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2 FilAm groups receive grants: Ma‑Yi, Woodside on the Move
Filipino American cultural and community organizations in New York City — Ma‑Yi Theater Company and Woodside on the Move — each received $1.5 million to expand arts, educational, and community‑based programming. The funding comes from the dissolution of a long‑standing charity – unnamed in the press statement — that previously served Filipino New Yorkers, with […]
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A warning about ‘FREE’ immigration legal and consultation services
If it’s too good to be true…it must be a scam. On Facebook, we see a lot of advertisements offering “FREE legal services,” “FREE immigration consultation & case Analysis,” “FREE immigration advice” or “FREE immigration legal consultation…no appointment is necessary.” And there would by images of lawyers or the weighing scale logo purporting to show […]
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After 80 years, descendants receive belated honors for Filipino veterans the U.S. had forgotten
By Che de los Reyes-Ferrer All the veterans are gone now, but their families were at the Philippine Center on April 8, the eve of Araw ng Kagitingan, to honor the valor of Filipino soldiers in World War II and its echoes in modern heroism. Retired Philippine Navy pilot Rio Tingson Pacit accepted the Congressional […]
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Amihan Filipino Run is back in Queens on Apr 11th
Queens Distance Runners (QDR) is proud to announce the return of its Cultural Run Series, beginning with the AmihanFilipinoRun on April 11 in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The four-mile race marks the revival of a tradition that began in 2016, when QDR first organized community-centered runs celebrating the cultures that define Queens. What started as […]
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral to hold 1st Santacruzan on May 24th
The Filipino Catholic Apostolate of New York (FILCA) will commemorate the 100th Canonical Coronation Anniversary of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag with a solemn Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, May 24, 2026. This will be preceded by a Santacruzan procession. This centennial celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag, one […]
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Autumn Durald Arkapaw: First woman, 1st black and 1st Filipino Creole to win an Oscar for Cinematography
By LMarilyn Crawford She is of Filipino descent through her mother, Peggy Bautista, who hails from Pampanga, Philippines. Her maternal grandfather, Guillermo Pagan Bautista, was a resistance fighter during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines and a survivor of the Bataan Death March. Autumn Durald Arkapaw considers him “the most important man in my life” and has […]
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Veterans families troop to New Mexico missile range in remembrance of Bataan Death March
By Jon Melegrito On March 21, 2026, families of Filipino veterans and supporters from the community joined about 5,000 participants to honor Filipino and American soldiers who endured Bataan Death March 84 years ago. They traveled from various locations across the United States ending up at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to […]
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Macario Fojas: Building Seven Seven and championing Filipino talent
By Cristina DC Pastor Life was anything but easy for Macario Fojas, president and co-founder of Seven Seven Global Services, Inc., a Filipino-owned IT company based in New Jersey. In 1982, he was enrolled at Fordham University, pursuing a master’s degree in Finance and Quantitative Methods. By day, he worked as an encoder in New […]
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Filipino couple among those charged in hospice care fraud allegedly taking money from patients who were not dying
Nita Almuete Paddit Palma, 76, a thrice-convicted health care fraudster now incarcerated at a federal prison in Seattle, and her husband, Adolfo Catbagan, 68, of Glendale, are charged in an 11-count indictment with operating at least three fraudulent hospice care facilities, according to an April 2 press release from the U.S. Department of Justice Central District of […]