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CAPAC lawmakers discuss with Biden, Harris AAPI priorities: hate crimes, immigration
Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) leadership on March 7 met with President Biden, Vice President Harris, and senior White House officials to discuss policy priorities for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. The CAPAC members in attendance were CAPAC Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), CAPAC First Vice-Chair Rep. Grace […]
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Beware of receiving packages you did not order; it could be a ‘brushing scam’
Have you received a package you did not order online? The package has your correct name and address but the sender is not someone you know, or worse, there is no return address? And you thought, ‘What the fudge?’ The New York State Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) has warned about a “brushing scam,” which […]
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Asian women on how to move beyond hate attacks
By Jenny Manrique Asian American women are experiencing a fresh wave of violent, hate-related attacks. According to the web portal Stop AAPI Hate, since March 2020, there have been over 10,000 attacks, 16 percent of which have been physically violent. Elders were the targets in the majority of incidents. A poll commissioned by The National Asian […]
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FBI Wanted: Apollo Quiboloy, Teresita Dandan, Helen Panilag
The FBI is investigating individuals associated with a church called the Kingdom of Jesus Christ and a related charitable organization known as the Children’s Joy Foundation. The agency has issued a warrant poster for KOJC founder Apollo Quiboloy, and two of his trusted officers, Teresita Dandan and Helen Panilag. In its website, the FBI laid out the alleged criminal violations […]
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On Global Filipinos: Letty Lanuza: A mother’s love conquers death (Part 2)
By Loida Nicolas Lewis I always knew that when the going gets rough and a kababayan is in dire straits, Filipinos would always come to help, assist, give food, donate money or whatever is needed, and would do it generously. This is our God-given, unbreakable Bayanihan spirit. And so it happened — $5, $10, $25, $50, $100 started to pour into the bank account of Letty Lanuza (for Philippine […]
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On Global Filipinos: Letty Lanuza: A mother’s love conquers death (Part 1)
By Loida Nicolas Lewis What is a more fitting story to tell during the Christmas season than the story of how a mother’s faith, hope and love saved her son from being beheaded? Letty Celestino grew up with seven other siblings in Nueva Ecija. Their father managed rice fields and their mother was a prayerful […]
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Noel Quintana’s New York City
Noel Quintana is a Filipino American non-profit worker who has been vocal about combating Asian hate after surviving a violent hate crime in February 2021. He’s a man of faith, and one of the reasons he ultimately moved to the U.S. from the Philippines over a decade ago was because he asked God for a […]
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Chris Carbonell: The first Filipino Guardian Angel
By Cristina DC Pastor Chris Carbonell, who manages a Filipino restaurant in Queens, is the first Filipino Guardian Angel. Meaning, he is the first Filipino to join the anti-crime organization founded by Curtis Sliwa in 1979 whose avowed mission is to repel crime in New York City subways. Depends on who you ask, the Guardian […]
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NaFFAA calling on cops to find attacker of Filipino elder
Jose Serra, a 71-year-old Filipino elder, was gruesomely attacked by a man with a knife on November 3, in El Cajon near the city of San Diego in California. Serra miraculously survived the assault and is currently in critical condition and recovering from his injuries at a local hospital. He was on his commute to work […]