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…
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…
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’…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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….
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.”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
FILIPINOS took to social media to criticize the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) proposal to “standardize” adobo and other staple dishes. In a statement released Friday, July 9,…
THE United States has warned China anew that an attack on Philippine armed forces in the South China Sea would trigger a 70-year-old mutual defense treaty. “The United States reaffirms…
