Galing Pinoy: FilAm Makes the Bad Guy Look Good

by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — Filipino American Dennis Calvero is Crooks and Castles (C&C), a clothing brand for the new generation of hip hop aficionados. His clothing line has been   growing in the urban art and fashion scene that recently, hip hop moguls Jay-Z, Kanye West and other rappers and celebrities have appeared in public [...]

Young Filipina Diva Wows Ellen Degeneres

by Maria Sunantha Quibilan and Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — Filipina singing phenom, Charice Pempengco, left the studio audience of the Ellen DeGeneres Show breathless on Wednesday, December 19.
The 15-year-old’s rendition of And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls received an extended standing ovation. She also received another ovation toward [...]

The Filipino Veterans Equity Act

by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — The Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007 has gone through its shares of ups and downs this year.
If passed, an estimated 7,000  Filipino American veterans living in the US and 12,000 Filipino veterans in the Philippines, who both fought during WWII, would restore US Veterans status and be eligible for [...]

‘Subway to the Sea’ Project is on Track Again – Villaraigosa

by Rene Villaroman/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  announced  on Thursday that the project to extend the Metrorail Red Line from Wilshire Boulevard at Western all the way to the City of Santa Monica is back on track again after the United States Congress lifted the prohibition against federal involvement in the construction of the [...]