philippinenews.com - Forty one years ago, a Filipino exile in San Francisco by the name of Alex Esclamado started publishing a newspaper out of his garage. Esclamado and his family had fled the Philippines to escape the oppression of the martial law regime of the late President Ferdinand Marcos.

Esclamado, as part of the overseas Filipino anti-Marcos movement, initially named his paper The Manila Chronicle, which was in fact one of the major Philippine newspapers shut down by the regime. Later he would rename his newspaper Philippine News.

After Marcos' downfall in 1986, Esclamado took on a new mission: to unite and empower the Filipino American community. He pursued his objective with passion and vigor, often driving across the continent carrying copies of the newspaper in his car to distribute in the different states. This was how Philippine News acquired its national character.

With this as their guiding principle, the editors and business executives of Philippine News have poured their efforts and resources in constantly raising the standards of Filipino American journalism.

Today no other newspaper in America can claim to speak as strongly, as credibly and as passionately for the Filipino community as Philippine News. Whereas most Filipino American publications merely reprint and repackage articles downloaded from the internet, Philippine News has consistently offered original news and information on the Filipino American community.

Such a service is a daunting task, but we are committed to serve not only the Filipino American community but Filipinos everywhere in the world.

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