Fil Am News

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)      CHICAGO (JGL) – If Maria “Aleng Maring” Villegas Gotangco reaches the age of 100 on Sept. 2nd next year, she is in line

Philippine Fest Piyesta Pinoy in Bolingbrook is back for its 4th year on Saturday, June 10, 2017 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center at 375 W. Briarcliff Rd., Bolingbrook, IL 60440. It will feature 11 hours of entertainment, food, music, arts & crafts, vendors, kids...

Philippine Entry by Ramona Diaz to the 22nd Annual Chicago American Showcase The documentary film Motherland by Ramona Diaz is the Philippines’ official entry to the 22nd Annual Chicago American

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)     CHICAGO (JGL) – If everything goes as planned, the son of the fugitive hiding in the Philippines, will only be paying

CHICAGO, Illinois (JGL) -- Consul General Generoso D. G. Calonge led a team from the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago, Illinois last March 25 that conducted its first outreach mission in Little Rock, Arkansas, serving Filipino Americans residing across The Natural State and beyond.  ...

The Consulate General of the Philippines in Chicago regrets to inform all Filipino-Americans and the general public of the recent passing of former Senator and Undersecretary of Foreign

The Consulate General of the Philippines would like to invite the Filipino-American community and the general public to participate in the 75th Commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) with a wreath laying ceremony (weather permitting) at the Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge on Saturda...

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)     CHICAGO (JGL) — Filipino women, in almost all age groups, outnumber men 2 to 1 in registering to vote in Middle America in the coming Philippine elections, according to statistics received by Consul General Generoso D. G. Calonge of the Phi...