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Dinengdeng & Pinakbet
Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran - May 9, 2024

“Die a Hero, or Become the Villain” Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran | Photos courtesy Gil Keith-Agaran I first read The Lord of the Rings in junior high — a teacher at Doris Todd introduced J.R.R. Tolkien by reading us The Hobbit...

Google Is Not Everything…
Jhanessty Vaye Bautista - May 9, 2024

Senior Sign-Out Jhanessty Vaye Bautista | Maui High School, Class of 2024 It is T-minus a month until the Class of 2024 graduates! Everyone has began reminiscing about the past four years, from starting their high school career behind a...

Kwento Kwentuhan
Liza A Pierce of “A Maui Blog” - May 9, 2024

Karaoke on Maui Liza A Pierce of “A Maui Blog” As I sit down to write about one of the most cherished modern traditions among Filipinos, I cannot help but feel a surge of nostalgia wash over me as I...

Let’s Talk Pinoy!
Dulce Karen Butay - May 9, 2024

What pranks or jokes did you pull on your sibling, friend or colleague this year? Was it a unique one or did you copy it? April starts off with the joker in all of us and if you got fooled,...

Sakada Offspring
Lucy Peros - May 9, 2024

Roland James Pacubas Lucy Peros | Photos courtesy Pacubas ‘Ohana According to Gary K. Nelson, an American lawyer, politician and former Attorney General of Arizona (1968 to 1974), success means many things to different people. Successful people are not gifted;...

Ti Biag ken Pammati
Deacon Patrick Constantino - May 9, 2024

Believing in Jesus’ Devine Mercy Creating a ‘cenacle’ as your work of faith. Deacon Patrick Constantino | Photos courtesy Dcn. Constantino If we believe that Jesus rose on Easter Sunday, we can keep him always alive in our hearts through...

Dinengdeng & Pinakbet
Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran - Apr 20, 2024

Jacob “Jake” Magarro Manegdeg Sparrow and quintessential Filipino community leader. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran | Photos courtesy Gil Keith-Agaran History, they say, is written by the winners. Often that means a narrative dominated by the prominent men and women of a...

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Community... in action
Fil-Am Voice Staff - May 9, 2024

Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com. Binhi At Ani Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1,150 (including the...

Community... in action
Fil-Am Voice Staff - Apr 20, 2024

Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com. Binhi At Ani Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1150 (including the...

Community... in action
Fil-Am Voice Staff - Mar 13, 2024

Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com. Binhi At Ani Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1150 (including the...

Community... in action
Fil-Am Voice Staff - Jan 29, 2024

Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com. Binhi At Ani Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1150 (including the...

Community... in action
Fil-Am Voice Staff - Jan 7, 2024

Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com. Binhi At Ani Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1150 (including the...

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Celebrating Women’s History Month
Vince Bagoyo, Jr. / Editor • Fil-Am Voice - May 9, 2024

Celebrating Women’s History Month A month after Women’s History Month, we look back to its beginning. On February 28, 1909 the first Women’s History Day was held in New York City to commemorate the first anniversary of the garment workers’...

Bahay Kubo Heritage Garden Reawakens
Vince Bagoyo, Jr. / Editor • Fil-Am Voice - Apr 20, 2024

Bahay Kubo Heritage Garden Reawakens If you haven’t been to the newly-renovated Bahay Kubo at Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens located at ‘Īao Valley – it’s worth a visit. Thanks to the many faithful volunteers who spent many, many weekends repairing this...

Our Mission to the Philippines, for Christ
Vince Bagoyo, Jr. / Editor • Fil-Am Voice - Mar 13, 2024

Our Mission to the Philippines, for Christ In the Bible, Matthew 28:18-20, the Great Commission states: I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the...

2024 A New Beginning—Let There Be Peace on Earth!
Vince Bagoyo, Jr. / Editor • Fil-Am Voice - Jan 29, 2024

2024 A New Beginning—Let There Be Peace on Earth! The New Year marks the beginning of a fresh start for many of us. Indeed! A new beginning! As we say in Hawai‘i, Aloha Oe and goodbye to 2023, in the...

Christmas Celebration … Birth of a Savior
Vince Bagoyo, Jr. / Editor • Fil-Am Voice - Jan 7, 2024

Christmas Celebration … Birth of a Savior What a year it has been for many of our Maui families, friends and neighbors. Devastation caused by wildfires, losing a loved one, losing a home, financial difficulties, broken relationships and much more....