By Mark Hedin/Ethnic Media Services MORE than a million LA County residents are missing out on easily accessible programs that would them keep their families well-nourished and healthy. At a July 26 “call to action” news briefing hosted by the Los Angeles County Joint Information Center on COVID, Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Chair of the…
NESTHY Petecio is now the first Filipina to bring home a medal in boxing after she claimed silver in the Tokyo Olympics. The 29-year-old Davao native garnered the Philippines’ first silver medal in the Tokyo Games after she bowed to Sena Irie of Japan via unanimous decision in the women’s featherweight final on Tuesday, August…
A Filipina Chinese senior citizen was attacked in her own home in the Oceanview neighborhood of San Francisco during an attempted robbery earlier in July. In an exclusive interview with ABC7 News’ Dion Lim, 71-year-old Remia Reyes said she is considering moving out of the city after being placed in a chokehold and carried by…
AFTER moves to cancel the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has backtracked from his decision and will continue to uphold the defense pact with the United States. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, July 30, announced the reversal, saying the chief executive is seeking to sustain the country’s “strategic core interests.” “PRRD’s…
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte has extended his congratulations to Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz with several incentives. To reward the Filipina weightlifter for claiming the country’s first-ever Olympic gold, the chief executive pledged a money incentive worth P3 million as well as a “fully-furnished” house and lot in Zamboanga City. The cash grant from Duterte…
METRO Manila will go back to the most restrictive enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) on August 6 to curb the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19, according to Malacañang. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, July 30, announced that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the…
Election to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom scheduled for Sept. 14 IN less than two months, Californians will have the chance to either re-elect Gov. Gavin Newsom or elect a new state leader among a pool of mostly conservatives who have criticized the current leader over, among many things, his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and…
SACRAMENTO — Covered California announced its plans and rates for the 2022 coverage year, which will include a full year of lower premiums under the American Rescue Plan. The new and expanded financial help provided by the law has led to a record 1.6 million people enrolled in Covered California, which contributes to the state…
EARLIER in July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated K-12 school guidance reinforcing the shared priority of full in-person instruction for students by recommending strategies for schools to reduce COVID-19 exposure to achieve this goal. California will align with this guidance by implementing multiple prevention strategies, including continued mask guidance and…
I FEEL YOU. I feel as exasperated as all of you are as we have been fighting this war against COVID-19 for more than a year now. We thought COVID-19 has retreated and that we are on our way to living life as we knew it before March 2020. But now we hear that the…
Allain (left) was petitioned by his mother in 1997. He came to the U.S. as a tourist with his wife, Lorraine (center), in 2002 and overstayed. His mother passed away in 2006, which, at that point, Allain thought his mother’s petition for him was gone. What would now happen to Allain and his petition? Leading…
The Saweetie Meal will arrive at participating US restaurants on Aug. 9 CHICAGO – Summer is about to get icy as McDonald’s and platinum artist Saweetie team up to bring her favorite order to fans nationwide. Starting Aug. 9, everyone can order The Saweetie Meal, which features a Big Mac®, 4-piece Chicken McNuggets®, medium World…
Several options exist for a US 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 resides, and file an I-130 immigrant petition, with the fiancé(e) to undergo consular processing for an immigrant visa when the I-130 petition is approved. However,…
Generally, in California, property acquired by a spouse prior to marriage is considered separate property under family code section 770 while those acquired after marriage are considered community assets under family code section 760. How do you characterize real property purchased prior to marriage but with the mortgage principal paid down using community income or…
In his book, Alive in God, Timothy Radcliffe shares the Catholic Relief Services of America’s reason for helping the poor: “We are called to help others not because they believe, or because they might someday believe, but because we believe.” This statement says a lot about active faith. Our belief in Jesus is not a…
1. Use moving average crossover strategy. • Buy when its 50-day simple moving average crosses above its 200-day simple moving average. • Sell when the short 50-day SMA drops back below the long 200-day SMA. 2. Use RSI (Relative Strength Index) to measure of short-term momentum that varies from zero to 100. • Sell or…
SADLY, COVID-19 and its variants, now predominantly the Delta strain, will kill more people in the United States and other countries around the world as a result of people’s refusal to get vaccinated, then getting infected, and exponentially spreading the deadly virus to others – unfortunately, even to the vaccinated ones. While the breakthrough COVID-19…
Q: I WAS badly injured in a recent car accident. I had to undergo multiple surgeries. I missed several weeks of work and will need more time off for treatments. I am afraid to tell my boss that I need more time off because I might be fired. What should I do? A: You need…
WHAT is the meaning of the title of this article? Does this imply that Chapter 7 is risky such that Chapter 13 is safer in certain situations? Yes, that’s exactly what it means. Now that interest rates on mortgages are historically at their lowest and given the shortage of houses in Southern California, the prices…
WITH so many drivers in California driving without valid insurance coverage, it is important to make sure that your insurance policy includes uninsured motorist coverage. Your insurance agent is the best source to inquire about in obtaining this coverage. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage have several similarities. For both, coverage applies only if a vehicle…
FILIPINO American Jalen Green was the second overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, becoming the third player of Filipino descent drafted to the basketball league. The Houston Rockets on Thursday, July 29 selected the 6-foot-5 guard in the hopes to revitalize the team after its shortcomings in the 2020-21 season. Green, whose mother Bree…
FOREIGN spouses, children, and parents of Filipino citizens traveling to the Philippines as tourists no longer need to present entry exemption documents (EED) to enter the country starting August 1. The Philippine Bureau of Immigration made the announcement on Monday, July 26, in compliance with the latest resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the…
FANS of Philippine cinema in New York are in for a big treat. After a hiatus last year due to the pandemic, the Sinehan sa Summer project, rebranded as Sinehan sa Konsulado, is set to resume in-person on Thursday, August 5, with the landmark Lino Brocka film Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (Weighed but Found Wanting). The…
Seton is largest employer in Daly City with 1,100 jobs DALY CITY – AHMC Healthcare on Friday, July 23 launched a $60 million project to modernize and seismically retrofit AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City. The hospital and surrounding buildings will remain open for patient care during the year-long renovation. “AHMC is investing $60…
Undocumented Filipinos can soon apply for a consular ID from the Philippine Consulate General in New York. At the Kapihan sa Konsulado, a regular meeting with the Filipino American Press Club of New York, Consul General Elmer Cato shared that other countries have been issuing their own ID cards for their undocumented nationals in the…
LEADING U.S. Immigration Attorney Michael J. Gurfinkel presents another brand-new success story, after he provides the latest immigration developments, as featured on his YouTube channel: US Immigration TV. After the important U.S. immigration highlights, Citizen Pinoy shares an inspiring success story on how a family persevered, despite the many bumps along their immigration journey. Allain…
THE August 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…
