By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Vallejo, California – Filipino-American leaders gathered to think of ways to help the relatives of slain Filipina, 63-year old Segundina Tablate-Allen. Allen and a Filipina friend Macaria Smart were found dead in Allen’s home last Tuesday.  The suspect in their killing is another Filipino, Efren Valdemoro, who was [...]

Washington, D.C. – The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) has strongly condemned boxing star Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s blatantly racist and homophobic attacks against Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao in a YouTube interview released two days ago. In the vitriolic video, Mayweather called Pacquiao a “whore,” a “little yellow chump” and a “midget” several [...]

By Rodney Jaleco, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Washington, D.C. -   President Obama has appointed Filipino-American Ma. Elizabeth (Maribeth) Raffinan as Associate Justice of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She is the second Filipino-American to be nominated to a top judiciary post after California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger named Appellate Judge Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye [...]

By Ging Reyes, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Chief San Francisco, CA. – A number of Filipinos came to the Earl Warren Building in San Francisco to show support for their kababayan, Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, at the confirmation hearing of the State Commission on Judicial Appointments. Eleven witnesses, led by her colleagues in the courts and [...]

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau New York, NY. – Charice worked the runway, showing off her back-to-school look at the Macy’s “End of Summer Blowout Show” last Sunday in Manhattan. Charice is also back in school, virtual school, that is. Even with her busy schedule, Charice registered for a Bachelor of Arts [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Menlo Park, CA. – More than a hundred caregivers took part in a one-day protest action against budget cuts Monday night, picketing different government offices all over San Mateo County. These caregivers, who care for the elderly and disabled in their own homes, are paid by the government [...]

By Yong Chavez, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau Los Angeles, CA. – Krista Ranillo, rumored ex-girlfriend of boxing champion Manny Pacquiao says she is finally happy and at peace. Krista tied the knot in civil rites last July 14 with Filipino American businessman Jeff “Nino” Lim, CEO of the chain of Filipino grocery store Island [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau San Francisco, CA. – Tens of thousands flocked to San Francisco this weekend to watch the biggest Filipino parade in the West Coast and to celebrate the 17th Annual Pistahan, the biggest Filipino fiesta in this part of the United States. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who was [...]

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN NEWS – North America Bureau Jackson Heights, NY. – Back-to-school shopping can be draining, not just physically, but financially as well. Association of Filipino Teachers of America’s Ramil Buenaventura is a father of two school kids. He said parents should start shopping as early as the first week of August to [...]

By Yvee Tadeo-Guevara, ABS-CBN News-North America Bureau Los Angeles, CA. – Former students of the RN Learning Center hounded the school owner yesterday, saying he owed them refunds on their tuition.  Junlou Enterina has been accused of misrepresenting his company, RN Learning Center, as an accredited nursing school. Balitang America witnessed the confrontation.  Enterina told [...]

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News – North America Bureau Secaucus, NJ. – Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is getting ready to meet his US counterpart, President Barack Obama. Philippine Ambassador to the United States Willy Gaa confirmed that Aquino is meeting with Obama during Aquino’s first official visit to the United States this September. “They [...]