[COLUMN] Part 3: Technical analysis for stock trading
Part 3 of 4 Technical analysis is the study of historical market data including price and volume. It helps long-term investors time their entry (buy) or exit (sell). If timing is off, gains will…
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[COLUMN] When ‘voluntary’ work off-the-clock should be paid
Q: I WORK in healthcare where there is a strict policy of no unapproved overtime, and no going on breaks unless we have a reliever. We are forced to skip…
[COLUMN] Wrongful death
WHETHER a loved one dies as a result of an auto accident, pedestrian accident, motorcycle accident or an elderly loved one dies as result nursing home neglect/abuse, it is non-economic…
[COLUMN] Converting Chapter 7 to Chapter 13
The question of course is why would anyone need to convert his Chapter 7 case to Chapter 13 when the former is a total wipeout of debt, while the latter…
Tokyo Olympics 2021: Get to know the 19 athletes representing the Philippines
SINCE it first participated in the Olympics in 1924, the Philippines has managed to take home a total of 10 medals, of which three were silver and seven were bronze….
Fil-Am veteran Gina Ortiz Jones confirmed by US Senate as undersecretary of the Air Force
FILIPINA American Iraq War veteran Gina Ortiz Jones has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the undersecretary of the Air Force, becoming the first woman of color to serve…
Toni Gonzaga, Dante Basco to star in new romantic comedy set in New York
FILIPINA actress Toni Gonzaga and Filipino American actor Dante Basco have been cast as the lead stars of an upcoming romantic comedy film set to shoot next summer in New…
Clark County workers required to wear masks indoors amid spike in COVID cases
EMPLOYEES in Clark County—which includes the Las Vegas area—will be required to wear masks while working in indoor public spaces amid a new spike of COVID-19 cases in the region….
Filipina tennis star Alex Eala now world’s no. 2 junior player
FILIPINA tennis ace Alex Eala is now the second best junior player in the world after dominating the junior grade A tournament in Milan, Italy last week. As per the…
President Duterte to review addendum to VFA with the US
A SIDE agreement or “addendum” in implementing the country’s Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States has been submitted to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, according to Defense Secretary Delfin…
[COLUMN] How to fight the infodemic
IT’S bad enough that the U.S. and the rest of the world have had to suffer a pandemic. But, along with the election of Donald Trump to the presidency and…
[COLUMN] Whose health? Our health! Filipinos organized to address chronic diseases
By Ruby N. Turalba Filipino Americans are disproportionately impacted by chronic diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular diseases including heart attack and stroke, type 2 diabetes, and overweight/obesity. The National Center…
[COLUMN] The vax/mask confusion
Let us first take politics and political correctness out of the current controversy about the safety of the vaccines against COVID-19 and its variants and the use of masks. Let…
[COLUMN] Great news for F-1 students: No need to file nonimmigrant visa extension to ‘bridge the gap’
ON July 20, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new policy that individuals applying for change of status (COS) from Visitor (B), or other non-immigrant status,…
[COLUMN] DACA update: USCIS posts guidance on processing applications
AS I reported in a previous article, on July 16, 2021, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, was illegal. He…
[COLUMN] The bucket list: Watch the Perseids!
(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…
Fraud waiver and the latest developments in U.S. immigration this Sunday, July 25 on Citizen Pinoy
Jun (right) was a crewman who jumped ship in 2002. He overstayed in the U.S. for several months, before returning to the Philippines in 2003. In 2007, his mother petitioned…
[COLUMN] Filing bankruptcy: Lose your debt, not your assets
Filing bankruptcy can be a big decision that most people put off until they realize that they have no other way out of debt. Unfortunately, however, sometimes people wait too…
Meet Eric Bauza, the Filipino voice actor behind Daffy Duck and Porky Pig in ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’
AS a kid growing up in Canada, Eric Bauza was drawn to the world of animation — emulating characters’ voices and sketching along while sitting in front of the television….
[COLUMN] Act now to get affordable home internet
By Rachelle Arizmendi With over 4 million people in the United States, Filipino Americans are the 3rd largest Asian American group in the county. In California, we are the largest Asian…
[COLUMN] Rachel Alejandro joins cast of PH adaptation of BBC series, Doctor Foster
SINGER Rachel Alejandro is joining the cast of the Filipino adaptation of the hit BBC series “Doctor Foster.” The Philippine series is titled “The Broken Marriage Vow.” According to an…
CDC: Delta variant now comprises 83% of all COVID-19 cases in US
Officials detail a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ as cases surge across the country WEEKS after counties and cities across the country began reopening public life and slackening social distancing mandates,…
Santa Cruz, CA now has its first Fil-Am judge appointed to bench
A FILIPINO American defense attorney has made history after being appointed as the new Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge. Hon. Jerry Bustos Vinluan III, 49, is the county’s first…
Duterte calls for dialogue with US over VFA
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte is looking to speak with the United States government about the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), a treaty between the two countries that the president had previously…
[COLUMN] Myths vs facts: Why some people still refuse to be vaccinated despite the risk of COVID-19 and the Delta variant
SEPTEMBER is just weeks away and children are going back to school in person soon, even earlier in California where most schools begin in August. Yet, the coronavirus pandemic continues…
