In a message to the Inquirer, consul general Elmer Cato, said the Philippine consulate in New York has recorded “almost 40 incidents” of anti-Asian hate crimes and other criminal incidents involving Filipinos since 2021. READ:
In a message to the Inquirer, he said the Philippine consulate in New York has recorded “almost 40 incidents” of anti-Asian hate crimes and other criminal incidents involving Filipinos since 2021.
These include the brutal attack on a 67-year-old Filipino woman inside her apartment in Yonkers City, New York State on March 11. The victim, who was from the Ilocos region, sustained serious injuries to the head and face. On March 15, Cato, along with leaders of Asian-American Community and local officials, held a news conference in front of the Yonkers City Hall to condemn the hate crimes against Filipino immigrants.
“We know authorities are doing their best to make the streets safe again but we also understand they could not be everywhere. But we do hope that authorities exert more efforts to remove violent and dangerous people off the streets and make everyone – not just Filipinos or other members of the Asian-American Community – feel safe again,” he said during the event.
Cato used to be the publisher and editor of The Angeles Sun, a Pampanga-based weekly newspaper, and national editor of the defunct Today national newspaper.
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