Balitang New York, June 6, 2022, New York City – Chants that denounced the incoming president and vice president of the Philippines reverberated along Madison Avenue as nearly 500 marched in the Never Forget! Contingent that rounded out the eleven block parade route along Madison Avenue in the Philippine Independence Day Celebration (PIDC) in New…
Xave Gregorio – Philstar.com October 30, 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Updated 2:07 p.m.) — A protest erupted at an upscale restaurant in New York City to object to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s nomination by the Philippines to the International Law Commission over accusations that he “failed to uphold international law.” Rallyists from Bagong Alyansang Makabayan – USA and…
Published October 10, 2021, www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/news A Filipina health frontliner died in New York on Sunday (PHL time), days after she was assaulted by a mentally disturbed homeless man, the Philippine Consulate General in New York said. The Consulate General identified the victim as Maria Ambrocio, 58, from Bayonne, New Jersey. “We grieve with the rest…
By: John Eric Mendoza -INQUIRER.net / August 17, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — In the latest anti-Asian hate crime to plague the US following the COVID-19 pandemic, a Filipina nurse was racially harassed and attacked after distributing free masks on a subway in the city of New York. Potri Ranka Manis, a nurse working in New…
By: Christia Marie Ramos – Reporter / INQUIRER.net / March 01, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has called the attention of the United States Department of State as well as several American senators on the rise of anti-Asian attacks there. Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Romualdez said he sent a note verbale to…