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• Biden signs executive order on gun control • Fil-Am becomes TikTok famous as grandma’s caregiver • Fil-Am Ayzjiahna Wood wins Ms. Volunteer America Here’s your TFC News Now, March 15, 2023 Like and follow TFC News Facebook: https://facebook.com/TFCNewsNow Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFCNewsNow Website: https://mytfc.com/news News website: https://news.abs-cbn.com/tfcnews Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abscbnnews #TFC #TheFilipinoChannel #TFCNewsNow #ABSCBNNews #TVPatrol
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I'm Ramalchan Clara and this is your TSC News Now.
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We begin in Monterey Park, California, where President Joe Biden met with a community that was shaken by the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County history.
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Last January, during a Lunar New Year celebration at a dance hall, 11 people were gunned down.
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During his address to the community, Biden talked about each of the 11 victims, including Filipino-American Valentino Marcos Alvaro.
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Valentino Alvaro, 68 years old, servant of God, life of the party, storyteller, who made the whole room laugh, man devoted to his children and his grandchildren.
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While in Monterey Park, the President unveiled his executive order to reduce gun violence.
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The order would strengthen background checks and expand public awareness campaigns for red flag laws.
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It also calls on an independent government study on gun companies and a crackdown on illegal gun dealers.
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The order would also increase the emotional as well as financial support for communities and families affected by gun violence.
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While the President says he hopes this order can help keep communities safe, he's calling on Congress to push for more legislation.
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Let's be clear, none of this absolves Congress from the responsibility of acting.
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Let's pass universal background checks.
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Eliminate gun manufacturers' immunity from liability.
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And I'm determined, once again, to ban assault weapons in high-capacity magazines.
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Meanwhile, we go to Henderson, Nevada, where we meet 29-year-old Chris Ponsalan, whose videos have become viral on TikTok, showing his duties as a full-time caregiver to his grandmother.
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She took care of me, and I would hate to see her go to home care, which is where I feel most grandparents go in America.
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They go to home care because nobody's able to take care of them.
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So I just stepped up and took on the responsibility and became her full-time caregiver.
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Being a caregiver for the elderly can be physically and emotionally challenging.
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But in his TikTok videos, Chris shows the most efficient ways to do it, and he does so with pride and joy.
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Despite the challenges, Chris focuses on the rewarding aspects of caregiving, saying the Price's Family bonding moments make it all worth it.
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Cherish your grandparents and to cherish your loved ones in general because life is so fragile.
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And I know that it's such a cliché to tell your loved ones you love them because you don't know the next time that you're going to get to see them or get to spend time with them.
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And finally, 17-year-old Filipino-American Azeana Wood of Utah has been crowned the 2023 Miss Volunteer of America following a highly competitive pageant week in Jackson, Tennessee.
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The Miss Volunteer of America pageant system is a nationwide, service-oriented scholarship program.
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Based in Tennessee, that aims to empower young people by encouraging them to give back to their communities through volunteer work.
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Wood is the first Filipino-American to win Miss Utah Teen USA in 2019.
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She represented Utah in the Miss Teen USA competition in 2021, where she became fourth runner-up.
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Wood's mother is a Filipino fashion designer from Cabanatuan City.
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And those are the news making headlines this week.
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Catch more TSC News on the ABS-CBN News website, news.abs-cbn.com, slash TSC News.
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And on the ABS-CBN YouTube channel.
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Stay with us, Kapamilion.
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Thank you for watching!