SAN FRANCISCO, California — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas’ film Documented screened at Golden Gate University April 19 to an audience of nearly 200. (See trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7F8uw9hw_A ) The showing was hosted by the online magazine PositivelyFilipino.com as its first public event, according to publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco. Former TV newsreporter now San Jose State University journalism professor Lloyd LaCuesta held a conversation with Vargas...

As part of its ongoing thrust to bring important information and services closer to its transacting public, the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco launched “Talakayan sa Konsulado”, a monthly public forum held at the Consulate’s waiting area to discuss issues relevant to the Filipino-American community in the Bay Area. This month’s Talakayan, held in partnership with the Philippine-American Press Club (PAPC), featured guest speaker Ms. Roela Vazquez of Immigration Legal Services ...

“One out of four people is or will become a victim of domestic violence,” Lt. Randy Caturay, member of the San Francisco Police Force and the Alliance for Community Empowerment, informed the audience at the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco, addressing them as a resource speaker for the Consulate’s monthly Talakayan sa Konsulado (Consulate Open Forum). As part of their activities for International Women’s Month, the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco and the Philippine Americ...

Editor, writer and artist Randy Gener, whose essay about his recently departed mother was published in TheFilAm magazine on what would have been her 67th birthday, garnered the Philippine American Press Club’s 2013 Plaridel Award for Outstanding Editorial Essay/Commentary at a gala dinner in Colma, California.In addition, the Asian American Arts Alliance selected Gener as one of the eight top finalists for the 2013 Wai Look Award for Outstanding Service to the Arts. The award is given periodical...