Quo Vadis Filipino Americans 3 years into the pandemic?
By Jun Nucum SAN FRANCISCO – It has been three years since the pandemic began but about 24% of Filipino Americans (FilAms) in California, according to the 2021 tracking data, are still not fully vaccinated and boosted despite having a…
Philippines stands to lose EU trade perks
By Beting Laygo Dolor, Editor MANILA – The trade perks that the Philippines has been receiving from the European Union (EU) may be withdrawn unless the Marcos administration can prove that it has turned its back on the brutality of…
FBI report on hate crimes still fails to show whole truth
By Gilda Pasion-Balan, Correspondent LOS ANGELES – Updated figures released last month by the FBI paint an even bleaker picture of hate crimes committed against Asians and Asian-Americans including Pacific Islanders than originally thought. Hate crimes against the community more…
AMID TENSION, PHL NAMES 4 MORE BASES FOR U.S. TROOPS; 4 officials meet in Washington as biggest war drills set to begin
By ALFRED GABOT and CLAIRE MORALES TRUE Editor in Chief and Managing Editor WASHINGTON/MANILA – As tension remains high in the Indo Pacific region, the Philippines and the United States announced the location of four more military bases to…
TEVES STILL IN U.S.? DEFIES CALL TO RETURN; Ex-governor brother faces raps over seized guns and explosives
By ALFRED GABOT, Editor in Chief MANILA – Even as Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla hinted that there are “strong evidence” against the masterminds behind the March 4 massacre of Negros Oriental Governor Roel…
Willie Revillame leaves Villar’s AllTV
Don’t look now but the fortune of popular television host Willie Revillame is changing again. This as he has reportedly resigned from Manny Villar’s AllTV Channel 2 of the All Media Broadcasting System (AMBS), just 14 months after leaving GMA…
OFFLINE: Breakdown of law and order in our motherland
Don’t look now, but law and order appears to be breaking down under the rudderless regime of Bongbong Marcos. Or perhaps it was already broken when he assumed the presidency. All kinds of petty crime are taking place everywhere, along…
Kris Aquino in ‘stable’ condition in California
Here’s good news to friends, relatives and fans of actress and television host Kris Aquino. Reports of various media from California in the United States where she is being treated for rare disease for months now indicate that Kris had improved a lot and…
AS I SEE IT: Nobody is above the law, not even Trump!
I’m witnessing history in the making (actually all of us are) as former President Donald Trump entered a Manhattan courtroom, fingerprinted and waited to be arraigned. Trump waved when he arrived at the Manhattan Criminal Court on April 04, 2023…
Gerald Anderson says Julia Barretto is the woman he’ll marry
“Siya na.” These were the words of actor Gerald Anderson when asked if he sees his current girlfriend and former co-star Julia Barretto as the person he’s going to marry. In an interview with Korina Sanchez and reported by ABS-CBN,…























