In celebration of Ninoy Aquino’s 77th birthday, Ako Si Ninoy Musicale will be in Cebu at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel Pacific Grand Ballroom on November 27, 2009. For more information please refer to the following. From I AM NINOY: NOVEMBER 27AKO SI NINOY IN CEBU Watch “AKO SI NINOY”, 2009 Aliw Awardee as Best [...]

It’s that time of year where Americans stuff their faces with complex carbohydrates followed by a series of resolutions to loose weight for the New Year. This is what Thanksgiving may look like to those unfamiliar with this American tradition. For me, this time of year always brings back memories of my youth when my [...]

This story recently occurred in Chicago and reading about it is quite embarrassing with the number of Pinoys involved in the immigration scam. Ten people with Chicago connections have been indicted on federal charges of running a marriage fraud scheme that paid American citizens thousands of dollars to marry immigrants in an effort to skirt [...]

Loyola University Chicago’s Filipino organization, Kapwa will be inviting Dr. Kevin Nadal who is the author of Filipino American Psychology on Wednesday, December 2nd. Kevin Nadal is a professor, psychologist, performer, activist, and author, who received his doctorate in counseling psychology from Columbia University. As an assistant professor of psychology and mental health counseling at [...]

December is approaching and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco will be hosting Pasko! This special family program will be held on Sunday, December 6. For those interested in the event, there will be lessons in parol, the illuminated star and a workshop on making your own parol. There is also a Baybayin Demonstration [...]

For all of you Mixed Martial Arts fans, this update from BakitWhy.com is on the upcoming Fight For Relief: A Fundraising Fight Night for Philippines Typhoon Relief on Saturday December 12th from 5:30 to 10pm. The event will showcase up and coming Filipino mixed martial artists fight to raise funds for Philippine communities affected by [...]

This update features more coverage on the neo-noir psychological thriller, I Come with the Rain that was shot in the Philippines. Thanks to a reader who goes by Terminator, I was able to share this behind the scenes footage of Josh Hartnett in Mindanao, Philippines at a town that was established in the past 25 [...]

This damn song has been stuck in my head for the past month after tuning into GMA Kapuso for my Philippine news updates from 24 Oras. Rosalinda is another Philippine remake but this time it’s from a Mexican telenovela of the same name. While watching this same exact music video on GMA, I felt that [...]

Just got this update from Lorely Trinidad about this new exhibit INVISIBLE CHILDREN at Museo Pambata on Thursday, November 26 at 4pm. Poems, letters, photographs, and art from Museo Pambata’s recent Convention on the Rights of a Child Summit for Children. The exhibit runs through January 5, 2010. So if you’re in the Manila area, [...]

Reading this story was not how I wanted to start off my Monday morning. Authorities discovered the bodies of at least 30 people who had been kidnapped early today in the southern Philippines and called the incident politically motivated slaughter. The victims, at least 13 of them women which included a dozen journalists as well [...]

Efren Peñaflorida, who started a “pushcart classroom” in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. “Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes and sizes. We are one [...]

It’s about time that a Pinoy chef is going to be on Iron Chef America! After watching the finale of The Next Iron Chef (Congrats to NEW Iron Chef Garces), I got more excited with promos for Iron Chef America at the White House for a Super Chef Battle. The Food Network event will have [...]

Being from Chicago, I am really proud to inform everyone of Fil-Am R&B group IBU’s sophomore album entitled Inspired by U which was released on November 10th. For those who do not know Chicago’s hottest boy group, IBU (consists of Mike, Tommy, and Jonathan) earned the distinction as America’s most sought after Asian-American performing group [...]

Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP) recently announced that they will be compiling another Top 10 list for 2009. This is a time when Asian Americans are given the recognition they deserve and represent their communities with pride. Nominees may include community leaders, workers, students, college grads, faculty, staff, government officials, Hollywood, the private sector, [...]

Warning: The following video is intended for mature audiences Fil-Am comedian Air Tabigue just sent me this exclusive highlight video of Laughs for Literacy which was held on Wednesday October 21st at the Laugh Lounge NYC. Laughs for Literacy started when Air was approached Bagong Kulturang Pinoy New York, an organization which main goal is [...]