PinoyBuilt — Stories of Filipino America

Vallejo, CA • March 2026. PinoyBuilt Morning Brief — March 30, 2026: No Kings III Protests, DHS Shutdown TSA Crisis, Iran War, March Madness Final Four, Quanzhou Reset, Balikatan 2026 Japanese Troops, ICE Crackdown Filipinos, OFW Repatriation, Sara Duterte Impeachment, Oil Crisis Remittances. fil-am, filipino, pinoy, ofw, immigration, balikatan, south china sea, duterte impeachment, ice crackdown, oil crisis, remittances, philippines china, no kings, dhs shutdown, iran war, march madness. DAILY BRIEFING • MARCH 30, 2026 Morning Brief — March 30, 2026: The Quanzhou Reset, Japanese Troops Return, and a Diaspora Caught Between Two Crises Eight million Americans marched Saturday. TSA agents aren't getting paid. The war in Iran just hit a U.S. base. And from the South China Sea to the streets of Daly City, the Filipino world woke up navigating oil shock diplomacy, an 81-year military milestone, and an immigration crackdown that is reaching deeper into Fil-Am life by t...

Fort Worth, Texas • March 2026. Vanessa de Jesus Notre Dame Women's Basketball Sweet 16 2026. Filipino-American guard, NCAA Tournament, March Madness, Notre Dame WBB, Vanessa de Jesus, Filipina athlete, WNBA hopeful, fil-am basketball. NCAA Tournament • March 2026 Vanessa de Jesus: Notre Dame's Filipino-American Heartbeat Lights Up the 2026 NCAA Tournament From a game-turning fast-break layup in Columbus to a Sweet 16 stage in Fort Worth — a graduate guard from Valencia, CA is writing Filipina-American basketball history, one possession at a time. Notre Dame guard Vanessa de Jesus (#2) in action during the 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. | Photo: AP via USA TODAY Network There are moments in Filipino-American sports history that don't arrive with fanfare. They arrive quietly — a fast-break layup in Columbus, Ohio that flips a game, a three-pointer in the fourth quarter that seals an upset,...

Global • March 2026. Alex Eala Storms Into Miami Open Round of 16 as OFW Repatriation Plans, Hawaiʻi Floods, and Jo Koy's New Film Shape the Filipino World. alex eala, miami open, ofw repatriation, hawaii flooding, jo koy, dolly de leon, jordan clarkson, filipino american news, pinoybuilt, fil-am, canada immigration filipino. GLOBAL • MARCH 2026 Alex Eala Storms Into Miami Open Round of 16 as OFW Crisis Plans, Hawaiʻi Floods, and Jo Koy Film Shape the Filipino World From courtside in Miami to the floodwaters of Waipahu and the war rooms of the DMW — the stories that defined March 21, 2026 for Filipinos everywhere. PinoyBuilt Daily Brief — March 22, 2026. (PinoyBuilt) Every day, somewhere across the planet, a Filipino is making history, bracing for disaster, or fighting to get home. March 21, 2026 was no exception. In Miami, a 20-year-old from the Philippines reminded the tennis world that she belongs at the top. Across the Pacific, ...