The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the "Battle for Leyte Gulf", the "Battles for Leyte Gulf", and formerly as the "Second Battle of the Philippine Sea", is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and also, by some criteria, the largest naval battle in history. It was fought in waters near the Philippine island of Leyte, from 23 October to 26 October 1944, between naval and naval-air forces of the Allies and those of the Empire of ... Read More

Maintaining a Filipino-American blog is harder than it seems. Sure I could write about Apl D and Charice, but that's not the purpose of this blog. I wouldn't want young Filipinos dropping by the net in search of their culture to come across the same things ..or those that are already mainstream. The way I see it, second generation Filipinos - who have literally exploded in numbers in North America - are beginning to search for their identity. I suppose most would ... Read More

As celebrate Filipino American History Month, I'd like to take a look at some interesting aspects of the Filipinos history in the U.S. beginning with one point raised in my Filipino American websites.  Did the Filipinos really arrive in the U.S. earlier than the pilgrims? Read More

It's a brief message poured with things we may already know about him and things that many of us support him for - health care, education, immigration. Barack Obama issued a statement to the Filipino community on October 1st as we celebrate the Filipino American History Month. Read More

The total Filipino American population is estimated to be 2,364,815 people. Read More

It is just one of the firsts in our heritage, Kathleen Simpao is the first Filipina firefighter in Virginia Beach. A simple piece of history that should be taken note of especially now that it's October. Read More