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The Filharmonic and Harana headline the Summer Opening of the renovated Ford Amphitheater
By Cecile C. Ochoa Los Angeles —The $66 million renovated John Anson Ford Amphitheater along Cahuenga Pass opened its doors this month featuring selected performances including the internationally-renowned groups of The Filharmonic and Harana Men’s Choir. Set in a 32-acre Los Angeles County Regional Park which is located across the Hollywood Bowl along the historic […]
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Filipino film ‘Toto’ receives ‘Best Foreign Language film’ at the LA Comedy Festival in Hollywood
By Cecile Ochoa Hollywood, CA – Writer-director John Paul Su of “Toto,” recently received the Best Foreign Language film award in this year’s Los Angeles Comedy Festival held here from May 12 – 22. “Toto” also received the Best actor award for Sid Lucero. In Metro Manila, “Toto” is Urian’s nominee this year for the […]
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Don’t ‘Clipper’ this up
By Leandre C. Ochoa April 27, 2016 Tonight, the Los Angeles Clippers will continue their series against the Portland Trailblazers in Game 5 of their first-round playoff matchup. This pivotal game 5 will take place at Staples Center in Los Angeles in the wake of what most people may argue was the worst day in […]
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Fourth Plaridel toasts writers in the U.S.
Special to TheFILAMLA TheFILAMLA editor and Inquirer.net writer Cecile Caguingin Ochoa, won Plaridel’s Award in “Best In-Depth/ Story held at the Fort McKinley Restaurant in South San Francisco. Ochoa joined other winners of the Fourth Plaridel Awards, Excellence in Journalism. The biggest winner of the evening was Asian Journal, based in Los Angeles, California and […]
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Naomi Palma Armada: community Leader Par Excellence
By Ludy A. Ongkeko, Ph.D. To understand Naomi Palma Armada, a formidable voice in the Filipino American Community, is to understand how the Philippine Heritage Institute International emerged to advance the cause of the Filipino in America. When Naomi established the Philippine Heritage Institute (PHI), as a non-profit organization in 1989, she had zeroed in […]
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The FilAm L.A. wins 5 Plaridel Awards!
By Dante Ochoa Our one-year old online news magazine, The FilAm Los Angeles (TFLA) captured five Plaridel awards in four categories this year with two crystal wedge trophies in The Best Youth Voice/Lawrence Ochoa for the article, “Some things stand the test of time from the boomers to millennials;” and Best Tourism Feature Story for […]
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Evelyn Aviado Portugal is new press prexy, board chair of FAPCLA
Evelyn Aviado Portugal, a long-time member of the Filipino American Press Club of Los Angeles, Est. 1978 (FAPCLA) was elected president during the club’s general membership meeting at the Pilipino Workers Center near downtown Los Angeles. Portugal will also serve as chair of the board of directors. The new set of officers elected with Portugal […]
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L.A. FilAm Press Club to sponsor creative writing workshop
The Filipino American Press Club of Los Angeles, Inc. (established 1978) will sponsor a two-day Creative Writing Workshop on March 21-22nd, at the Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) at Historic Filipino Town on Glendale Boulevard. Officers said the seminar will provide an opportunity for writers, both from professional circles and student aspirants, who wish to expand […]
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‘Good morning, San Diego’ welcomes Kristina Le
By Lawrence C. Ochoa San Diego County, that balmy destination 144 miles south of Los Angeles takes pride in having the second largest Filipino American population (approximately 200,000) of any county in the nation, yet lags behind in visibility in this highly diverse city. One venue to project this significant number is the news – […]