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Consul General's Corner
Emil T. Fernandez - Sep 19, 2023

Knights of Rizal’s Western USA Region For this issue, I wish to share with The Fil-Am Voice’s readers the following remarks I delivered last September 3 during the 9th Regional Assembly for Western USA of the Knights of Rizal held...

Dinengdeng & Pinakbet
Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran - Sep 19, 2023

What happens in Vegas … appears in your son’s column Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran | All photos courtesy Gil Keith-Agaran My 94-year-old mother Lydia has been looking forward to celebrating my sister Velma’s 60th birthday in Las Vegas. My sister and...

Google Is Not Everything…
Jhanessty Vaye Bautista - Sep 19, 2023

Relentless Sun Jhanessty Vaye Bautista | Maui High School, Class of 2024 The month of August was a difficult one for the island of Maui. Named one of the most devastating disasters in history, three wildfires have taken so much...

Kwento Kwentuhan
Liza A Pierce of “A Maui Blog” - Sep 19, 2023

Where to Stay on Maui Other Than the Westside? Liza A Pierce of “A Maui Blog” | Photos courtesy The Aloha 360 Maui is Open, Westside is Closed. Governor Josh Green recently announced beginning October 8, all travel restrictions will...

Let’s Talk Pinoy!
Dulce Karen Butay - Sep 19, 2023

Aloha August, welcome September, the first -ber month and you know what it means. It means time will pass by so fast the next thing you know, holidays are coming and the year is gone. For Filipinos, the 1st day...

Sakada Offspring
Lucy Peros - Sep 19, 2023

Marites Sol Chichioco-Perez Lucy Peros | Photos courtesy Chichioco-Perez ‘Ohana A few characteristics to describe a good uncle includes someone who brings fun and joy to his nieces’ and nephews’ lives and is caring, loving, protective, encouraging and supportive. In...

Ti Biag ken Pammati
Deacon Patrick Constantino - Sep 19, 2023

Healing During this Time of Hardship Pray, hope and don’t worry says St. Padre Pio. Deacon Patrick Constantino The following is a reprint of a Homily I gave at St. Anthony of Padua Church on October 14, 2014 during a...

Community Briefs

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Community... in action
Fil-Am Voice Staff - Sep 19, 2023

Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com. Binhi At Ani Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1150 (including the...

Community... in action
Fil-Am Voice Staff - Aug 21, 2023

Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com. Binhi At Ani Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1150 (including the...

Community... in action
Fil-Am Voice Staff - Jul 31, 2023

Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com. Binhi At Ani Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1150 (including the...

Community... in action
Fil-Am Voice Staff - Jul 3, 2023

Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com. Binhi at Ani Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1150 (including the...

Community... in action
Fil-Am Voice Staff - Jun 12, 2023

Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com. Binhi at Ani Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1150 (including the...

Editors Desk

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If We Hold On Together
Vince Bagoyo, Jr. / Editor • Fil-Am Voice - Sep 19, 2023

If We Hold On Together From the soundtrack of the 1988 film Land Before Time, comes a song composed by Diana Ross, sung by many recording stars, including Maui’s own Keali‘i Reichel. In the lyrics of the chorus and bridge,...

God Is Faithful in Light of Devastation
Vince Bagoyo, Jr. / Editor • Fil-Am Voice - Aug 21, 2023

God Is Faithful in Light of Devastation We know times of disaster and devastation bring uncertainty, fear and hopelessness. They can shake us to our core, test us and stretch us beyond our limits. And yet, these times of challenges...

Maui Filipino-American Youth Scholars Join Leadership Cohort
Vince Bagoyo, Jr. / Editor • Fil-Am Voice - Jul 31, 2023

Maui Filipino-American Youth Scholars Join Leadership Cohort Recently, I attended the 2023 Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s (MFCCF) scholarship award celebration to honor and recognize the achievements of nineteen deserving Maui Filipino-American youth scholars. Each scholar received a $1,000...

How Maui Families Enjoy Summer on the Best Island in the World
Vince Bagoyo, Jr. / Editor • Fil-Am Voice - Jul 3, 2023

How Maui Families Enjoy Summer on the Best Island in the World Summer is here! Why do visitors flock to Maui every summer to relax, rejuvenate and experience local hospitality, unmatched by any other island destination in the world? Is...

Island of Lana‘i …
Vince Bagoyo, Jr. / Editor • Fil-Am Voice - Jun 12, 2023

Island of Lāna‘i … Playground for the ultra-rich and famous. It is an understatement to say the Island of Lāna‘i is probably the best island in the entire State of Hawai’i, if not the world. It used to be known as...