1st Filam to win Illinois assembly seat

December 12, 2008  
Written by News Team in US News

CHICAGO – Aurora Abella Austriaco, a Filipino American, made history in here by becoming the first Asian American to be elected to the state legislature.
What made her success even sweeter is that this 43-year-old lawyer unseated an incumbent

Asians may make difference in the Nov. 4 polls

October 25, 2008  
Written by News Team in Articles/Stories

WASHINGTON D.C. = The growing Asian American and Filipino American votes may make a difference in the coming election.
This was the finding of the latest study of LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.), a public policy institute in collaboration with the University of

John, Bush or Osama bin Laden?

October 10, 2008  
Written by News Team in Tsismis

Tsismoso has stumbled on a goldmine of tsismis in the Asian American news website. It’s a no-holds-barred barbs about the Democratic and Republican party candidates.