Allyson Escobar

Disappointed fans sue after Pacquiao-Mayweather fight

Boxing fans across the country and their lawyers are calling the much-anticipated fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. a “fraud,” and want their money back. At least 32 lawsuits seeking class-action status allege Pacquiao should have disclosed a shoulder injury to the Nevada Athletic Commission before the May 2 fight, which Mayweather won in…

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Filipino shadow play performers win ‘Asia’s Got Talent’

FILIPINO shadow play performer group El Gamma Penumbra was named the first-ever winner of the first season of “Asia’s Got Talent,” the pan-Asian talent search based in Singapore. The group closely beat their rivals, Mongolian ethnic band Khugsugtun. Herminio Coloma, a spokesman for President Benigno Aquino III, congratulated El Gamma Penumbra as a glowing symbol…

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Proposed California health act to include coverage for undocumented immigrants

DESPITE California leading the nation in expanding healthcare insurance to include everybody, nearly 1.8 million of its residents remain uninsured. According to research from teams at University of California, Los Angeles and UC Berkeley, about 1.5 million undocumented Californians would qualify for health programs under the Affordable Care Act, which remains off-limits to undocumented immigrants….

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PH ambassador dies in Pakistan helicopter crash

TWO foreign ambassadors, including a Filipino, were among seven killed in a helicopter crash on Friday, May 8, in northern Pakistan during an emergency landing. The military helicopter was due to inspect a new tourism project in the mountainous northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan, when the MI-17 aircraft crashed into a school in Gilgit and caught…

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Filipino parents express concern for Common Core, technology in the classroom

PARENTS nationwide have been expressing their concern for the new Common Core state standards, which proponents say focus on critical thinking and problem solving. In California, which first adopted the standards in 2010, the rigorous standards put emphasis on skills, such as critical reasoning and communication, and in creating more space for technology. However, parents…

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Study: low sunlight increases risk of pancreatic cancer

Why it’s important to get enough vitamin D ACCORDING to a study from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, spending enough time in the sun could protect against pancreatic cancer. Researchers found that rates of the cancer were highest in countries with the least amount of sunlight, due to a lack of…

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