US lawmakers on Tuesday sent an anti-hate bill to President Joe Biden's desk that aims to prevent violence against Asian Americans, following an alarming rise in attacks including murders during the coronavirus pandemic. The House of Representatives passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act with a strong...
Closed to the public and ringed by metal fencing for nearly a year, the park in front of the White House reopened Monday in the latest sign Washington was returning to normal after the tense Trump years. Tourists and Washingtonians visit Lafayette Square near the White House in Washington, DC, on...
The United States of America has assured the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that it is standing by Asian-Americans as violence against the said group grew in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN...
Beauty queen-turned-Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Celine Pialago is in hot water after allegedly mentioning Miss Universe-Canada Nova Stevens in a recent post promoting the use of glutathione. Netizens deemed her action brainless, disgusting. Asked one, "Racist ka ghorl?"...
The country's representative to this year's Miss Universe pageant, Rabiya Mateo, is aware of Miss Universe-Canada Nova Stevens having received bigoted comments from some Filipinos. She admitted to the whole matter making her "really sad" in a recent press conference. "I really feel sorry (for) her...
A Filipino teenager was punched in the head and suffered from a racial slur while playing at a basketball tournament in Oakland, California. SCREENSHOT FROM THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY KPIX 5/ MANILA BULLETIN The boy, identified only by his first name, Evan, was playing at the Battle of the Bay...
With anti-racism advocacy close to her heart, Miss Universe Canada Nova Stevens couldn't let the personal comments about her skin color pass. What was surprising is that most of it came from Filipinos with comments in Tagalog such as, "nognog" and "katakot" with the photo in her post below. View...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The mounting violence and racism against Asian Americans, including Filipinos, in various parts of the US are deeply troubling. Reports said that from March 2020 to February 2021, some 3,800 incidents of physical assault, verbal...
This time, that Karen is a he. Gennica Cochran A fun birthday dinner ended up with a bitter taste for a Fil-Am family after a white man spewed racist slur at them at a restaurant in Carmel Valley, California. Raymond Orosa and his family went to Bernadus Lodge and Spa’s Lucia restaurant to...
