DPH’s Mobile Vaccine Unit to offer vaccinations by appointment to groups of people in their homes or workplaces SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor London N. Breed and the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) on Tuesday, August 3 announced that the City’s Mobile Vaccine Unit will vaccinate small groups of five to 12 people in…
REDWOOD CITY – Active military and citizens living outside the United States who wish to participate in the September 14, 2021 California Gubernatorial Recall Election may receive their ballot via email, mail, fax, or access it online. “Our goal in every election is to ensure every eligible voter has the opportunity to cast their ballot, no…
DEAR Attorney Gurfinkel: I was petitioned by my U.S. citizen parent in 2011 as single. The priority date became current, and I submitted all the forms and paid all the fees. When I went for my interview at the U.S. Embassy, my visa was refused because the consul said I had committed fraud about 15…
K1 – THE ‘LOVE’ VISA: THIS SUNDAY ON CITIZEN PINOY. Wendel (left) met Allen (center) on Friendster, after he went through a period of loneliness and depression, looking for true love. They soon knew they had found “the one.” Before they officially became a couple, they wanted to see each other in person, to make…
By Gustavo F. Velasquez, Director, California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) What is the CA COVID-19 Rent Relief program? The CA COVID-19 Rent Relief program offers financial assistance to income eligible households who have been impacted by COVID-19 and need help with unpaid rent and utilities. The program supports eligible renters and their…
SAN FRANCISCO – The Filipino American Arts Exposition (FAAE) will be holding the 28th annual Pistahan Virtual Parade and Festival to celebrate Filipino heritage and culture. There will be live online programming on Saturday, August 14, and Sunday, August 15, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT each day. Al Perez, president of FAAE, said:…
FILIPINO-Syrian model Naelah Alshorbaji beat 65 other pageant hopefuls as she was declared the winner of the recent Miss Philippines Earth 2021 contest. She is set to represent the country in the Miss Earth 2021 pageant. The search for the new Miss Earth Philippines representative was held online due to the pandemic. The selection committee…
A NEW recommendation from the US-CDC is in the offing: A booster shot with a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine, engineered to cover the deadlier Delta strain from India and other variants to prevent breakthrough infections. Before we discuss that issue, allow me to delve deeper into the serious matter of people’s vaccine hesitancy. This is a…
Detection marks first time plant disease has been found in San Diego County THE California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has declared a quarantine in north San Diego County following the detection of the citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening, in two citrus trees on one residential property in the city of Oceanside….
THE U.S. women’s indoor volleyball team made history during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with its first-ever gold medal — and among its 12 members is a decorated player of Filipino descent. Justine Wong-Orantes, who hails from Cypress, California, helped Team USA soar to victory as its libero, also known as a defensive specialist, as they…
Philippines classified as ‘high risk’ for COVID-19 THE U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising unvaccinated citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the Philippines and other countries with “high risk” for COVID-19 transmission. The Philippines was classified anew as a Level 3 country, posing a significant risk for COVID-19 due to a…
IT’S the year of Saweetie — from the viral hit “Best Friend” to a song collaboration with Gwen Stefani to securing key brand sponsorships. Though she’s made a name for herself since her first single “ICY GRL” dropped in 2017, fans can expect her long-awaited debut album “Pretty B*tch Music” in coming months. The 28-year-old…
RAPPER Saweetie has had top hit singles, landed on magazine covers, and racked up several accolades under her belt. But the latest career milestone for the Icy Girl? A McDonald’s collaboration. The Saweetie Meal landed at the fast food giant’s locations across the United States on August 9, allowing customers to copy her favorite menu…
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte has pledged additional cash incentives to all Filipino athletes who represented the country in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. “My office, the Office of the President, will grant additional cash incentives to our athletes in the Tokyo Olympics,” he announced Monday, August 9, during a courtesy call with Filipino Olympians. Boxers Nesthy…
Students not required to be vaccinated but must wear masks indoors AS the 2021-2022 academic year looms closer, concerns over resuming in-person learning in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to mount across the country. In Los Angeles County — where the positivity rate of COVID-19 and hospitalizations have dramatically soared over the last…
THE Philippines has pulled out of a pandemic-induced recession as its gross domestic product (GDP) grew 11.8% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021, according to the country’s statistics agency. The latest annual growth was the highest GDP recorded since the fourth quarter of 1988, rebounding from the 17% contraction in the same period last…
[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.] Life is, indeed, “a moveable feast” to…
SOCIAL CONTRACT is defined in political philosophy as “an actual or hypothetical compact, or agreement, between the ruled or between the ruled and their rulers, defining the rights and duties of each…They then, by exercising natural reason, formed a society (and a government) by means of a social contract,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica. We all…
AMID the latest surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the United States hit a milestone that some thought was unattainable: 90% of people 65 and older are at least partly vaccinated against the disease. That’s more than 49 million seniors vaccinated. Overall, 70% of adults have been inoculated, at least partly, and nearly 68% of…
WITH a little over a week to go until returning to the ring, Filipino boxer turned Senator Manny Pacquiao will be facing a new opponent on August 21 in his first bout in two years. American boxer and unified world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (27-0, 21 KOs) will be bowing out of the anticipated…
FILIPINO boxer Carlo Paalam has finished his Olympic campaign with a silver medal in men’s flyweight. The 23-year-old Paalam bowed to Galal Yafai of Great Britain via a 4-1 split decision in their final bout on Saturday, August 7, at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo. Despite landing some early shots on Yafai, Paalam went down…
As COVID resurges across the country, driven by the highly infectious delta variant, experts are extending our understanding of the pandemic’s toll on older adults — the age group hit hardest by the pandemic. New research offers unexpected insights. Older adults living in their own homes and apartments had a significantly heightened risk of dying…
AN alternative, off-site passport renewal center will soon open in Los Angeles to address the huge demand for ePassport renewal applications, according to the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles. VFS Global, a private outsourcing company, will operate the renewal center. “The opening of a VFS Global Philippine Passport Renewal Center (PaRC) in Los Angeles…
THE Philippines’ sinigang has been hailed as the best rated vegetable soup in the world by international food database Taste Atlas. In Taste Atlas’ website, sinigang has a rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars. The beloved Filipino dish was followed by skabenu zupa from Latvia, fagiolata from Italy, and ogbono soup from Nigeria with…
UNITED States President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, August 5 met with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders to discuss key issues affecting the fastest-growing electorate in the country. Biden and Harris’s meeting with community leaders — which some AAPI Democrats believe is overdue given the rise in anti-Asian discrimination…
A panel of public health experts on July 30 debated the efficacy of COVID vaccines against the dominant Delta variant, concluding that — though the vaccines are 80 to 90% effective against hospitalizations and deaths — they are less effective in containing the spread of the potent mutant strain. Speakers at the news briefing, organized…
AN American diplomat has been indicted by a Virginia court for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and possessing child pornography while stationed in the Philippines. Dean Cheves, 61, served at the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines between September 2020 and February 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. While in the…
Employment Development Department will receive $21 million to expand language services CALIFORNIA Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) joined Asian and Pacific Islander advocacy organizations on Thursday, August 5 to announce new funding to ensure Californians with limited English proficiency (LEP) can obtain unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. Assembly Bill 138, a budget trailer bill signed into…
