[COLUMN] Did you marry a non-Filipino?
WHEN a person is petitioned by a family member or employer, they are ordinarily processed for their immigrant visa or green card based on the priority dates of their country…
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Jumping at midnight, driving away evil spirits: Filipino traditions to welcome the new year
THE New Year has always been a countrywide celebration that is nothing short of fun, dynamic, and loud. Filipinos love to welcome the new year with as much fanfare as…
Los Angeles County expands COVID-19 testing capacity to meet holiday surge demand
THE Los Angeles County Department of Health Services is delivering urgent expansion of the county’s free COVID-19 testing services amidst holiday demand. Demand for COVID-19 testing is steadily increasing as…
CDC shortens recommended COVID-19 isolation time to 5 days
THE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days, if asymptomatic, followed by five…
[COLUMN] Vaccines for children ages 5-11 available – get them vaccinated and keep them safe
By Dr. Jay Yeh, Medical Director, Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory, UC Davis Health Last month, COVID-19 vaccines became available for 5- to 11-year-olds, and that could not have come at a…
[EVENT] Celebrate the feast of Santo Niño on Jan. 16, 2022 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
An archdiocesan celebration ON Sunday, January 16th, 2022, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (555 W. Temple Street, Los Angles) will celebrate 500 years of Philippine Christianity and…
MOTHER Movement holds fundraising drive for Typhoon Odette relief
SOME guests and members of the global MOTHER Movement pose for a souvenir photo during the Dec. 20 Christmas fundraising drive to raise money and send relief goods for the…
[COLUMN] Planned obsolescence
NOW is a good time to ponder about the end. It is a grim thought, I admit, but it seems appropriate when taking stock of the year about to be…
Covered California deadline approaches as omicron surge underscores benefits of health insurance
SACRAMENTO — With the rapid spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant across the state, Covered California is urging uninsured and eligible individuals to act now so that they can have…
Slow but steady rise in eviction filings – no ‘tsunami’ yet
By Pilar Marrero/Ethnic Media Services SINCE the federal moratorium on evictions ended in late August, court eviction filings by landlords have increased across the country, particularly in cities with the…
[COLUMN] Christian Bables wins best actor at MMFF, ‘Big Night’ wins best picture
IT was a fruitful night for “Big Night,” as it won a bevy of awards at the recent Metro Manila Film Festival 2021’s Gabi ng Parangal. The Jun Robles Lana-directed…
Omicron and a collapsed health care system: this is how COVID closes 2021
Almost two years after COVID-19 pandemic started, 270 million people have been infected with the virus and 5.3 million have died worldwide. Cases in the United States exceed 50 million,…
[COLUMN] What is a ‘hardship’ discharge in Chapter 13?
CHAPTER 13 is a reorganization of your financial affairs where you pay a portion of your debts over 36 months or 60 months depending on where your household income is….
[COLUMN] Are you feeling buried under a mountain of debt?
ARE you facing a mountain of debt and don’t know what to do in order to avoid getting buried? Debt problems can wreak havoc on your personal life in many…
[COLUMN] K-1 Fiancé(e) Visa: Getting your significant other to the united states
SEVERAL options exist for a U.S. citizen to bring his/her foreign-national fiancé(e) to the United States. One popular option is to marry the fiancé(e) in the country in which he/she…
[COLUMN] ‘Managers’ may still be owed overtime
PAMELA Ruben-Knudsen and Marnine Casillas were employed as Client Service Managers by Arthur J. Gallagher and Co., a brokerage firm. Client service managers are salaried and considered exempt from overtime….
[COLUMN] Do I have to disclose my Bitcoin to my spouse in my divorce case?
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency has become popular lately as a new store of value. It is decentralized and not subject to regulation in any jurisdiction. It can be stored in…
Bretman Rock, Bella Poarch join Fil-Am community toy drive in Historic Filipinotown
Filipino American breakout stars Bretman Rock and Bella Poarch joined community members at the first annual Historic Filipinotown Holiday Festival and Toy Distribution ahead of the Christmas holiday. Both Bretman and…
What is life? My 2021 Christmas column
WRITING this Christmas column is neither easy nor difficult. However, it required deeper thinking after almost two years of coronavirus-induced changes in our lives. There is a myriad of unexpected…
[COLUMN] The gift of family
A warm Christmas greeting to you and your families! I hope you’re enjoying the Christmas season and keeping yourselves in good health. This Sunday’s Feast of the Holy Family falls…
Mayor Gloria urges residents to help stop omicron surge
SAN Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and local health officials are urging San Diegans to get vaccinated and boosted to protect against the new dominant COVID-19 variant, omicron. “My message to San…
LA County records another spike in new COVID cases
AHEAD of the holiday season, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released new data on COVID-19. As of Thursday, December 23, there were 8,633 new COVID-19 cases and…
Simbang Gabi celebrated at the Los Angeles Cathedral
Filipino Catholics from throughout Southern California celebrated the beginning of Simbang Gabi, one of the oldest Filipino Christmas traditions, with a special Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the…
Dissecting the classic Noche Buena spread
IF the long list of Christmas trends and traditions was any indication, Filipinos love celebrating the yuletide season. Be it decorating the house with lanterns and ornaments as early as…