Filipino teachers scammed by Texas recruiter demand aid from school district...
DALLAS, TX — What started out as a dream to come to America and have a better life has turned into a nightmare for about 70 Filipino teachers, who were recruited from the Philippines by the Garland...
View ArticleHighlights from Pacquiao vs. Thurman
A fight for the ages — after 12 action-packed rounds, boxing’s pride of the Philippines, Manny Pacquiao, was announced a split-decision winner against Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman on July 20 in Las Vegas....
View ArticlePacquiao and Mayweather engage in verbal jabs, suggest rematch
Barely three days after Manny Pacquiao beat Keith Thurman, verbal jabs have been fired between two all-time greats. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. took to Instagram to say that he found it ironic that every...
View ArticleArizona Filipino father loses life saving his drowning son
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — Last Sunday, a father drowned while trying to save his 11-year-old son at a popular swimming area in Fossil Creek, Camp Verde. This photo of Gary Gaytano’s son was taken by a family...
View ArticleFilipino witnesses describe horrific experience after Gilroy Garlic Festival...
Devastating, senseless tragedy out of Gilroy — a city about an hour away from our ABS-CBN studio here in Northern California. As thousands of people flocked to the world-famous Gilroy Garlic Festival,...
View ArticleFilipino hotel workers call for protection against lewd guests
Hotel workers rallied in front of the Vancouver City Hall to press for a policy to help protect their female members from lewd hotel guests. This happened after several of their members recounted their...
View ArticleTexas Pinay and estranged husband found dead in their home in an apparent...
A gruesome story out of South Arlington, Texas — where a 66-year old man and his 24-year old Filipina wife were found dead in their home in an apparent murder-suicide. Fort Worth officers, who...
View ArticleConcerned friend says that murdered Texas Filipina chose to stay with abusive...
ARLINGTON, TX — This Texas home was once full of love and promise for 24-year old Alyssa Marie Mejia Rogers, her 66-year old husband, Ed, and their one-year-old son, Zachary. But on Monday morning, it...
View ArticleTrump administration ends parole program allowing Filipino veterans to...
A major blow to Filipino World War II veterans and their advocates — who have been fighting to get benefits from the U.S. government for decades. The USCIS has announced that the Trump administration...
View ArticleTexas Filipina found dead in hotel room; suspected killer is her husband
TEXAS — Jacqueline Rose Nicholas, a 32-year-old Filipina, was found dead in a Texas hotel room from an apparent gunshot wound late last Monday, July 29. Her husband, 30-year-old Peter Noble Nicholas,...
View ArticleFil-Am mail bomber Cesar Sayoc sentenced to 20 years in prison
Cesar Sayoc, the Fil-Am Florida man who mailed explosive devices to President Donald Trump’s critics, was sentenced this week to 20 years in prison. Sayoc, a 54-year old pizza delivery man and strip...
View ArticleEl Paso and Dayton Filipinos react to recent deadly mass shootings in their...
29 lives lost, and 52 people injured — the nation is collectively shaken once again, this time from two mass shootings just within 24 hours. In El Paso, Texas, last Saturday morning, a lone gunman...
View ArticleCesar Sayoc expresses remorse prior to being sentenced to 20 years in prison
NEW YORK — Filipino American Cesar Sayoc, known as the MAGA supporter who sent pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and Trump critics, was sentenced by a New York federal court to 20 years in jail,...
View Article70-year-old Filipino accused of starting fire that killed 6-year-old girl in...
Fridley, Minnesota — A Filipino man is being accused of starting a fire that killed a six-year-old in a Walmart parking lot. 70-year old Roberto Lino Hipolito, originally from Long Beach, California —...
View ArticleLGBTQ+ advocates cry foul over alleged discrimination of a transgender Pinay...
NEW YORK — Gretchen Custodio Diez, a transgender Pinay from the Philippines, only wanted to use the restroom that she that corresponds to the gender she identifies with: the women’s restroom. But at...
View ArticleNevada and Southwest region gets excessive heat warnings
LAS VEGAS — Blazing sun and boiling temperatures in Sin City and surrounding areas — the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for the entire week, forecasting temperatures of up...
View ArticleFilipina nursing aide and boyfriend charged with taunting an elderly patient...
GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS — A disturbing video from a December 2018 incident showed two nursing home aides — including a Filipina — teasing an elderly woman with a hospital gown as she struggled against them....
View ArticleFil-Am teen allegedly a victim of hate crimes in San Bruno, parents charged
SAN BRUNO, CALIF. — A Filipino American teen is reportedly the victim of a hate crime, according to authorities. The unidentified 17-year-old, who is half Filipino, half African American, was...
View ArticleArizona carehome operators react to indictment of Filipino couple in death of...
by Fleur Magbanua-Mansur, ABS-CBN News Chandler, Arizona — Joseph and Lolita Somera were arrested last august 15th for allegedly causing the death of 69-year-old Jon Rager, who was under their care at...
View ArticleFil-Am nurse aide and boyfriend plead guilty to misdemeanor charge for...
An update on the certified nursing assistants who were arrested for posting a video on Snapchat, taunting a 91-year-old patient. Both Brayan Cortez and Fil-Am Jamie Montesa have pleaded guilty on...
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