Covering the week’s most noteworthy news stories impacting the lives of the Filipino-American community in the United States of America.
DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged US regulators from the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission to examine the high costs of certain generic drugs, combating anticompetitive…
Abandoning promise to end Middle East wars he inherited FACING increasing pressure both at home and abroad, President Barack Obama has made his decision regarding the state of American troops…
Set of bills to change voting processes, improve turnout WITH record-low turnouts in one of the most populous states in the nation, California is making it even easier for people…
CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday, Oct. 3, signed into law a measure aimed at eliminating racial and identity profiling in law enforcement. AB953 enacts the Racial and Identity Profiling…
THE mass shooting which occurred last week at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College was just one of a drastically rising number of school shootings that have occurred recently in the US….
CALIFORNIA Democrats are losing faith in Hillary Clinton. According to a new Field Poll, the former first lady and secretary of state’s support has dramatically plummeted in the Golden State….
CALIFORNIA Governor Jerry Brown made a landmark decision toward closing the longstanding wage gap between men and women by signing one of the toughest pay equity laws in the nation…
THE average out-of-network ATM fee is now about the cost of a six-inch Subway sandwich or grande mocha cappuccino at Starbucks. In the last five years, the cost of withdrawing…
CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, Oct. 5, signed landmark legislation that allows physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients wishing to end their lives. His…
IN an interview with the Spanish network Telemundo, Democratic White House contender Hillary Clinton accused the Obama administration of breaking up families through an “aggressive” deportation policy, calling current immigration…
WITH only hours to spare before the end of the fiscal year, Congress approved a temporary funding measure aimed to keep the government open past the midnight deadline on Wednesday,…
Reports of lower water conservation statewide ON the first day of October, water conservation figures for California were released by the State Water Resources Control Board. Impelled by severe drought…
WITH the start of the 2015-2016 NBA season less than a month away, Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson is hoping “great things will happen” and anticipates the team will…
OVER the weekend, Pope Francis made a final stop during his historic six-day US visit to Philadelphia, to continue spreading his message of hope to diverse audiences, including immigrants, prison…
ACCORDING to a new report by the Pew Research Center, Asians are on track to become the largest population of immigrants in the United States. The study released on Monday,…
Pope Francis urges action on immigration, environment, defense of the poor and of families IN the first-ever papal address to both houses of Congress on Thursday, Sept. 24, Pope Francis brought…
Pope Francis addresses President Obama, urges action on global issues, and celebrates Mass On his first day in the US, Pope Francis has begun his full agenda, bringing together political…
THE California Republican Party voted on Sunday, Sept. 20 to soften its stance on immigration, responding to harsh rhetoric from current GOP presidential candidates. Republicans have been struggling to find…
A FILIPINO-American teenager who was charged as an adult in the murder of an 8-year-old girl earlier this year in Santa Cruz, California, pleaded not guilty on Monday, Sept. 21….
IMMIGRATION was a hot topic during the Republican debate on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, but the top 11 contenders for the GOP…
AIR pollution is killing 3.3 million people a year worldwide, according to a new study. Scientists in Germany, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and Harvard University calculated the most detailed estimates yet…
A BALLOT proposal that could completely abolish California’s death penalty is already on life support. The initiative would strike death as a possible punishment from the state’s Penal Code, substituting…
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has nominated a Filipina for a high-ranking promotion in the United States Navy. Rear Admiral Raquel C. Bono, who was promoted in September 2014, was nominated by…
Garcetti joins in celebrating the US Constitution and young new citizens SEPTEMBER 17 marks an important day in American history–the Constitution of the United States was officially signed by delegates…
RULES for taxpayers who owe more than $100 million to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have changed: in 2016, the agency will no longer accept checks with amounts greater than…
THIS week, satellite images showed a low-pressure storm system approaching Southern California from the north, bringing with it cooler temperatures and periods of rain. The late summer storm system, combined…
IN recent years, California has adopted a series of laws to help immigrants and undocumented populations with better opportunities, including obtaining driver’s licenses and education for youth. Polls generally show…
Community calls on politicians and leaders to take action FROM police officers to community leaders to elected officials, hundreds packed the pews of Hamilton United Methodist Church on Sunday, September…
CALIFORNIA lawmakers approved and sent to Governor Jerry Brown a plan to help low-income residents have greater access to legal services. The bill, known as Senate Bill 134, would allow…
A new one-stop hotline for Filipinos with concerns about their working conditions, rights and other related issues was unveiled on Tuesday, Sept. 8, during the announcement of an alliance between…
