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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

Filipino Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area showed appreciation to the Vietnam consulate — after learning that the Filipino fishermen who were hit by that Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea were rescued by...

NEW YORK — No more opting out of the measles vaccine for school children based on religious beliefs, after Governor Cuomo approved a new law that prioritizes public safety in the wake of the country’s most...

MILPITAS — Tragic news out of the San Francisco — a Filipino American man is dead after his vehicle was shot at on the freeway. 33-year-old Matthew Rios of Milpitas was found inside his vehicle with...

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...