Filipino-American News

Contributions made to the Relief from Hearts of Nacogodoches last month helped the Greater Manila Association to provide assistance to some of Manila's outlying provinces affected by Typhoon Ketsana.

MEMBERS of the Filipino community donated cash for the burial of farmer Armando Alampayan after the 6 p.m. Mass on Sunday at the Kristo Rai church.

PRAYERS were said at Masses in Ireland and the Philippines yesterday for the safe return of kidnapped Fr Michael Sinnott -- exactly four weeks after his abduction.

For Filipino-Americans Charles "Chucky" Klapow, a dancer, and Zaldy Goco, a costume designer, life will never be the same after working with the King of Pop.

Asia Pacific News.Net Friday 6th November, 2009 Shanghai Police have detained five Filipino men who allegedly disguised themselves as women to rob other men in bars, a media report said Friday.

Four of five arrested Filipino men accused of drugging and then robbing foreign men they offered with sexual services have pleaded guilty, an online news provider reporter.

Pork, chicken and spices form a main dish. Bok choy, pancit noodles and pork lichon gives substance to a soup.

RIYADH: The Philippine Embassy has announced that it will resume its 'Embassy on Wheels' service at the International Philippine School in Alkhobar this weekend.

California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor and three members of his family, including a Filipino American wife, were killed in a ferocious crash that happened in August.

Although the enacting in August of the Magna Carta of Women - a major law aiming to end discrimination against women across the archipelago - was well-received here, there remain concerns about whether the legislation will be fully implemented.

WASHINGTON DC About a hundred Filipino organizations based in Washington DC protested the Philippine government's directives that restrict and impose taxes on relief aid for disaster victims.

This Sunday martial arts enthusiasts are in for a special treat. On November 1st, there will be day-long exhibition at Vallejo's Hogan High School highlighting the Balintawak Arnis style of Filipino Martial Arts .

General William Shafter, namesake of Shafter Street. In 1899 he postulated "it may be necessary to kill half the Filipinos" for the other half to ascend from barbarism.

United! Survivors and patients walks on in their continuing fight over the Big C. "Breast cancer claims thousands of lives around the world every year, and to date, it remains to be among the top killer of Filipino women." This hard fact is backed up by a staggering figure of 10,000 cases with a mortality rate of 40 percent as reported by the ...

Gina Judilla already had three children the first time she tried to terminate a pregnancy.

GOVERNOR Benigno R. Fitial squared off with his main rival, Republican Rep. Heinz S, Hofschneider, in a debate on Tuesday evening that disclosed their differences on such key issues as federalization and the privatization of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.'s power generation.

CHICAGO, IL, October 25, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In its 6th year running, each year of the Chicago Filipino American Film Festival has topped the last.

Danny Javier, left, of the band APO Hiking Society plays an imaginary piano as the band talks to Maria Guevara, the host of the new VCAT show FAME Four decades together have aged the three members of the Filipino musical group APO Hiking Society.

As Filipino-American History Month draws to a close, no mention about its significance to Vallejo would be complete without a nod to the Vallejo chapter of the Filipino-American National History Society and its president, Mel Orpilla.

DUBAI A Filipino bar in Dubai contributed a day's earnings to the victims of the two recent weather disturbances that pounded Metro Manila and several provinces in Luzon.