Starting today, immigration authorities will check records of workplaces and weed out the undocumented. Sa San Francisco, kilos-protesta laban sa malawakang imbestigasyon na ito. Immigrants and their advocates are calling these electronic audits a new type of immigration raid of immigrant workers. Henni Espinosa reports.

The Fil-Am supporters of Philippine presidential candidate Manny Villar are persuading loved ones back home to ignore the latest accusations of financial impropriety hurled against their candidate. Yong Chavez reports.

PALM SPRINGS, CA—Vicky Manalo Draves, America’s first Olympic gold medalist in diving, has died. She was 85 years old. The Filipino-American won two gold medals at the London Summer Olympics in 1948. Draves died of heart and liver complications on April 11th. . Read the full story here http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100423/NEWS01/4230307/1006/news01/Olympic+diver+Victoria+Draves+dies

A new Washington Post/ABC News poll says 65 percent of Americans favor financial reform, while 31 percent of oppose the reform. Democrats in the Senate are moving forward with legislation to tighten financial regulations, but Republicans are united against the bill. According to the poll, President Obama and Democrats have a slight advantage. 52 percent [...]

Jean Luc Cagadoc and his mother Maria Theresa speak to Balitang America through Skype. The Quebec Human Rights Commission recently ordered a private school to pay the Cagadocs $17,000 in moral and punitive damages, stemming from incidents in 2006 when school officials reprimanded Luc for eating with his fork and spoon, the typical Filipino way [...]

Many Filipinos are taking on the role of caregiver–free of charge–for their aging loved ones. But these caregivers are also in need of support. Yong Chavez reports.

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN International New York Correspondent NEW YORK, NY — With the Philippine presidential elections only weeks away, election fever is running high in New York City. Filipino-American artists here joined the Power by Numbers Tour, a roadshow to raise awareness on the Philippine elections through rap and hiphop music. Ro Pili of [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A bisexual Filipino-American softball player is suing a gay sports association for discrimination, after his softball team was disqualified from the Gay Softball World Series for having too many straight players. The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Steven Apilado and teammates Jon Russ and LaRon Charles [...]

It’s a story of rags to riches–meet Emmy Award-winner Michael Carandang, whose road to success landed him in Hollywood. Don Tagala tells us more.

Layunin ng healthcare reform ni Obama na mabigyan ng healthcare coverage ang lahat ng manggagawa sa Amerika. A Filipino business manager wonders what this means for her employees. Ito ang ating kaso sa Pinoy Panawagan.

Fingers have been pointing among different political camps over the endorsement by accused political mass murder, Andal Ampatuan Jr., of Philippine presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino. Many critics are suspicious how the former Maguindanao governor could hold a fully fledged news conference from jail. At the press conference, Ampatuan endorsed Aquino, and wore yellow and flashed [...]

By Steve Angeles SAN FRANCISCO, CA—For the past four years, Bradley Roxas has led an environmental campaign for the Knights of Columbus, collecting the members’ broken or unused cell phones and recycling them for cash. Roxas says it’s a “win-win situation” for the organization, because the money he earns goes toward their operating expenses. The [...]