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Vallejo CA Filipino diaspora US Israel Iran war impact gas prices remittances OFW Middle East crisis March 2026 Bay Area Filipino community. FILIPINO DIASPORA • MARCH 2026 US–Israel–Iran War Escalates: What Filipino American Families Across the USA Need to Know An intelligence brief on the conflict's real-world impact — military deployments, OFW safety, remittances, and what it means for Filipino American communities from the Bay Area to the East Coast. VALLEJO, CA — March 20, 2026. Here in the SF Bay Area, where Filipino families are deeply tied to both the U.S. military and the Middle East workforce, the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran doesn't feel distant — it feels personal. It shows up in group chats. In missed calls. In the quiet anxiety of waiting for one message from abroad. This brief preserves the full scope of what is happening right now, while grounding it in wha...

Vallejo, CA • March 2026. Filipino Americans Confront Global Crisis as War, Oil Shock, and Opportunity Collide. OFW crisis Middle East 2026, Filipino diaspora oil prices, GCash fee waiver, AKSYON Fund, USS Blue Ridge Philippines, Filipino Americans remittances, fil-am news March 2026. OFW CRISIS • MARCH 2026 Filipino Americans Confront Global Crisis as War, Oil Shock, and Opportunity Collide As the Strait of Hormuz closes and oil surges past $100 a barrel, over two million OFWs in the Middle East face real danger—while the Filipino diaspora responds with digital lifelines, government action, and a new chapter of balikbayan investment. Every morning briefing has a number that stops you cold. Today it is $100 per barrel . As the Strait of Hormuz closes and global oil markets react with historic speed, most Americans are thinking about gas prices and market volatility. For Filipinos—in Vallejo, in the Bay Area, in the boardrooms...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris honored the nation's military veterans Monday in the annual Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery. Biden and Harris appear together for first time since she lost the election.  It was their first appearance together since Harris lost last week's election. Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army. Over 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres in Arlington County, Virginia. Today, we honor generations of America's veterans – patriots who have stood on the frontlines of freedom and kept the light of liberty shining bright around the world. May we all strive to be worthy of their sacrifices for us. pic.twitter.com/QHcldlF4Pf — President Biden (@POTUS) November 11, 2024 Join @VP and me as we participate in the Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath-Laying Ceremony on Veterans Da...

Philippine forces practised retaking an island in the South China Sea Wednesday in the first such combat exercise in the disputed waters as Chinese navy ships kept watch from a distance, the Philippine military chief said. South China Sea or West Philippine Sea??? As Chinese warships and maritime militia vessels watched from a distance, various units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) engaged in interoperability exercises in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, simulating the retaking of an island from enemy… pic.twitter.com/5dNdiSwszl — The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) November 8, 2024 PHILIPPINES BEGIN TWO WEEKS OF ISLAND-SEIZING DRILLS Today, the Philippine military began two weeks of drills focused on seizing islands in the South China Sea. Over 3,000 troops from the Army, Navy, and Air Force are taking part in the exercises. The drills will include live… pic.twitter.com/rzU9AiuMSl — Knightsbridge Research (@KBR_Intel) November 4, 2024 ...

Cenon Audencial was a guerilla with the Philippine Resistance Movement turned second lieutenant in the U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East in the early 1940s. Like many of the 260,000 Filipinos who fought and served under and alongside the U.S. military during World War II, Audencial may never be recognized for his war efforts because of lost documentation. Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces (who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable). In 1946 after World War II concluded, President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, which provided Filipino soldiers would be stripped of their statuses as U.S veterans, effectively denying them their rightful benefits. It was one of the greatest injustices in U.S history. In 1946 after World War II concluded, President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, which pr...

