Foodbank to honor World War II Filipino-American veterans (Honolulu Advertiser) U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye and retired Army Major General Antonio Taguba will honor Hawaiçi's Filipino-American veterans of World War II tomorrow at the Hawaiçi Footbank's annual Patriots Celebration. Filipino-American friendship and RP-US special ties endure (The Manila Times) Today is Philippine-American Friendship Day. July 4th is the USA’s most important national holiday. When we were an American colony, Filipinos were legally seen by the rest of the world as “US nationals” as carrying US-issued passports, we traveled abroad or entered the United States. Filipino-American activist to sue torturers (Asia News Network) For Filipino-American Melissa Roxas, it was like going on a journey back to a "dark place" but one she had to make so that the world would know of the human rights abuses in the Philippines and that the "abductions and torture" would stop. Filipino-American activist to sue torturers (Asia News Network) For Filipino-American Melissa Roxas, it was like going on a journey back to a "dark place" but one she had to make so that the world would know of the human rights abuses in the Philippines and that t ..... Building a closer RP-US partnership (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (The following article assesses the relations between the Philippines and the United States and is published today to mark Filipino-American Friendship Day)