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Why are Filipinos better represented in theater than other API groups?

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It was through singing the song “Alright, Okay, You Win” in high school that roused the performing bug in Filipino American actress Heather Apellanes.

Cambodian refugee goes home as U.S. Navy commander

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SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — The distant thuds of gunfire and bombs weren’t nearly as memorable for Michael Misiewicz as fishing barehanded with

Christine Umayam leaves lucrative job to help children, creates relief organization

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In January 2006, Christine Umayam made a life-changing visit to the Philippines. The trip was her first and the children living in poverty shocked her.

Editorial: Finding inspiration in Aung San Suu Kyi

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Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on Nov. 13. She has been detained for 15 of the past 21 years.

Even in ‘retirement,’ Ellen Abellera leads with poise and passion

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Before becoming a staunch advocate for Asian Americans across Washington state, Ellen Abellera rallied for her father, a former politician in Kalibo, Philippines.

Hawaii congressional race is a contrast in style

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HONOLULU (AP)—Both come from families of immigrants. Both grew up in Hawaii. Both are lawyers who rose to power in elected office.

1st API female doctor to three U.S. presidents speaks on honoring Filipino roots

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Her memories of being a girl who could enter a vice admiral’s house only through the back door with her father, Angel Mariano, are still fresh.

At the Burke, a myriad of colors and textures are woven into layers of meaning

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Traditional weaving has become an endangered art because, as stated in a Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture press release, in the past 150 years,