President Benigno Aquino

Conchita Carpio Morales, Ombudsman of the Philippines, ordered that criminal charges be filed against former President Benigno Aquino for the botched 2015 Mamasapano operation, that left 44 special armed forces commandos dead. Morales faults Aquino for...

by Rommel Conclara, ABS-CBN News   Dr. Mark Thompson, PhD — head of the Department of Asian and International Studies and director of the Southeast Asia Research Centre at the City University of Hong Kong —...

LOS ANGELES – A group of Filipino Americans is busy preparing to welcome President Aquino. Steve Angeles tells us why the Filipino American community is paying close attention to Aquino’s last U.S. visit as president....Read More

LOS ANGELES – While America celebrates the Presidents Day holiday, President Benigno Aquino III will visit Los Angeles, the region with the largest number of Filipinos. Steve Angeles sees how some members of the Filipino community are...

LOS ANGELES – Filipino American activists in Los Angeles are now questioning international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney’s new causes in the Philippines. As Filipino activists were surprised to hear that Clooney is defending former President...

By Rommel Conclara, ABS-CBN North America Bureau July 29, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO – About 100 Filipino activists from various organizations gathered at Union Square in San Francisco to march to the Philippine Consulate to protest the...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau July 29, 2014 LOS ANGELES – Activists took to the streets of Los Angeles to voice disapproval for Philippine President Benigno Aquino III’s most recent State of the Nation...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau July 28, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – President Bengino Aquino III gave an emotional plea to the Filipino people to trust its government. President Aquino choked up as...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau July 28, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – During his State of the Nation Address, President Benigno Aquino III also talked about his government’s efforts to increase security. Aquino...

By Rommel Conclara, ABS-CBN North America Bureau July 23, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – With impeachment complaints being filed against President Benigno Aquino III over the Disbursement Acceleration Program or DAP, some Filipino-Americans think this is...