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TFC News Now North America Recap | March 13-17, 2023
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00:00.0
I'm T.J. Manotok and this is your TFC News Now.
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We begin with shocking news out of Daly City, California, where 27-year-old Filipina Frances
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Kendra Lucero was allegedly shot and killed by her partner as she ran toward their home
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and in front of their two young kids, according to police reports.
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Officers say she had an argument with the children's father, 27-year-old Romiel Narag,
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after a family dinner.
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Narag, allegedly used a 9mm handgun, has been charged with murder and child endangerment.
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He is currently booked in the San Mateo County Jail.
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The Lucero family has set up a GoFundMe page to help with funeral expenses.
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In their appeal, the family says they are devastated by their unexpected loss and they
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want to give Frances the memorial she truly deserves.
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In sports, a familiar face is manning the sidelines for the Stockton Kings and the
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NBA G League.
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Former Gila's captain and all-time Philippine basketball great Jimmy Alapag is enjoying
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his second season as an assistant coach for the Stockton Kings, the G League affiliate
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for the Sacramento Kings.
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It's been amazing how fast these last two years have gone by.
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It almost seems like you blink and then here I am finishing two years in the G League.
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It's been an amazing experience.
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I'm thankful to work with someone like Coach Bobby Jackson who has so much experience
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in the NBA.
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It's been an opportunity for me to learn a lot.
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At 20-6, the Kings are in first place in the Western Division.
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They beat the South Bay Lakers this past weekend to clinch a playoff spot and extend
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their winning streak to six games.
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The Lakers, currently in third, have a Filipino on their roster as well, second-year guard
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Nate Pierre-Louis.
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It's a big win for us.
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It's a big win for us.
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We're coming down the stretch here, getting ready for the playoffs, and South Bay is
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a tough team.
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They're even tougher at home, so we knew coming in it was going to be a playoff atmosphere
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type game.
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But, you know, really happy for our guys that they made enough plays down the stretch to
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get the win.
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This is proof that dreams dream big and dreams do come true.
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And ladies, don't let anybody tell you you're ever past your prime.
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And finally, let's go to Hollywood's biggest night where Michelle Yeoh made history by
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becoming the first Asian actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Yeoh took home the Oscar for her starring role in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
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Her co-star and on-screen partner, Ke Hui Kwan, also won Best Supporting Actor.
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Best Picture and Best Director also went to Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, which
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tells the story of an Asian-American family who travels through the multiverse while
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dealing with generational trauma.
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Filipina actress and Golden Globe nominee Dolly DeLeon attended the Oscars with her
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Triangle of Sadness team, which was nominated for Best Picture.
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And I'm singer-actress Vanessa Hudgens also hosted the Academy Awards pre-shoot.
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And those are our headlines for today.
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Catch more of our TFC News online at news.abs-cbn.com slash tfcnews and on the ABS-CBN News YouTube
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channel.
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I'm DJ Manotok.
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Stay with us, Kapamilya.
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I'm Henia Espinoza and this is your TFC News Now.
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We begin in Canada where members of the community and some elected officials are
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rallying behind a Filipino activist who is fighting to stay in the country despite a
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deportation order.
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Danilo DeLeon, who first came to Canada in 2009 as one of the temporary foreign workers
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who helped fill the labor shortages in the country at that time, says he has never been
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a burden to Canada.
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These progressive groups, led by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the largest labor
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union in Canada, have joined the calls to stop the deportation of DeLeon.
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Elected officials have also expressed their support for the grant of permanent residency
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to DeLeon on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
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Filipino-Canadian lawmaker Mabel Elmore wrote a letter to Immigration Minister Sean Fraser
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calling on him to act on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's mandate letter for the regularization
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of undocumented workers, which DeLeon also echoed.
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There are many undocumented people who are struggling here in Canada.
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Many undocumented people were abused because of the current situation.
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We are also human.
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We need help.
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We need to acknowledge our contribution.
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Back in the U.S., it's boarding time for the Philippine Consulate and the Department
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of Tourism's Very Important Pinoy Tour, set to take place July 16-24, 2023.
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This is an event that we haven't been able to hold since 2019 and then 2020.
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We all know the world changed forever, but it doesn't mean that our love for enjoyment
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has to forever change.
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Everybody's so excited about it, actually, especially now that we have, number one, a
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new government and the Philippine economy is really picking up.
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I was just in the Philippines several weeks ago and you could feel really the dynamism,
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energy of the Philippine economy.
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Everybody's so excited and we're seeing an uptick also in the number of arrivals.
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Tour packages start at less than $2,000 for single occupancy.
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The VIP tour will have stops in Manila, Iloilo, and Boracay.
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Arrangements are also being made for guests to meet with Philippine officials.
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And finally in sports, another milestone for Filipino-American Miami Heat head coach Eric
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Spolstra, the two-time NBA champion, has climbed into the NBA's top 20 coaching career
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wins list.
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The Heat beat the visiting Utah Jazz 119-115 on Monday night, marking Spolstra's 697th
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career win.
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The Jazz were playing without Phil Amgar-Jordan Clarkson.
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Spolstra has been Miami's head coach since 2008 and has posted a 589 winning percentage.
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The Heat are currently in 7th place in the Eastern Conference with 12 regular season
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games left on their schedule.
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And those are the newsmaking headlines today.
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Catch more TFC News on the ABS-CBN News website, news.abs-cbn.com slash tfcnews.
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And on the ABS-CBN News YouTube channel, stay with us, Kapa Media.
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I'm Romel Canclara and this is your TFC News Now.