Photo with my old neighbor and high school buddy before he spoke onstage at Vallejo Pista Sa Nayon.  Butch's family and mine lived two houses away before we moved to a new house. The admiral and my sister were in the same year at Springstowne Junior & Hogan Senior High School. Way to rep Vallejo.  Great to see you Butch! Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one Filipino-American online community in California, if not the USA. 🇺🇸 Please click this to follow www.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Maraming salamat po kabayan. 🇵🇭 

Rotten Tomatoes critics rated it at 44% (88 reviews) while Audience Score is 72%. I guess I'm a Chris Pine fan. He was great as was Ben Foster. I recommend this if you enjoy action/thriller movies.  The Contractor is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Tarik Saleh in his English-language film debut. The film stars Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, J. D. Pardo, Florian Munteanu, and Kiefer Sutherland.[5] Filming began in Europe including Fort Bragg in October 2019 and wrapped in the filming at the end of 2019. The Contractor was released in theaters and on-demand in the United States on April 1, 2022, by Paramount Pictures and STXfilms. The film received mixed reviews from critics, grossing $2.1 million at the box office. He's coming home. #TheContractorMovie is now on Digital, Blu-ray & 4K UHD: https://t.co/xZh1e9umpe pic.twitter.com/ydUoAe0E9u — The Contractor (@TheContractor) June 7, 2022 Today we remember and honor our heroe...

Watch the @MemorialDayPBS Concert, an American tradition honoring the military service of our troops, veterans, wounded warriors, all those who have given their lives for our nation, and their families. Watch the @MemorialDayPBS Concert, an American tradition honoring the military service of our troops, veterans, wounded warriors, all those who have given their lives for our nation, and their families. Stream now on our YouTube page! #MemDayPBS https://t.co/mYkuPZQuCq — PBS (@PBS) May 30, 2022

January 29, 2022. All Souls Cemetery In the  United States , the  United States Army Military District of Washington  (MDW) is responsible for providing military funerals. "Honoring Those Who Served" is the title of the program for instituting a dignified military funeral with full honors to the nation's veterans. As of January 1, 2000, Section 578 of Public Law 106-65 of the  National Defense Authorization Act  mandates that the  United States Armed Forces  shall provide the rendering of honors in a military funeral for any eligible veteran if requested by his or her family. As mandated by federal law, an  honor guard  detail for the burial of an eligible veteran shall consist of no fewer than two members of the Armed Forces. One member of the detail shall be a representative of the parent armed service of the deceased veteran. The honor guard detail will, at a minimum, perform a ceremony that includes the folding and presenting of the...

🇺🇸 Thank you to all who have served. We honor you today. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/veHwXGM5Rc — VoteVets (@votevets) November 11, 2021 President Biden Participates at the National Veterans Day Observance Veterans Day  (originally known as  Armistice Day ) is a  federal holiday in the United States  observed annually on November 11, for honoring  military veterans  who served in the  United States Armed Forces  (who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable). [1] [2]  It coincides with other holidays including  Armistice Day  and  Remembrance Day  which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of  World War I . [3]  Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the  Armistice with Germany  went into effect. At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed V...

As a result of the continuing surge, military personnel have arrived to assist in Los Angeles County and Riverside with the record-number of cases. As a result of the continuing surge, military personnel have arrived to assist in Los Angeles County and Riverside with the record-number of cases. https://t.co/aoZCEqWAxs — CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) January 11, 2021

An excerpt from "The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden" examines how Donald Trump's father and his time at military school shaped him.

I stand with Captain Brett Crozier.  He saved his mens' lives. USS Theodore Roosevelt Service members share videos of their cheers for Capt. Brett Crozier as he disembarked the ship. The Navy fired the captain over leak of a letter requesting much of the crew be removed to prevent spread of coronavirus on the ship. https://t.co/Y8RVKuwIOy pic.twitter.com/5xUQpyNxeV — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 3, 2020 The dismissal of Captain Brett Crozier from command of a 5,000-person U.S. aircraft carrier comes two days after the commander’s letter leaked to the press. It is a dramatic example of how the coronavirus is challenging U.S. institutions, even those accustomed to dangerous and complex missions like the U.S. military. - Reuters Navy fires captain of USS Theodore Roosevelt who requested COVID-19 help - CBS 8 San Diego “No, I don’t think so at all,” President Trump says when asked if captain of aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, who is set to be ...

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For a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. ZERO DARK THIRTY reunites the Oscar-winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal (2009, Best Picture, THE HURT LOCKER) for the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man.