By Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America Bureau January 31, 2012 LAS VEGAS, NV. –the Donaire-Vasquez bout may not take place in Sin City but sports betting is still a hit in the boxing capital of the world. The current odds for the fight– Minus $1500 for Donaire and plus $700 for Vasquez. Placing a bet [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Jan. 31, 2012 61-year old Antonio Mario Taguba, a retired major general in the U.S. Army, is a man of courage. He became the second American citizen of Philippine birth to be promoted to general officer rank in the Army. Taguba, who was born in Sampaloc, Manila, is [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Jan. 30, 2012 MILPITAS, Calif. – Police arrested 60-year old Filipina Mae Laureta Gardina last week on charges of grand theft. Authorities believe Gardina is responsible for more than $38,000 in funds were found missing at Milpitas High School where she worked. Part of Gardina’s job was to [...]

By Rodney Jaleco, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Jan. 30, 2012 WASHINGTON D.C. The Philippines and United States are treading carefully. Nearly four decades after it was forced to retreat from Vietnam and 20 years after it closed down Subic Base, the Americans are trying to return to Southeast Asia because of worries over China’s ambitions [...]

-By Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Jan. 30, 2012 LAS VEGAS, NV – The Top Rank Gym opened its doors to the pulic for the open media workout of Nonito “The Flash” Donaire, Jr. Donaire’s willpower to win puts him trhough intense training and hard-body conditioning. Donaire is set to face Puerto Rico’s Wilfredo [...]

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Jan. 30, 2012 NEW YORK – Tens of thousands of people came out to New York City’s Chinatown to celebrate and welcome the luckiest year on the Chinese Lunar calendar Sunday. Spectacular floats, colorful Chinese native costumes, marching bands and dragons of different colors and sizes paraded through [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau JAN. 27, 2012 UNION CITY, Calif. – 46-year old Arlene Nunez is always busy in the kitchen. Her love for food began by watching the women in her family, her grandmothers and her mother, cook in their kitchen in Manila. “All of my siblings, even if we work [...]

ABS-CBNnews.com January 27, 2012 MANILA, Philippines – Contrary to claims by her husband, Marissa Lapid said the money confiscated from her by United States airport officials is for a “house.” Senator Lito Lapid said on Thursday that his wife had no malicious intentions with the money found by US airport officials in her luggage in [...]

By Balitang America Staff KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A high-ranking representative of Taiwan was sentenced in federal court for fraud in foreign labor contracting after fraudulently obtaining two Filipino servants for her residence. Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Hsien-Hsien “Jacqueline” Liu, 64, of Taiwan, was sentenced by [...]

ABS-CBNnews.com January 27, 2012 MANILA, Philippines – Contrary to claims by her husband, Marissa Lapid said the money confiscated from her by United States airport officials is for a “house.” Senator Lito Lapid said on Thursday that his wife had no malicious intentions with the money found by US airport officials in her luggage in [...]

“Happy Yipee Yehey” (HYY) will have its last episode with the grand finals of its “My Girl” search at the AFP Theater on Saturday, February 4, 2012. ABS-CBN is very grateful to the HYY hosts and production staff for their hard work and contribution in giving our noontime viewers a “happy, yipee, yehey” experience for [...]

-By Don Tagala BROOKLYN, NY–The Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), a Catholic charity in New York donated $2 Million worth of medicines and health care supplies for the victims of typhoon Sendong. In a ceremonial turn-over yesterday at the Queens of Saints Church in Brooklyn, New York, Consul General Mario de Leon received the donations [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau JAN. 27, 2012 UNION CITY, Calif. – 46-year old Arlene Nunez is always busy in the kitchen. Her love for food began by watching the women in her family, her grandmothers and her mother, cook in their kitchen in Manila. “All of my siblings, even if we work [...]

By Balitang America Staff The Philippines may have kicked out U.S. forces from their biggest military base in the Pacific 20 years ago, but now it seems to want them back. Philippine officials are in talks with the Obama administration about expanding bilateral military cooperation as the Southeast Asian country comes to terms with the [...]