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We begin in Monterey Park, California, where President Joe Biden met with a community that
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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
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Filipino-American Valentino Marcos Alvaro.
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Valentino Alvaro, 68 years old, servant of God, life of the party, storyteller, who made
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the whole room laugh, a 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
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red flag laws.
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It also calls on an independent government study on gun companies and a crackdown on
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illegal gun dealers.
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The order would also increase the emotional as well as financial support for communities
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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
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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 to pass
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universal background checks, 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
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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
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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
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so with pride and joy.
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Despite the challenges, Chris focuses on the rewarding aspects of caregiving, saying the
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priceless family bonding moments make it all worth it.
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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 cliche to tell your loved ones you love them because you
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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
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Miss Volunteer America following a highly competitive pageant week in Jackson, Tennessee.
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The Miss Volunteer America pageant system is a nationwide, service-oriented scholarship
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program based in Tennessee that aims to empower young people by encouraging them to give
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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 newsmaking headlines today.
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Catch more TFC News on the ABS-CBN News website, news.abs-cbn.com slash tfcnews.
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And on the ABS-CBN YouTube channel.
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Stay with us, Kapampilya.
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I'm Henia Espinoza and this is your TFC News Now.
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We begin in Queens, New York, where elected officials and community members are demanding
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for the Filipino mother and son who became the latest victims of a hate-driven assault.
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We stand together in unison to stand against any hate, against any bigotry and violence.
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We will not tolerate that in this country.
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44-year-old Cecil Lai and her 24-year-old son Anthony, without provocation, were called
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ugly Asians and physically attacked by three strangers as they were about to cross a busy
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street.
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I'm just confused.
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I just don't understand why do we have hate for each other?
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Two of the three attackers have been arrested and have been charged with class E felony
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assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment in the second degree.
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It's really important to keep this sustained.
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And if this happens, we have to let people know it's happening.
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Meanwhile the U.S. government is demanding that TikTok's Chinese owners of the popular
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app sell their shares or face a possible U.S. ban.
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Reuters reports that according to TikTok, the company had recently heard from the U.S.
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Treasury-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which threatened the
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ban if the Chinese owners don't divest their stakes.
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In the past, U.S. officials have expressed concerns that TikTok's U.S. user data could
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be passed on to China's government.
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ByteDance-owned TikTok has more than 100 million U.S. users.
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It is the first time under the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden that a potential
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ban on TikTok has been threatened.
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Biden's predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, had tried to ban TikTok in 2020 but was blocked
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by the courts.
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And finally in entertainment news, in Season 2 of the Netflix fantasy-adventure hit series
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Shadow and Bone, magic and monsters once again affect the lives of its heroes as they join
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forces with new allies.
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Its lead star is Jessie May Lee, who portrays a young woman named Alina Starkov, whose
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strength and power make her the target of dangerous enemies.
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The series boasts of a diverse ensemble cast of young talents.
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Shadow and Bone is based on the best-selling book series created by Leigh Bordugo.
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And those are the newsmaking headlines today.
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Catch more TFC News on the ABS-CBN News website, news.abs-cbn.com slash tfcnews, and on the
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ABS-CBN News YouTube channel.
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Stay with us.
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Kapamilya.
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I'm T.J. Manotok and this is your TFC News Now.
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We begin in San Diego, California, where a 22-year-old Filipino-American with autism
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went missing on Thursday, March 16.
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Michael Nakawili was reportedly on a school trip in downtown San Diego's Little Italy
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District when school staff lost track of him.
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This was his latest photo taken on Thursday.
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He was last seen wearing an SD-ABA hat, black North Face jacket, denim jeans, and a Superman
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lanyard with his bus pass.
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Underneath is a black Hollister t-shirt.
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He stands 5 foot 4 inches tall and weighs 155 pounds.
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He has brown eyes and dark brown hair.
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Michael is non-verbal and in the autism spectrum.
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If spotted, he responds to his name.
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His family says he's very approachable and will stay put with you if you tell him to.
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For those who may see him, please contact his parents Suzette and Roy at 613-813-1654
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or 619-813-0662.
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Here in Daly City, California, the community celebrated World Down Syndrome Day for 2023.
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Kids with Down Syndrome are featured in performances.
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Led by Kapamilya talent Princess Ryan and her dance group, Kids Groove.
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Ryan says she is proud to open up her dance group to include kids with disabilities.
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Now my mission is to advocate for them, for people who are HSP, which stands for Highly
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Sensitive People, and I just, I love working with them.
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It's important that we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day to let the world know that people
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with Down Syndrome are worthy of love and they're capable of all things.
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And finally, hardcore Marvel fans from around Vancouver trooped to the Avengers Station
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Exhibit to experience the interactive research lab and engineering hub of their favorite
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heroes.
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Among them was Filipino-Canadian content creator Erwin Yap, who also cosplays different
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characters including his favorite Marvel hero, the Black Panther.
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Yap says the immersive exhibit felt like he is part of the Avengers team.
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It is immersive and the fact that you can see what's on the screen live.
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You know, they've got full size statues, full size everything and I think any fan is going
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to be very excited to see it and experience it.
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The exhibit featured the shield and motorbike of Captain America, the Green Fist of the
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Hulk, Iron Man and his Hall of Armor, and an Iron Man flight simulator.
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And those are your headlines for today.
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Catch more of our stories online at news.abs-cbn.com slash tfcnews and on the ABS-CBN News YouTube
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channel.
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I'm TJ Monato.
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Stay with us, Kapamilya!