found themselves in the middle of a stampede when a shooting broke out....Read More

NEW YORK —Filipino trans rights activist and model Geena Rocero made history, as the first transgender AAPI to pose as a Playboy playmate in its gender and sexuality issue on Pride Month. Rocero appears in the...

SAN FRANCISCO — 121 years of Philippine Independence was recently celebrated in San Francisco. It was a packed house of community leaders, foreign dignitaries, and more. For the Philippine Consul General Henry Bensurto, this occasion also meant...

Good news for caregivers in Canada — the Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced new pilot programs and other enhancements to work permit applications for caregivers. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced two new pilot caregiver programs to...

CHICAGO — Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law last Wednesday that protects a woman’s “fundamental right” to abortion. The legislation, called the Reproductive Rights Act, would require all private health insurance plans...

On Father’s Day, some conservative Pinoy fathers who voted for Donald Trump say they are going to be watching the first ever Democratic presidential debate with open minds — and some said they may even vote...