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NEW YORK — While every beat and airy gesture of a conductor’s baton can conjure beautiful music, much of the magic happens even before a live performance. Fil-Am principal conductor Michael Dadap says that’s exactly why the...

SALINAS, CA — The Filipino community hall in Salinas was packed, as the community honored their very own Clark Kent Apuada — the 10-year-old Filipino-American swimmer who broke Michael Phelps’ 100-meter butterfly record, set in 1995. Elected...

This week on the Bright Spot, we meet a kick boxing prodigy who is not only among the toughest fighters in the sport, he’s one of its youngest champions. Rommel Conclara has this story....Read More

LOS ANGELES – Basketball prodigy Kobe Paras now has his own nameplate at the University of California, Los Angeles Bruin’s locker room. Paras, 18, recently graduated from Cathedral High School joined by his family: Philippine Basketball...

LOS ANGELES – It’s official — Kobe Paras is now a UCLA Bruin. Paras and UCLA announced that the high school basketball phenom has officially signed his letter of intent to play for UCLA next year....

LAS VEGAS – A young Fil-Am in Las Vegas has grabbed international media attention with her serious skills on the drums. As Bev Llorente reports, this drum prodigy has a lot to look forward to later...

By Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America Bureau June 13, 2014 Las Vegas – One of the world’s top chess players, Wesley So, is defending his crown in Sin City. But which country is the Filipino prodigy...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau March 25, 2014 ONTARIO, Calif. – It’s March Madness for high schoolers and it came down to the wire. Despite a few mistakes near the end of the fourth...