A Filipina nurse — Lilian Perez, founder of Heartbeat Pregnancy Support Services of Asia (PSSA) — received the 2012 International Servant-Leader Award for her pro-life and pro-family advocacies.

In the name of science and technology, MIT in Cambridge and the Philippine Science High School in Palo, Leyte found each other.

Philippine officials based in the Consulate in New York encouraged Filipino-American students to become dual citizens, informing the audience at the Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue (FIND) that acquiring dual citizenship is as simple as having one Filipino parent – or both — even if the child was born in the US.

Taiwan on Tuesday impeached a diplomat who was deported from the United States for her involvement in a case of abuse of her Filipina maids, officials said, accusing her of “hurting the country’s image.” Liu Hsien-hsien, former director of Taiwan’s mission in Kansas City, Missouri, was deported in February after she pleaded guilty to charges [...]

Guillermo Rumingan, a disabled Philippine Scout from Arlington, Virginia, joined his fallen comrades on March 27. He was 86.

For helping Filipina victims of human trafficking and domestic violence in her community, Filipino-American Marily Mondejar was feted as a “local hero” during Women’s History Month in the United States.

SAN FRANCISCO, California—About 200 Filipino-American leaders will gather at the Conference on Philippine Entrepreneurship sponsored by the Filipino Professionals and Businessmen’s Association (FILPABA), the Science and Technology Advisory Council of Silicon Valley (STAC SV)and the Filipino Entrepreneurs Network (FEN).

The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is closely monitoring the case of six Filipinos arrested in New Jersey in the United States for alleged drug possession.

Two Filipino bishops and a former political prisoner urged members of religious and diplomatic communities at the Church Center for the United Nations in New York earlier this week to turn their attention to the continuing human rights violations in the Philippines.

Two Filipino-American women were honored last week by the United States-based National Council for Research on Women for their leadership that changes “the way the world looks” at females.