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Matthew Alonsozana: ‘I never felt being Filipino made me an outsider’ (Part 2)
In the following series, The FilAm Metro D.C. is featuring two young Filipino Americans in the Republican Party. They are Ninio Joseph Fetalvo, Press Assistant for the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Matthew Alonsozana, a Research Analyst also with the RNC. They are the rising leaders in a party they believe to be closely aligned […]
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Ninio Fetalvo: ‘Our Filipino beliefs match well with what the GOP is trying to accomplish’ (Part 1)
In the following series, The FilAm Metro D.C. is featuring two young Filipino Americans in the Republican Party. They are Ninio Joseph Fetalvo, Press Assistant for the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Matthew Alonsozana, a Research Analyst also with the RNC. They are the rising leaders in a party they believe to be closely aligned […]
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Bella Owens: A Filipina heads the Baltimore County Commission for Women
By Maricar CP Hampton When Bella Santos Owens came to the U.S. in 1987, she thought she would just be a typical working mom. But fate had other plans. As president of the Baltimore County Commission for Women, her life is now one big juggling act as she tries to balance career, family and community. […]
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Nightclub impresario named to White House commission for Asian Americans
By Elton Lugay Being named a commissioner at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) was a total surprise for radio/TV personality Billy Dec. First, he did not know such a government agency exists, and second, for one who is known throughout Chicago as a “nightlife impresario,” he did not expect […]
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Community leaders across the country connect in town hall meeting
By Maricar CP Hampton A town hall meeting and a community reception for Filipino American leaders was organized March 14 by Kaya: Filipino Americans for Progress following a White House briefing for the community earlier in the day. The town hall meeting put together a panel of speakers who discussed ways in which the community […]
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4 FilAms named to Republican Party’s AAPI advisory council
By Maricar CP Hampton Vellie S. Dietrich-Hall was recently named one of four Filipino Americans leaders appointed to the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) Asian American Advisory Council. The announcement did not surprise Vellie, general manager at the Diamond Hill Retreat jewelry store in Charlotte Court House in Virginia and a long-time local leader of the […]
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Cuisia hails new PAFC board, officers as leaders with ‘new ideas and vision’
Diplomatic analyst Sonny Busa and real estate professional Mya Grossman were recently elected to the Philippine American Foundation for Charities, Inc. (PAFC) for 2014, as board chair and president, respectively. PAFC is a nonprofit organization which provides support to organizations that seek to improve the quality of life of Filipinos in the U.S. and the […]
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PHL gaining economic freedom, says Heritage-WSJ report
The Philippines continues to enjoy moderate, but improving, levels of economic freedom according to the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom published annually by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. The Philippines’s economic freedom score is 60.1, making its economy the 89th freest in the 2014 Index. Its overall rank is unchanged from last […]
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More FilAm students today want to work in PHL than 2 years ago: Cuisia
A growing number of Filipino American students are interested in exploring employment opportunities in the Philippines, according to Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. The economic transformation taking place in the homeland their parents left years ago is what’s prompting this job surge, he said “Most of the Filipino American youths I have talked to see […]