Sleepless in New York: GMA takes Manhattan in a marathon of meetings

by Momar Visaya/AJPress
NEW YORK – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s whirlwind business trip to the U.S. brought her to the Big Apple Thursday and Friday (June 26 & 27) as she met business moguls, investors, and the local Filipino community in the East Coast.
The President arrived here Wednesday night after a successful three-day working visit to Washington [...]

The Hurricane Strikes

by Joseph Pimentel/AJPress
LEMOORE – They call her the “Hurricane” for a reason.
Last Thursday, FilAm female boxer Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton quickly disposed of Salana Jordan 37 seconds into the first round of a bantamweight fi ght at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Leemore.
“I’m just as surprised as everybody else,” said Julaton about the [...]

New York’s ‘Most Honest Taxi Driver’ Receives Posthumous Degree

by Momar Visaya/AJPress
NEW YORK – After 101 seniors had marched up the stage one by one to receive their hard-earned associate in applied science degree in nursing, the face of one student who should have been there flashed on the screen and his classmates stood up and cheered.
The face on the picture was Nestor Sulpico.
Sulpico, [...]

Life lessons Dale Talde learned from ‘Top Chef’

by Momar G. Visaya/AJPress
NEW YORK – “Salamat. I hope I did you guys proud. I hope I put someone out there, specially to first generation Americans like me who do not have someone in the media that we can look at,” Dale Talde, the Filipino American chef from Chicago told the Asian Journal in an [...]

GMA, The Visit: So Far, So Good

by Cynthia de Castro/AJPress
LOS ANGELES – Before she left the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pointed out that her key priorities in visiting the US are to meet with Filipino-American and Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) communities to discuss their needs and concerns; with President Bush and government leaders to confer on vital issues; and with business [...]

On his plate: Bush lauds White House FilAm chef

WHEN United States President George Bush met with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last June 24 at the White House, the usual formal meeting of two great leaders was inserted with a little humor.
“Madam President, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to the Oval Office. We have just had a very constructive dialogue. First, [...]

Pacquiao fights for typhoon victims

by Joseph Pimentel/AJPress
LAS VEGAS – The Pride of the Philippines will live up to this moniker come fight night Saturday. Win or lose, Manny Pacquiao announced that he would be fighting in honor of the survivors and victims of the devastating typhoon that hit the Philippines last week.
“I feel sad about what happened,” said Pacquiao [...]

Cinderella Men

by Malou Liwanag-Aguilar/AJPress
LOS ANGELES – Pacman. The Flash. Villa. Three men who pushed their limits, and raised the level of the Filipino fighter in the world of boxing.
It’s amazing how determination coupled with discipline can change not only one’s life, but history. In the case of these three men, it is so true. These legends [...]

GMA takes Fresno by ‘storm’

FRESNO – Meeting with almost 900 Filipino Americans from Fresno and nearby counties like Stockton, Bakersfield, Modesto and Merced, you can say Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took Fresno by ‘storm’ – literally. The meeting was the President’s first official activity in her 10-day working visit to the United States.

Held at the Fresno Convention Center last [...]

A friend and ‘F.O.E.’

by Malou Liwanag-Aguilar/AJPress
LOS ANGELES – Aside from representing US presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, candidate for member of the State Assembly (Dist. 32) and former State Senator and Assemblyman Phil Wyman was at the Fresno Convention Center for another reason – friendship.
This friendship of course, is with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and and First Gentleman Mike [...]