Lights Go Out on Broadway As Strike Continues

By Momar G. Visaya/AsianJournal.com
NEW YORK – Members of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees went on strike Sunday, Nov. 10 against Broadway producers, effectively shutting down Manhattan’s Theater District.
A total of 35 shows are currently running on Broadway, with 27 of them affected as the strike continued as of Tuesday.
Local One [...]

Successful Pinays in Business Inspire at DC Confab

By Momar Visaya/Asianjournal.com
NEW YORK — Filipina entrepreneurs shared their experiences at the Fifth Filipina Summit held in Washington, DC a couple of weeks ago.
Nini Alvero, Philippine Trade Commissioner for the US Western Region moderated the entrepreneurship forum, aptly dubbed “Make Me a Filipina Millionaire”.
“The Filipino American community is a sleeping dragon, and it is waking [...]

Groups Lambast New Gender Law

By Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – SB 777, a new law recently signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been getting criticisms from various sectors of California.
The new law requires textbooks, instructional materials, and school-sponsored activities to positively portray cross-dressing, sex-change operations, homosexual “marriages,” and all aspects of homosexuality and bisexuality, including so-called “gay history.” Silence [...]

FilAm Vets Celebrate Leyte Landing

By Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — On a warm sunny day, Filipino WWII veterans and their supporters came out in full force celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the Leyte Landing at the Los Angeles National Cemetery last October 20.
Filipino WWII soldiers stood on hollowed grounds where more than 86,000 patriots were buried. They listened to the [...]

US Senate Rejects DREAM Act

By Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – The US Senate made an immigration clean sweep when they voted against advancing a bill that would have provided children of illegal immigrants a chance to gain legal status last October 24.
The Senate voted 52-44, well short of the 60 required to advance the DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education [...]

Filipinos on Top of Hollywood Animation

By Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com
IN recent decades, most US animation companies have relied on Filipino talents to bring to life varied characters from Mulan to The Lion King to the Little Mermaid.
If you look closer at  animated films, you will see that there is a bahay kubo in little clownfish Nemo’s aquarium in Finding Nemo.  And [...]

FilAm Runs for Mayor

By Malou Aguilar/Asianjournal.com
VALLEJO — It was not his name that caught our attention. Cris Villanueva is the namesake of a popular Filipino teen actor in the 80s. In a letter published in the Vallejo Times-Herald sent by a longtime resident, Lagreeh Flores wrote her concern about the financial budget crisis facing Vallejo. She then continued [...]

FilAms and the SoCal Wildfires

By Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
WILD Fire: There were 15 major fires this past week in Southern California. The areas affected were in Castaic, Stevenson Ranch, Agua Dulce (Santa Clarita), Malibu, Martin Ranch (San Bernardino), Devore, Grass Valley (Lake Arrowhead), Green Valley Lake, Santiago (East Orange County), Ammo/ Horno (Camp Pendleton Marine Base), Rosa (Temecula), Rice (Fallbrook), Mt. [...]

Sal Gatdula Talks About ‘Finishing the Game’

By Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
Despite not getting recognition for roles that he produces in his films, Gatdula still plays a most important part.
“I’m like Mr. Everything [on the set],” he said. “Whatever they need me to do I’ll do. I make sure that everything is taken care of,” he said.
The 35-year-old Gatdula is a producer for Trailing [...]

Undocumented Student Activist Arrested

By Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) is asking for immigrant community support after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities arrested a 24-year-old Vietnamese immigration advocate and her family.
Tam Tran, a former honor student graduate and Ph.D. candidate at UCLA, and her family were arrested October 8 by ICE agents [...]