Philippines

Andrea Christina Caymo-Kauhanen, the executive director of the Filipino Community Center, said that while the attack at last week’s event in Canada wasn’t racially motivated, she wanted to take extra precautions by bumping up security.

Part of the Filipino diaspora met over the summer in Northern California with Indigenous music and dance masters from the Philippines. The three days were a return to sounds and roots. HPR contributor Jia Jung reports on a music camp like no other.

For the first time in 8 years, the national security adviser of the United States is in China. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

Students at Farrington and Waipahu high schools have a new opportunity to learn about Filipino history and culture through the Filipino Curriculum Project. HPR intern Alyssa Salcedo has more.

Filipino tattooists recently performed an Indigenous form of tattooing called batok. It involves tapping ink into the skin using ancient tools made of bamboo sticks, thorns, or in this case bone — boar tusks, to be exact. HPR's Cassie Ordonio explains.

One of the year’s biggest military exercises in the Indo-Pacific is coming to a close. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.

The project “We Tell Our Story: Filipino Voices in Hawaii” will be held across the state. It's an effort from the Filipino Association of University Women to document original first-person histories.

Defense chiefs from Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the United States have vowed to deepen their cooperation as they gather in Hawaiʻi for their second-ever joint meeting amid concerns about China’s operations in the South China Sea.

On Friday, the largest regional command in the United States will get a new leader in Hawaiʻi. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is already in Hawaiʻi for that ceremony and some unusual meetings. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

The U.S. Army is introducing a joint battlefield training in the Philippines to improve combat readiness including by ensuring adequate supply of ammunition and other needs in difficult conditions in tropical jungles and on scattered islands.