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What motivate 500 Fil Am bikers to gather for ‘Bikerdahan 2016′
By Peter Lacson “There is no problem big enough a tankful of gas and a sunny day can’t solve”. – Steve McQueen Los Angeles — The 8th Annual Bikerdahan is set for September 9 to 11, 2016 at Lake Don Pedro in La Grange, California. This year’s 3-day outdoor Fil-Am biker assembly will be hosted […]
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Los Angeles Historic Filipino Town groups host ‘Women Against Marcos’ Book Launch
By Florante Peter Ibanez The Friends of Echo Park Library, along with the Filipino American Library and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association, hosted this month the launch of Women Against Marcos: Stories of Filipino and Filipino American Women Who Fought a Dictator at the Echo Park Library in Historic Filipino town, Los Angeles. The event […]
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Of May day, elections and patriotism: a Fil Am perspective
By Carlene Sobrino Bonnivier of The FILAMLA May Day, 1971, near DuPont Circle, Washington, DC. (I hadn’t gone to Woodstock in 1969. I was not a Hippie, though I did go to the Washington Mall to celebrate the first official Earth Day. A week or two later I returned to the Mall, joining thousands of […]
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How to Remember Larry
By Wilfredo Pascual Imagine yourself, a seventy-year old quiet man. You have no possessions, no family, no education. You have moved around all your life toiling for powerful people. You had something to eat, a place to keep you warm, but now your body is broken and the end is imminent. One morning you’re asked, […]
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Jennifer’s diary: Martial Law through a child’s eyes
First-Person Essay By Jennifer Suzara -Cheng It all started with hush tones and repressed messages among my household members, furtive glances down the street; even the blaring radio has stopped, I could feel that something was wrong. The silence was shattered by loud knocks on the front door, and then soldiers started walking into our […]
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FASGI opens its doors with a community day during Historic Filipinotown founding anniversary August 8
The Filipino American Service Group, Inc., in cooperation with other Filipino organizations, presents FASGCI Community Day on August 8, 2015 at the FASGI Park View House, 135 North Park View Street Los Angeles from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The events aims to gather the expertise and services of all participating organizations, in the spirit […]
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‘Filipinos are our allies, why can’t they have the bells (of Balangiga) back?’
By Lawrence C. Ochoa With her energetic rendition of Sweet Honey in the Rock’s “I’m gon’ stand…we will not bow down to injustice,” the powerhouse executive director of the Pilipino Workers Center Aqui Versoza boosted the launch on April 4 of the campaign seeking the return of the Bells of Balangiga to the Philippines. The […]
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Group vows to recover Bells of Balangiga with help from Hollywood celebrities, Manny Pacquiao
By Dante D. Ochoa Undeterred by previous unsuccessful efforts to recover the Bells of Balangiga, the famed war booty from the Philippine-American war, a group of Southern Californians, meeting in Huntington Beach, California resolved to succeed where others have failed. A formal launch of the committee in a Beverly Hills venue is scheduled in the […]
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Bookshop celebrates Carlos Bulosan on Filipino American History Month
The book, “America Is in the Heart: A Personal History” by Carlos Bulosan will be the center of the Filipino American History Month celebration on Saturday, October 25. The event is sponsored by Philippine Expressions Bookshop and is free and open to the public. It will be held at Search to Involve Filipino Americans (SIPA) […]