Filipino-American News

The Philippine and Norwegian governments will forge a bilateral agreement soon to lift the ban on au pair deployment to Norway.

KUWAIT The Filipino community in Kuwait was grief-stricken following reports about the massacre that killed 57 people in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao.

The recent massacre of innocent people in the southern island of Mindanao shows that the government is not for the people but a government for the select few.

Herm Card photo of Emma Pagcaliwagan with a portrait of her husband Jose 'Joe' Pagcaliwagan at the Veterans' Day remembrance at the War Memorial in downtown Syracuse.

ROME, Italy Filipino community leaders in Rome have come together to file a petition to ask President Arroyo to defer the alleged appointment of Congressman Antonio Cuenco as replacement of Philippine Ambassador to Italy, Philippe Lhuillier.

U.S. Census Bureau officials assured an audience of Asian and Pacific Islander community leaders, including Filipino-Americans, that undocumented immigrants will not be deported for filling out a census form, reports Asian Journal's AJ Press.

"He's the only reason I watch any boxing," Deputy Mayor Valerie Santos admitted at a meeting with Filipino American community leaders the morning after the Pacquiao-Cotto fight.

The Filipino American National Historical Society recently held its 10th annual Community Recognition Awards, which recognizes people for their contributions to Filipino American history in the Stockton area.

When he took a blow to the ribs, they cringed in their chairs. And when his combinations brought his opponent to the mat, they erupted with thunderous applause.

Fight weekend has descended on the Las Vegas strip as the city gears up for the Miguel Cotto/Manny Pacquiao face-off. The two will compete Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

SECRETARY CLINTON: We are very proud to have so many Filipino Americans. And I'm very proud that our militaries work together, the American military and the military of the Philippines, saving lives and rescuing people, and I am very pleased that we could donate so many supplies.

Contributions made to the Relief from Hearts of Nacogodoches last month helped the Greater Manila Association to provide assistance to some of Manila's outlying provinces affected by Typhoon Ketsana.

MEMBERS of the Filipino community donated cash for the burial of farmer Armando Alampayan after the 6 p.m. Mass on Sunday at the Kristo Rai church.

PRAYERS were said at Masses in Ireland and the Philippines yesterday for the safe return of kidnapped Fr Michael Sinnott -- exactly four weeks after his abduction.

For Filipino-Americans Charles "Chucky" Klapow, a dancer, and Zaldy Goco, a costume designer, life will never be the same after working with the King of Pop.

Asia Pacific News.Net Friday 6th November, 2009 Shanghai Police have detained five Filipino men who allegedly disguised themselves as women to rob other men in bars, a media report said Friday.

Four of five arrested Filipino men accused of drugging and then robbing foreign men they offered with sexual services have pleaded guilty, an online news provider reporter.

Pork, chicken and spices form a main dish. Bok choy, pancit noodles and pork lichon gives substance to a soup.

RIYADH: The Philippine Embassy has announced that it will resume its 'Embassy on Wheels' service at the International Philippine School in Alkhobar this weekend.

California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor and three members of his family, including a Filipino American wife, were killed in a ferocious crash that happened in August.