Fil-Am Susie Ibarra Wins Pulitzer for Music

Filipino-American composer and percussionist Susie Ibarra has been awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her groundbreaking work Sky Islands, a composition that blends environmental consciousness with rich musical heritage (See Classic107.com for story).

What Travelers Entering the US Should Know

(Source: Inquirer.net)

Whether you are a US citizen returning from vacation, a green card holder visiting family abroad or a foreign national seeking entry, the country’s port of entry under the Trump administration can feel like a battlefield (See Inquirer.net for story).

Two Filipino Legal Residents Freed from ICE Detention

Two Filipino green card holders in ICE custody were released earlier this week following the order of an immigration judge at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington (See Inquirer.net for story).

Fil-Am Named Prosecutor in State of Washington

Benjamin Santos

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson appointed Benjamin Santos to the King County Superior Court, his first judicial appointment since taking office in January. Santos’ appointment, effective April 1, fills the position being vacated by Judge Annette Messitt, who resigns from the bench March 31 (See governor.wa.gov for story).

UCLA Taps Fil-Am as Dean of School of Theater, Film & TV

UCLA has announced that award-winning Filipino American filmmaker, author and scholar Celine Parreñas Shimizu will take the helm as the next dean of its School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT), beginning July 1 (See Inquirer.net for story). 

Filipino scientists invent low-cost liquid lenses for schools, cameras

Filipino scientists developed affordable and dynamically adjustable water-based lenses with various potential future applications, including in classrooms, research labs, cameras, and wearable gadget (See Manila Standard for story).

St. Louis Plaque Marks Site of 1904 World's Fair Filipino 'Human Zoo'

Janna Langholz, 36, (left) and Mary Talusan Lacanlale, a descendant of Capt. Pedro B. Navarro, the first Filipino conductor of the Philippine Constabulary Band, at the historical plaque marking the site of the Philippine Village at the 1904 World’s Fair on Friday in Clayton (Source: stlpr.org).

A new historical plaque in Clayton, Missouri, will now mark the site of the misguided Philippine Village during the 1904 World’s Fair, where a "human zoo" displayed nearly 1,200 Filipino and Indigenous people for fair visitors (See NPR for story).

West PH Sea Now Shown in Google Maps

West Philippine Sea (Source: Manila Standard/Google Maps)

For several years , the West Philippine Sea could not be located in Google Maps. Now, not only has Google Maps plotted the WPS, it also showed the stretch of the area up to the Spratly Islands or the Kalayaan Group of Islands (See Manila Standard for story).