It didn’t take long for it to become evident that finally having a Filipino in the California State Assembly would be a big deal for Filipinos in California and beyond.
One would hang out at a laundromat watching telenovelas. Another didn’t know the difference between a blouse and a skirt.
Like most Filipino boys, I was fascinated with guns.
The letter, arrogant, vile, hateful, was clearly meant to provoke.
Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” is the leading contender for top honors at this year’s Academy Awards.
Let’s begin the year on a light note by taking on a typical post-holidays obsession: losing weight. I recommend a system that has helped me, more or less, lose and maintain my weight: turn the whole thing into a math problem.
It’s turned out to be a December to remember, a month of tragedy and defeat, but also of triumph and promise.
I was waiting for my first son to be born, getting ready to be a tatay, when the Columbine Massacre happened in 1999.
In 1992, Mona Lisa Yuchengco launched a new Filipino American publication in the Bay Area called Filipinas Magazine. It was a case of good timing – and bad.
President Benigno Aquino III has said he supports the Freedom of Information bill, which just took a small step forward this week with the approval of the House committee on public information.
In the 1980s, Erin Tañada and I spent much of our time in the streets.
‘Rock the Balut.’ No, it’s not some quirky game show on television, or the name of new hiphop band. For Filipinos in America, Rock the Balut was a bright spot in the last U.S. elections. And it potentially could play an important role in electoral contests in the coming years.
