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Inquirer.net USA

3 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★ - 1 rating

This is the podcast for the USA Bureau of Inquirer.net, the web home of the Manila-based Philippines Inquirer. There are close to 5-million Filipinos in America. They make nearly half of more than $24 billion in remittances to the Philippines. They live in America, care about the Philippines, and have stories to tell. Hear them here.

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Episodes

Ep.3 SF Philippine Con.Gen. Henry Bensurto-PART TWO--on Independence Day, Violence in the Philippines, Duterte

June 14, 2017 04:00 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MB

Emil Guillermo: Inquirer.net Podcast—Philippine Consul General of San Francisco, Henry Bensurto, Jr. PART TWO: My frank conversation about the rise of Nationalism,  EJK, Violence in the Philippines, Duterte’s Trump Invite, and more on Independence Day. San Francisco’s “ConGen,” Henry Bensurto, Jr. continued our conversation on the  Inquirer.net podcast. Bensurto, the official voice of the Philippines for San Francisco and most of the West, spoke to the irony of the Independence Day celeb...

Ep.2- Philippine Consul General of San Francisco,Henry Bensurto , PART ONE

June 11, 2017 16:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MB

Emil Guillermo: Inquirer.net Podcast—Philippine Consul General of San Francisco, Henry Bensurto, Jr.  --PART ONE Listen to San Francisco’s “ConGen,” Henry Bensurto, Jr. on our Inquirer.net podcast. Bensurto is the official voice of the Philippines for San Francisco and most of the West. He said of the nearly 5 million Filipinos in the U.S. about 1.5 million were in his jurisidiction.   In the first part of a frank conversation, Bensurto talked about the importance of dual citizens, and...

Ep.1--For 100th Birthday,Filipino WW2 Vet Celestino Almeda wishes for Equity.

June 08, 2017 04:57 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

Emil Guillermo Inquirer.net PODCAST –Fiiipino WWII Vet continues fight for equity pay says, “I have the records!” Dateline: Maryland, USA On June 8, Filipino WWII Vet Celestino Almeda officially turns 100. And every day he’s ready for a fight. If you think the issue of  Filipino WWII veterans’ equity pay was over, you are sadly mistaken. For Almeda, it’s practically become his personal Bataan Death March. Only this time it’s  against the U.S.  bureauracy. Almeda is one of the last...