Several Filipino-Americans have emerged winners in the Nov. 9 US general elections, The Inquirer reports. Assembly member Rob Bonta, who became the first Filipino to serve in the California legislature, was reelected to his post. According to the Inquirer, Bonta captured 87 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Roseann Slonsky-Breault. He represents the 18th Assembly […]
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Death row Filipino not on Indonesia’s next batch of prisoners to face firing squad, migrant group says A Philippine alliance of migrant workers have expressed confidence that Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino woman on Indonesia’s death row, will not be among the 16 convicts set to be executed after the Islamic month of
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Suspect killed three and arrested without incident By Ted Alcuitas SILVER SPRING, Maryland — A Filipino federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket in the Washington, D.C., area was arrested Friday, police said. Three people were also wounded in the shootings. Eulalio Tordil, an
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