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Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles is home to a celebrated mural about the Filipino American experience, one of the largest and oldest of its kind in the country. But the depiction of one figure is ...

Jake Zyrus (known as Charice Pempengco prior to his gender transition) was born in Cabuyao, Philippines. When he was three years old, he witnessed his abusive father point a gun at his mom during an ...

Raquel Pempengco, mother of singer Jake Zyrus, responded after parts of her son’s memoir detailing his sexual abuse ...

Four years after coming out, Charice Pempengco has changed her name to Jake Zyrus. The singer and former "Glee" star changed his name on his social media accounts over the weekend and deleted his ...

- Raquel Pempengco responded to online criticism with a Facebook post, warning that the truth would come out - She also shared a prayer, thanking God and asking for protection for her bashers - ...