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Thank you for your service, Victor Malabayabas
The death of Victor Malabayabas on August 20 at the hands of an unidentified robber has once again incensed the Filipino American community as well as Americans who believe military veterans deserve better. Malabayabas, 60, was busy bringing groceries into his home in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore when the unknown assailant approached him to ask […]
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Walis Tambo rioter gets 45 days jail time
Kene Brian Lazo, the ‘walis tambo’ brandishing rioter who was at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on Jan. 6, 2021 was sentenced to 45 days in jail after pleading guilty to participating in the insurrection. He was also ordered to pay $500 in restitution, according to reports. A court statement says Lazo entered the […]
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Attackers of FilAm women arrested
There is some sense of relief and a feeling of cautious optimism within the Filipino American community following reports that attackers of two Filipino women have been identified and locked up. The Yonkers Police Department announced on July 20 the indictment of Tammel Esco, 42, on hate crime charges, specifically for hitting his Filipino neighbor […]
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Justice for John Albert Laylo, 35
By Cristina DC Pastor A lawyer who had worked with the political opposition in the Philippines was killed in what police believe to be a “random shooting” in Philadelphia. John Albert Laylo, a lawyer for presidential candidate Leni Robredo, was in an Uber cab with his mother on their way to the Philadelphia International Airport […]
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One mother’s thoughts on Uvalde and how to improve school security
By Cristina DC Pastor Queens mom Casey DeLeon Pinola remembers shedding tears when she learned 19 children were mowed down in a school in Uvalde, Texas, a city once heralded as the “honey capital of the world.” She immediately thought of her three children Carlos, 15; Caydence, 6; and Coah, 4, who go to three […]
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Janet Cinco: ‘My mom was murdered by the hands of my father’
Hi my name is Paul Cinco and I’m fundraising for my Mom Janet Cinco. On May 26, 2022 she was murdered by the hands of my Father. Now it’s is only me and my sister, Kyla Cinco. All donations will be used to contribute to medical bills, funeral expenses, relocation costs, and general utilities to […]
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Lawyer Kevin Benedicto is 1st FilAm member of the S.F. Police Commission
Consul General Neil Ferrer joined San Francisco city officials and community leaders in the swearing-in ceremony of Attorney Kevin Michael Benedicto as San Francisco’s first FilAm police commissioner. The ceremony was held at the Tahanan Supportive Housing Building in San Francisco’s SOMA Pilipinas District on May 9 as the U.S. was celebrating Asian American and […]
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The 1992 L.A. riots: A personal retrospective
By Wendell Gaa This month marks the 30th year anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots, an incensed reaction to the verdict in the Rodney King case. In 1991, white police officers who had brutally beaten African American Rodney King in an arrest gone awry, were all acquitted by an all-white jury in suburban LA. I […]
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Denim Day demands an end to gender-based violence
April is Sexual Violence Awareness Month (SVAM), and an important part of SVAM is Denim Day, which takes place each year on the last Wednesday of April to raise awareness of sexual violence, stand up for survivors, and speak out against societal myths and attitudes that normalize and perpetuate sexual violence. The Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based […]