LA Fil Am | Filipino

I tried not to get pulled into the Diddy case, but I found out Cassie was part Filipino. So it drew me in. I'll admit it: when the news broke about the verdict involving Sean "Diddy" Combs, I was stunned. Like many who grew up on Bad Boy Records hits, Diddy was a household name. Smooth, flashy, and seemingly untouchable — until now. Cassie: The Woman Behind the Story I’ll be honest — I’d always wondered what happened to Cassie. Her 2006 hit song "Me & U" was everywhere. Sultry, hypnotic, and minimalistic, it stood out in a crowded pop-R&B landscape. But after a few features and sporadic appearances, she seemed to fade from the spotlight. Now I understand that a big part of that absence was tied to her relationship with Combs. Cassie started dating Diddy around 2007, when she was just 21. The relationship was long-lasting but marked by rumors of manipulation and imbalance. Her career never fully took off, and now we know part of the reason: she w...

Early Veterans Day celebrations underway across SoCal Veterans Day celebrations were already underway on Saturday, with community members gathering in Riverside, East Los Angeles and Long Beach amongst the many other places hosting early events.

Cenon Audencial was a guerilla with the Philippine Resistance Movement turned second lieutenant in the U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East in the early 1940s. Like many of the 260,000 Filipinos who fought and served under and alongside the U.S. military during World War II, Audencial may never be recognized for his war efforts because of lost documentation. Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces (who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable). In 1946 after World War II concluded, President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, which provided Filipino soldiers would be stripped of their statuses as U.S veterans, effectively denying them their rightful benefits. It was one of the greatest injustices in U.S history. In 1946 after World War II concluded, President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, which pr...