Join the LAPD: Chief Bratton Invites Asian Pacific Islanders

by Rene Villaroman/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Department Chief William J. Bratton announced that they are recruiting an additional 1,000 new police officers despite budgetary concerns expressed by the City Council.
“The recruitment of more police officers is the number one priority of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,” Bratton told the Asian Pacific Islander Community Forum held [...]

FilAms in LA Media Share Success Stories

by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — Hard work, perseverance, and a little luck are the keys to success that mainstream FilAm TV broadcasters Maria Quiban of Fox News and Denise Dador of KABC shared to young FilAm co-eds at the “Filipino in the Media panel” discussion held at Loyola Marymount University last November 13.
LMU’s Filipino American [...]

NBA Star Elton Brand Reaches Out to Filipinos

by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — National Basketball Association (NBA) and Los Angeles Clipper player Elton Brand is using his long reach to help the Filipino community.
In an exclusive interview with the Asian Journal, the 28-year-old basketball power forward and native New Yorker said he’s starting a basketball camp next summer in the Philippines. He also [...]

Galing ng Pinoy: From ‘Batang Sementeryo’ to Mr. Universe

by Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com
TWO hundred fifty participants from 39 countries posed in front of the judges at the finals of the 2006 Mr. and Ms Universe Body Building Competition in Cuxhnvun, Germany. All the contestants excitedly held their breaths. They knew the winner would join the ranks of famous past winners like Arnold Schwarzenegger (The [...]

Miss Earth ‘07 is Fil-Canadian

by Carmie Carpio/Asianjournal.com
MANILA — The night of Nov. 11 belonged to Jessica Nicole Trisko of Canada when she bested 87 other candidates for the Miss Earth 2007 crown during the coronation night held at the crowded University of the Philippines Theatre.

Runner-ups Miss India Pooja Chitgopeker (Miss Earth-Air), Miss Venezuela Silvana Santaella Arellano (Miss Earth-Water), and [...]

Asian Contemporary Art Fair Hits New York City: Filipino Painter’s Work Highlighted in Seoul-based Gallery

by Momar Visaya/Asianjournal.com
NEW YORK — The first-ever Asian Contemporary Art Fair debuted at Pier 92 on the Hudson River from November 8 to 12 and enticed more than 20,000 guests during the four-day affair.
The fair featured 76 exhibitors from 10 different countries and the top galleries from the international art market. Hundreds of artists, both [...]

LA Auto Show Goes Green

by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES –  Fuel efficiency, in-car technology and speed dominate the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show at the Downtown Convention Center. The auto show opens to the public on November 16 to November 25.
Hybrid cars have been in hot-demand in recent years and with the cost of gas nearing $4 a gallon in [...]

FilAm TV Viewers Tune Out

 
by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
BURBANK – Filipino-American television viewer Jon Ibay has nothing to do on Wednesday nights now that the creators of his favorite show “Lost” walked out.

Ibay is one of thousands of Filipinos and viewers who have religiously watched ABC’s hit show ‘Lost’ every Wednesday night since it first premiered in 2004.
Like most fans, he’s [...]

Gas Prices Soar Nationwide

by Rene Villaroman/Asianjournal.com
 
LOS ANGELES — Motorists in Northern California are already paying more than $4 a gallon for gas, the Automobile Association of America (AAA) reported on Tuesday. In Oakland, a Shell station sold premium gas at $4.05 a gallon, and in the State capital of Sacramento, gas prices are $1 higher than they were [...]

Kid Jeopardy Champ is a FilAm

by  Malou Aguilar/Asianjournal.com
CONCORD, CA — A proud lola, Mrs. Cely Rayco Millena called last week to share the good news about her granddaughter Rachel Lee A. Millena. At 10 years old, Rachel bested other whiz kids in the game show Kids Jeopardy aired last October 9.

A sixth grader at St. Francis Catholic School in Concord, [...]