Martin Sadongdong

Fil-Am mayor in California, community groups on frontline of fight vs Asian hate crime

A Filipino-American mayor and two Fil-Am community organizations here are leading the push back against hate crime affecting not only Filipinos but other races in the Asian region.

Philippines working with US to thwart threat from weapons of mass destruction

The national government is collaborating with the United States defense department to build up its capabilities to prevent, reduce, and counter weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in case they are used in a crisis or conflict.

Fil-Ams ‘invested, sympathetic’ to Philippines over sea row

The increasing tension between the Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is an issue that also concerns Filipino-Americans here.

WPS tension a concern as US polls draw near

The strength of the bilateral ties between the Philippines and United States hangs in the balance as Americans, including members of the Filipino-American community, vote their next leader between incumbent President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party and ex-president and Republican Party frontliner Donald Trump in the presidential elections on November 5. 

West Philippine Sea conflict: PH, US agree to collaborate on fighting China’s ‘information manipulation’

The Philippines and United States have agreed to work together to counter China’s alleged manipulation of information to push its interests in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).