Her dad was one of the first Filipinos to immigrate to the United States in the 1920s and ’30s, part of what’s called the Manong generation. ‘Manong’ means elder in Ilokano. Because many of the early ...

A new study by Ateneo de Manila University claims that early Filipinos had already mastered boatbuilding and other seafaring skills thousands of years before renowned explorers like Ferdinand ...

Filipino Americans are often overlooked in U.S. history narratives. “Manongs on the Central Coast: Forming Communities ...

Alpha Stock/Alamy Renderings from an 1883 Harper's Weekly story paint a vivid picture of this early Filipino settlement (Credit: Alpha Stock/Alamy) Hearn noted that the community had existed for ...