THE United States has announced plans to offer booster shots to Americans starting next month to extend the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines amid surges in cases due to the Delta variant. In a joint statement, the country’s top health officials said that the available data showed protection against COVID-19 decreasing over time following the initial…
PECHANGA Resort Casino features a variety of international cuisines, from exceptional fine dining to quick and tasty selections for those on the go. You’ll find a world of culinary delights at Pechanga’s award-winning restaurants. If you fancy yourself as a food enthusiast with distinguished tastes, prepare to be impressed. Umi Sushi & Oyster Bar –…
METRO Manila’s quarantine status will downgrade from enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to the less restrictive modified ECQ (MECQ) beginning August 21 until the end of the month. Malacañang on Thursday, August 19, announced that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ (IATF-EID) to…
WILDFIRE season is upon us now, and more than ever Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) would like to prepare everyone in its service area to be prepared for any emergency. With this in mind, PG&E is collaborating with the Philippine American Press Club USA (PAPC) to reach as many Filipino American communities in Northern…
SINGLE PARENT LEAVES CHILDREN BEHIND BECAUSE OF DATE OF MARRIAGE ON THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATES THIS SUNDAY ON CITIZEN PINOY. Mike (2nd from left) was petitioned as “single” by his mother and wanted to bring his children with him to the U.S., but his mother said, “leave the kids behind,” since their birth certificates had a…
MORE than 360,000 additional Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses have arrived in the Philippines. Of the total 365,040 procured doses, 262,080 landed around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, August 18, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City. Meanwhile, the 51,480 doses were delivered each to Cebu and Davao region. According to the country’s…
The September 2021 priority dates, continue to provide great news for workers in the EB-3 (skilled/professional) and “other worker” (unskilled workers like caregivers). The priority dates for all countries (except India and China) are CURRENT! This includes the Philippines! This means visas are available, regardless of the person’s priority date. If a person is being…
MORE than a week after he was mugged at gunpoint right in front of his apartment in New York, Miguel Braganza is fighting the trauma brought about by the incident as he is left looking for a possible silver lining. “Maybe God is using me to warn our kababayans and everybody to be extra careful…
THE Philippine Consulate General in New York announced on Monday, Aug. 16 the resumption this year of Filipino Restaurant Week, one of its flagship projects that started in 2015. Filipino Restaurant Week, which was inspired by the New York Restaurant Week, was conceived to help promote Filipino restaurants, Filipino chefs, and Filipino food and ingredients….
A FILIPINO film recently won an award at the recent 74th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. “Whether the Weather is Fine (Kun Maupay Man It Panahon),” directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad was given the Cinema E Gioventu Prize in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente (Filmmakers of the Present Competition), which is a section dedicated to…
Global event promoted Stop Asian Hate efforts, gave tributes to Filipino frontline workers SAN FRANCISCO – The 28th annual Pistahan Parade and Festival hosted by the Filipino American Arts Exposition (FAAE) drew thousands of viewers worldwide with its virtual showcase of Filipino history, culture and art. Livestreamed on Facebook, YouTube and Kumu — the Philippines’…
Finding accurate and up-to-date information from trusted sources is a challenge for many immigrants in Los Angeles County. Despite the devastating impact of the 2020 economic crisis on immigrant households, new research from the Urban Institute demonstrates that 1 out of 4 adults in low-income immigrant families avoided government benefit programs and other assistance because…
YES, you can sell your home without a realtor. Property owners who sell their property without hiring a licensed real estate agent, are considered as a “for sale by owner” or “off market sale.” This is commonly done by owners hoping to potentially save the fees in hiring an agent. What are the disadvantages of…
TWO months after an elderly Filipino American man was attacked at a park in Cerritos, California, a new anti-Asian hate mural was unveiled at the same location to raise awareness on the ongoing hate and discrimination against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. The mural by local artist MariNaomi was presented to the…
The first Filipino American attorney general of California backs Newsom in recall election, cites governor’s unprecedented vaccine efforts AS California voters start to receive their recall election ballots in the mail, Governor Gavin Newsom and other Democrats are ramping up efforts to encourage the diverse communities of the state to vote no on the gubernatorial…
A FILIPINO American army veteran from Reseda, California has been convicted for attempting to bomb a white supremacist rally in Long Beach in 2019. Mark Steven Domingo, 28, was found guilty of providing material support to terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, according to a news release from the United States…
THE U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, August 12, authorized booster shots of Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines for some people with compromised immune systems. “The country has entered yet another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the FDA is especially cognizant that immunocompromised people are particularly at risk for severe disease. After a…
HEARTBREAKING. We watched videos of Afghan people rushing to board U.S. military cargo jets to escape the wrath of the Taliban in Afghanistan. About 600 men, women and children were able to make it to the flight while we saw what appears to be figures of people desperately trying to hold on to the jet…
LXV Enterprises, LLC in association with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association presents ‘“Pinoy”tainment,’ an evening of music, dance and comedy featuring seasoned performers and up-and-coming artists from the Filipino-American community, at The Ford. The one-night-only concert will be hosted by YouTube sensation and singer/songwriter AJ Rafael. “An opportunity like this does not come around often,”…
By Rupert Ouano First time visitor to Pacquiao’s Wild Card Gym reports on a day at the boxing champ’s official training camp LOS ANGELES — As of early July and in tune with the re-opening of Las Vegas together with the easing of local travel restrictions for the vaccinated public, Wild Card Gym in Hollywood,…
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the United States for more vaccines against COVID-19, saying that the country is ready to buy its excess doses. In his weekly public address, the chief executive maintained the government has “saved money” for buying additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines. “I am just asking America to give us more…
Ito ay serye ng Medicare Tips hatid ng Clever Care Health Plan, isang nangungunang tagapagbigay ng East meets West Medicare services na sensitibo sa kultura ng kanilang mga miyembro. Ang Eastern medicine, na kung tawagin din ay tradisyonal na Chinese medicine, ay ang pinakamatandang sistema ng medisina sa buong mundo. Di tulad ng Western medicine,…
A FATHER’S pain A news writer expresses his fear, frustration, and anger about the current surges in the COVID-19 pandemic that infected his youngest son. I empathize with him. Here is an excerpt from his op-ed: “…But how would you feel if it was your child defying the odds? With the advent of the more infectious…
[Select a handful of those things in your bucket list that have the highest chance of coming to fruition given your time frame. In tech speak, it means before your life’s energy goes into ‘ low batt mode’ and life has run out of sockets to plug into.] Things break. Once broken, a thing loses…
