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NEW POPE LEO XIV IS A CHICAGO NATIVE

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) FIRST BISHOP OF ROME FROM NORTH AMERICA; SECOND FROM THE AMERICAS CHICAGO (PM) – Chicago-born Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the...

JOHNNY DAYANG DESERVES A MEDAL, NOT A METAL

By ROY MABASA* (PhilaMessenger.net) THE SENSELESS KILLING OF JOHNNY DAYANG MANILA, Philippines (PM) -- This hurts. Real bad. I’m writing this with a heavy heart and a mind still trying to make sense of it all. Johnny Dayang—kuya, boss, mentor, friend—was taken from us in the most bruta...

SCAMMER STOPPED FROM COLLECTING FUNDS RAISED FOR ALLEGED FILIPINA VICTIM OF LAPU-LAPU FESTIVAL

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) MORE THAM $1-M CAD DONATIONS COLLECTED FOR VICTIMS SO FAR A scammer identifying herself as a friend of an alleged “devoted mother and beloved friend who worked tirelessly to support her two sons” and was said to be among the victims...

2 FAMILIES, 3 FILIPINAS AMONG THOSE KILLED IN LAPU-LAPU FESTIVAL

©2025By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) SCHOOL HOMEWORK SAVED 16-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM ATTENDING LAPU-LAPU FESTIVAL; 6 FILIPINOS CRITICALLY INJURED; AFTER COLLECTING $77,041 CAD TRIPLING $20K CAD GOAL, FAMILY STOPPED COLLECTING DONATIONS TWO FAMILIES with roots from Vietna...

FILIPINO FOURTH ESTATE TAKES ANOTHER DEADLY HIT

The Straphanger ©2025By Bobby M. Reyes (PhilaMessenger.net) SEPTUAGENARIAN JOURNALIST JUAN "JOHNNY" P. DAYANG GUNNED DOWN! Part I of "Protecting Filipino Journalists" Series LOS ANGELES (PM) -- Roy Mabasa asked yesterday morning in his Facebook Timeline: "What kind of heartless c...

SUSPECT IN THE LAPU-LAPU DAY MULTIPLE DEATHS CHARGED!

©2025 By JOSEPH G LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) PCG VANCOUVER SAYS "WE ARE NOT FUNDRAISING FOR THE VICTIMS!" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada police announced Monday that the 30-year-old driver of an SUV that rammed into a Filipino community celebrating Lapu-Lapu Festival in...

11 FILIPINOS KILLED, 20 HURT AFTER SUV RAMS INTO LAPU-LAPU FESTIVAL IN VANCOUVER

20 INJURED MAN ARRESTED AFTER VEHICLE STRIKES AT A CROWD Eleven Filipinos celebrating the heroism of Filipino Chieftain Lapu-Lapu were killed and 20 others were injured when a driver of a black SUV plowed into a crowd of Filipinos on Saturday, April 26, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ...

CBCP WARNS FILIPINOS AGAINST CAMPAIGNING FOR TAGLE TO BECOME POPE

©2025By Tracy Cabrera (Special to PhilaMessenger) (Originally posted on Senior Times) INTRAMUROS, Manila (PM) — A little knowledge is truly dangerous—as in the case of Filipino Catholics openly advocating for Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle as the successor of Pope Francis. The Argentine pontif...