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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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‘We will get Isidro Rodriguez,’ Amb. Cuisia assures trafficked teachers
Ambassador Jose Cuisia, Jr. is urging some 500 undocumented Filipino teachers who were victimized by illegal recruiters to “step out of the shadows” so that the Philippine Embassy could assist them. “Our teachers need not be afraid,” he said in a statement. “We are here to help.” Cuisia issued the call after he was told […]
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Reaching out to the 7.1 % FilAms living in poverty
By Bella Santos Owens Recently, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders released key facts and figures on Filipinos living within the U.S. With a total U.S. Filipino population of 2.66 million, the amount of Filipinos living in poverty comes to 7.1 percent. According to the United States Census Bureau, poverty in […]
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PHL Embassy, GABRIELA working for same thing: justice for trafficked teachers, says spokesman
By Maricar CP Hampton GABRIELA USA activists from across the country flocked to the Nation’s Capital on October 3, to demand justice for over 300 Filipino teachers who are victims of labor trafficking. Delegations coming from Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C., held a rally in front of the Philippine Embassy, […]