Scholarship honors first Fil-Am elected county official in U.S.
By Cynthia De Castro
A local chamber of commerce recently launched a scholarship in honor of the first Filipino-American to be elected to a county office in the United States.
A local chamber of commerce recently launched a scholarship in honor of the first Filipino-American to be elected to a county office in the United States.
Let’s sing Merry Christmas and a happy holiday;This season may we never forget the love we have for Jesus;Let him be the one to guide us as another new year starts;And may the spirit of Christmas be always in our hearts
The oldest and largest grassroots volunteer organization chartered by the California Republican Party, the California Republican Assembly (CRA) held a Statewide Annual Convention last week.
Every two years, from around the world, the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) gives its most prestigious award, the S.M. Perren Research Award, to the first author of the best scientific paper submitted to the Chairman of the Award Committee.
One of the exciting new books that have been published recently is The Bells of Balangiga, written by Filipino American Dr. Eleonor Mendoza. The novel explores love against the backdrop of the Philippine Insurrection and World War II, bringing to life two inextricably linked love stories, a generation apart, and the wars that got in [...]
In a recent forum with the joint foreign chambers of commerce and other leaders of the business sector, President Benigno S. Aquino III said that he will bring the concerns of the Philippine healthcare industry to the attention of US President Barack Obama when he visits the United States by the middle of this year. [...]
In a recent forum with the joint foreign chambers of commerce and other leaders of the business sector, President Benigno S. Aquino III said that he will bring the concerns of the Philippine healthcare industry to the attention of US President Barack Obama when he visits the United States by the middle of this year.
On December 12, 2011 at the White House Oval Office, President Barack Obama honored nine recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. One of them is Filipino-American Dr. Amelito G. Enriquez, an Engineering and Mathematics Professor at the Cañada College in Redwood City, California.
For the fifth straight month, the unemployment rate across America dropped as more employers added 243,000 new jobs in January 2012. Unemployment is the lowest in nearly three years at 8.3 percent, the LA Times reported. The last time it was that low was February 2009.
Pasadena City Councilman Chris Holden, who is a 2012 Democratic candidate for District 41 of the California State Assembly, recently held a meeting in Pasadena with some Filipino-American community leaders as parts of his efforts to reach out to the Fil-Am community.
