Out of Status: A Story of Immigration Struggles By Jenjen Furer My parents used to tell me, “God works in mysterious ways. Don’t worry, everything happens for a reason.” That advice was not helpful on this day. It was October 27, 2005, 5:30 a.m....
The Academy Awards 2015 and Dove+Twitter’s #SpeakBeautiful Campaign By Jenjen Furer A few of my favorite things at the Oscars Sunday night’s Oscars telecast on ABC was a little over 3 ½ hours. I watched the pre-show interviews to check out what gowns the...
Asian American FIRSTS By Asia Americana 1943- Young Oak Kim was the first Asian American to command a combat battalion; he was a highly decorated US Army combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War. 1947- Wataru...
Chicago Hosts America’s Got Talent Season 10 Auditions By: Ryan Tejero For someone who has a talent, the biggest opportunity of bringing it to the audition is already a huge accomplishment. Now on its Season 10, America’s Got Talent (AGT) open audition has...
New Report Tracks Asian American Unemployment WASHINGTON D.C. Fewer Asian Americans were unemployed last month compared to whites, blacks and Hispanics, a new report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed. The agency began publishing...
Undocumented Filipinos Shy Away from DACA WASHINGTON D.C. Only about third of eligible undocumented Filipinos have availed of deportation protection, reflecting a pattern that showed Asian immigrants were less likely than Latinos to apply for deferred...
“Help Me…I am troubled…” By Aida Rivera March 6, 7:57 pm, I received an email forwarded by the FBI regarding a missing teenager, Cayman, a 13- year old student of a Private School next town. The photo in the flyer is that of a...
Philippine Airlines Celebratory Reception 3/16/2015 3/16/15 | New York Philippine Airlines (PAL) hosted a special reception for its New York to Manila Inaugural Flight on March 16, 2015 at the New York Hilton, in midtown Manhattan, New York City. This...
Philippine Airlines Returns to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport PRESS RELEASE WDC-17-2015 17 March 2015 | New York National flag carrier Philippine Airlines finally made a long overdue comeback to the East Coast by flying into New York’s John F. Kennedy...
Heller, Hirono, Meng Introduce Bill to Help Filipino Veterans Receive Deserved Benefits (Washington, DC) – United States Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined forces with Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY) by introducing the Filipino Veterans Promise Act. The bipartisan...
