Gala welcomed Secretary Designates Chu and Shinseki, Maya Soetero Ng and Konrad Ng and featured Charice Pempengco, the 15 year old singing phenom. (Pearl Gala highlights video also available.)

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by Jose Katigbak , Washington DC Bureau

WASHINGTON – Teenage singing sensation Charice dazzled the guests and Filipino American Rep. Steve Austria, a new member of the US Congress, Read the full story

by Brenda Dardar-Robichaux, Principal Chief, United Houma Nation, Raceland

We arrived in DC on Friday evening. Our method of getting around is the metro and lots of walking. We are staying with our son Josh, who lives four blocks from Union Station. Read the full story

FUNFARE By Ricardo F. Lo

Besides Charice who is performing at the pre-inaugural ball for Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., presumably on Jan. 18, there’s another Filipino in the event and she’s none other than Cristeta Comerford who has been Read the full story

The Internet is abuzz with speculations by fans of young diva Charice about the possibility of the Filipina singer performing at US President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration. abs-cbnNEWS.com tried to find out where this ‘inauguration performance’ report started Read the full story