New York

NEW YORK — Charlotte Nebres is the very first half-black, half-Filipina dancer to play the lead role of “Marie” — the young heroine in New York City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” — since...

NEW YORK — Filipina soprano Stefanie Quintin plays the title role of “Mila,” in an original chamber opera that takes the audience inside a Hong Kong family’s home — where the unseen struggles of an abused Filipina...

NEW YORK — A one minute video for peace — titled “Next to Me,” created by Filipino filmmaker Breech Asher Harani, won the JCS International Young Creatives Award at the 2019 International Emmys in New York...

NEW YORK — Filipina environmental scientist Janice Lao was recognized as among the world’s 10 most powerful women leaders in sustainability by the 2019 Greenbuild and Design‘s Women Sustainability Leadership Awards held in Atlanta, Georgia. As...

NEW YORK — The first Democratic caucus in Iowa is still a little more than 2 months away. But registered voters in New York City got to experience a “caucus-style” debate watch party at the RPM...

NEW YORK — Regina Manzana-Sawhney, co-founder of the Filipino Google Network, was honored at the “Make Your Mark” dinner fundraiser by the Advancement for Rural Kids, ARK. Manzana-Sawhney co-founded the Filipino Google Network after learning that...

NEW YORK — Filipino Archbishop Bernardito Auza was asked by Pope Franis to become the new apostolic nuncio to the kingdom of Spain and the principality of Andorra last June. Auza’s new mission starts in December...

NEW YORK — Dorothea Gloria came to New York from Manila with only one goal in mind: to make it big on Broadway. And in just a few months, she managed to bag the lead role...

NEW YORK — Just when critics thought his campaign was over after a heart attack three weeks ago, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders bounced back with a huge rally in New York City, and a huge...

NEW YORK — For four days, popular characters from movies, TV shows, video games and comics came alive at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. More than a quarter-million people descended from around the world to...