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A Filipina recently consulted with me after receiving a denial on her naturalization application, with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services accusing her of having obtained her green card through a fixed marriage.

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The viral video showing a Filipina being violently assaulted inside a mall in Singapore is appalling not only because of the brutality captured on camera, but because of what it represents.

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Recently, an elderly Filipina mother, being petitioned by her US citizen daughter, was ordered deported/removed because her daughter allegedly failed to include her latest tax return when she submitted an affidavit of support in connection with her mother’s adjustment of status.

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Relatives of a Filipina agriculturist who died in a road accident in Tokyo, Japan last Monday are asking the government to help transport her remains to her hometown in Libungan, Cotabato.

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Across generations, Filipina leaders have shown that leadership is not defined by position but by purpose.

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Filipina-Australian artist Loribelle Spirovsk won the People's Choice Award for the Archibald Prize, Australia's most prestigious portrait art prize.

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Artist Norjan Abbas will have a limited run for his exhibit "Maria: A Kaleidoscope" which explores how people perceive the traditional image of the Filipina in Filipiniana attire.

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The world is paying attention to the San Antonio Spurs' draft pick Dylan Harper, and his Filipino mother Maria.

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The viral video showing a Filipina being violently assaulted inside a mall in Singapore is appalling not only because of the brutality captured on camera, but because of what it represents.

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Recently, an elderly Filipina mother, being petitioned by her US citizen daughter, was ordered deported/removed because her daughter allegedly failed to include her latest tax return when she submitted an affidavit of support in connection with her mother’s adjustment of status.

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Relatives of a Filipina agriculturist who died in a road accident in Tokyo, Japan last Monday are asking the government to help transport her remains to her hometown in Libungan, Cotabato.

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Across generations, Filipina leaders have shown that leadership is not defined by position but by purpose.

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Filipina-Australian artist Loribelle Spirovsk won the People's Choice Award for the Archibald Prize, Australia's most prestigious portrait art prize.

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Artist Norjan Abbas will have a limited run for his exhibit "Maria: A Kaleidoscope" which explores how people perceive the traditional image of the Filipina in Filipiniana attire.

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The world is paying attention to the San Antonio Spurs' draft pick Dylan Harper, and his Filipino mother Maria.

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