California Supreme Court issues new ruling FOR two years, Jessica Ferra worked as a bartender for Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC. Loews paid Ferra hourly wages as well as quarterly nondiscretionary incentive payments, which refer to payments for an employee’s work that are owed to employees based on a prior agreement or promise and dependent on…
Stock traders use fundamental analysis and technical analysis to buy stocks. Fundamental analysis involves looking at a company’s business metrics such as revenue, earnings and debt. Technical analysis involves looking only at a stock’s recent price movements and identifying buy and sell signals in its chart. Technical analysis identifies price trends and chart patterns. Technical analysts believe past…
THE Philippines is “well-prepared” to combat the more transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19, according to National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19. In a media briefing with experts from the Department of Health (DOH), NTF Chief Implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said they have anticipated the arrival of the Delta variant in the country. “Well prepared…
Travelers from US still required to quarantine for 10 days THE Philippines has updated its roster of “green” or low-risk nations, which qualifies vaccinated travelers for a shorter quarantine period upon arrival in the country. In a statement released Friday, July 16, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced the revised list of 57 countries and jurisdictions…
The CARES Act is federal legislation that was adopted after the pandemic to help our country and people survive the pandemic created unemployment, businesses losses and financial hardship. It provided for the much-needed stimulus package, the PPP loans for businesses to protect wages, and pandemic unemployment benefits for those who lost their jobs due to…
ON July 15, 2021, Atty. Gen. Garland brought back “administrative closure” to immigration courts by overruling a previous decision made during the Trump era, which “concluded that the immigration courts’ use of the tool of administrative closure was not authorized.” This is great news, as now administrative closure is again authorized, and there could be…
County reports more than 1,000 new cases a day for the past week AS a response to the mounting coronavirus cases, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will restore the mask mandate that requires masks to be worn indoors regardless of vaccination status, the department said on Thursday, July 15. The new mandate…
Current DACA recipients will not be affected A United States federal judge on Friday, July 16 blocked new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era initiative that protects immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling would not affect the…
By Sunita Sohrabji/Ethnic Media Services contributing editor ASIAN Americans cheered the July 12 passage of California’s API Equity Budget, a three-year $156 million initiative which seeks to equip the AAPI community with resources to combat hate crimes. “This is historic and unprecedented. It is the outcome of many community-based organizations who rallied to get this…
A FILIPINA was shot and killed by her live-in partner in Minot, North Dakota over the weekend. According to the Minot Police Department, it received a call just before 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 11, regarding a woman who had been shot multiple times in northwest Minot. The victim, 29-year-old Arnalyn Repalam, was taken to…
The Los Angeles County Health Officer has issued a Heat Alert as high temperatures have been forecast for the following areas: • Antelope Valley – Saturday, July 17 through Tuesday, July 20 • West San Fernando Valley – Sunday, July 18 through Tuesday, July 20 Public Health reminds everyone to take precautions to avoid heat-related…
MORE than a million doses of the single-shot COVID-19 vaccine developed by American firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) have arrived in the Philippines. In a tweet, the World Health Organization Philippines confirmed the arrival of the first batch of J&J’s Janssen vaccine donated by the United States through the WHO-led COVAX facility. The aircraft carrying…
DID you already check your bank account? Did you see up to $300 a month for each child under age 6 and up to $250 a month for each one ages 6 to 17 with a note “CHILD CTC”? If you file taxes electronically should have already seen these payments in your bank account, while…
THE “additional restrictions” in Metro Manila have been lifted as it relaxes to regular general community quarantine (GCQ) until July 31, according to Malacañang. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday, July 15, announced that President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to…
IS there such a thing as Filipino cuisine? In the U.S., whenever a Pinoy reception is held, one can expect to be served pancit, lumpiang shanghai, fried chicken and adobo. The combination has become so predictable that non-Pinoys are of the impression that these are our national dishes. In fact, these are simply variations on…
COOKIE Hiponia Everman took to heart what Toni Morrison once said: “If there’s a book you want to read, and it hasn’t yet been written, then you must write it.” That book is now out and it is called “We Belong,” Everman’s debut novel which delves into and reflects her family’s experiences. Her story ties…
DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is reportedly “not interested” in seeking the top post in the country in the 2022 elections should her father, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, decide to run for vice president, according to an official of Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP). HNP spokesman Anthony del Rosario on Wednesday, July 14, dashed any hopes…
THE Chula Vista Police Department has released an investigative update detailing its efforts in the search for Maya “May” Millete, a Filipina American mother from the Southern California city who went missing over six months ago. In the advisory released Wednesday, July 14, the CVPD said it is continuously working with the multi-agency working group…
COVID-19 kills The 20 percent of Americans (around 60 million) who refuse to get vaccines to protect themselves against the deadly COVID-19 are at grave risk of being infected with this killer virus. More than 4 million individuals have been killed by COVID-19 worldwide, greater than 624,000 in the United States. Practically all of those…
THERE is more great news for people who are in deportation/removal proceedings, or who may have already been ordered deported. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) on how to request prosecutorial discretion (PD) for those who are in deportation or removal proceedings. What is prosecutorial discretion? According to the…
LEADING U.S. Immigration Attorney Michael J. Gurfinkel (2nd from right) provides the latest immigration developments, as featured on his YouTube channel: US Immigration TV. This Sunday, he also features another success story that is inspiring and hopeful. Jun (extreme right) was a crewman who jumped ship and overstayed a few months in the U.S. in…
DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and President Rodrigo Duterte have emerged as Filipinos’ top picks for president and vice president, respectively, in Pulse Asia’s latest poll released on Tuesday, July 13. The survey, conducted from June 7 to 16, 2021, found that 28% of 2,400 respondents would vote for Sara if the May 2022 presidential…
I got my COVID vaccine last week just like we always talked about. Those may not be the actual opening lyrics to the 2021 hit “drivers license,” but it is a sentiment prompted by its writer, teen pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo, on Wednesday, July 14 during a COVID-19 vaccination campaign at the White House. The…
FILIPINO boxing icon and Senator Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao revealed that he picked American boxer Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. as his opponent because he wanted a “real fight” when he returns to the ring on August 21. During a press conference announcing the showdown at the Fox Television Studios in Los Angeles, the eight-division world…
AS more Americans receive COVID vaccinations, debatable philosophies surrounding mask-wearing continue to generate confusion over whether vaccinated people should continue to wear face coverings in public. Public recommendations on mask mandates have varied throughout the pandemic, and in California alone, the rules vary among schools and public spaces at a time when multiple viral variants…
