Investigators are trying to determine why a stretch limousine burst into flames on a San Francisco Bay bridge, trapping and killing five of the nine women inside on a girls’ night out, including a newlywed bride.
Acclaimed Filipino American writer Carlos Bulosan’s poem “I Want the Wide American Earth” crowns the Smithsonian’s banner exhibit honoring the more than 17 million Asian Pacific Americans in this country with a banner exhibit celebrating their history, culture and literary works.
Philippine officials in the United States will visit this week the two Filipino women rescued from a Saudi diplomat’s house in Virginia in a suspected human trafficking case, the Philippine embassy in Washington D.C. said on Saturday.
Privately held multicultural television network Crossings TV based here announced that “Power Ng Pinoy” can now be seen on Crossings TV in New York City, New Jersey, San Francisco, Central Valley California, Seattle and Chicago metropolitan areas.
The wife of former police Senior Supt. Cezar Mancao II has appealed to the Aquino administration to help protect her husband from Sen. Panfilo Lacson.
A wholly Filipino-owned supermarket chain opened a branch in this northern California city on April 26 in keeping with its owners’ goal of promoting Filipino food and ingredients to “the world.”
The Philippine Consulate General here advised all registered voters that Comelec has released new guidelines to ensure that those registered voters who have yet to receive their electoral mails would be able to vote.
Immigration officials have removed two Filipino domestic workers from a Virginia home owned by the government of Saudi Arabia as part of an investigation into a report of human trafficking.
The career diplomat who was caught on video verbally abusing Filipino Canadians at a consular event in Canada last month is back in the home office and facing an investigation but a complaint has yet to be filed against him.
Filipino Americans joined thousands of May Day marchers in Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco urging immigration reform even as they marked international workers’ day on Wednesday.
Irene Bueno, a Filipino American public policy analyst based here, explained the key points of the U.S. Senate’s proposed immigration reform legislation at a recent community forum hosted by the Philippine Embassy.
The Commission on Elections has already sent the ballots for the Philippine senatorial and party-list elections, the Philippine Consulate General here announced. Many overseas voters have received their ballots.
