AS we Filipino Christians commemorate the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ this Holy Week, may we also lift up our collective prayers to the…
MAYETH Codoy, a Filipina fashion designer living in Norway, is one of the designers whose works will be showcased at Asia Pacific Fashion Week 2022 (APFW) – a global platform…
Q: I have a good employment record for this company I have been working with for more than 10 years. My employer recently hired another employee whose conduct made me…
Couples get divorced for various reasons. California is a no fault state. The reasons why a couple is getting divorced are often irrelevant to the issues of the family law…
Client case is unusual. She is young at 28 and owes about $300,000 of credit cards. She used these cards to fund a “gift card” business. What’s a “gift card”…
The U.S. Census Bureau announced the appointment of Ditas Katague as associate director of communications, responsible for leading internal and external communications activities of the nation’s largest statistical agency. This…
OVERSEAS Filipinos can now cast their votes in the 2022 national elections. The month-long voting period began on April 10 and will end on May 9. Registered Filipino voters abroad…
Over 12,000 ballots mailed to eligible voters in 10 states under Consulate jurisdiction ELIGIBLE Filipinos voters in the United States can now cast their votes in the 2022 Philippine national…
JESTER entered the U.S. as a tourist and overstayed. Despite his status, his mother, Jenny, was still able to file a petition for him. In 2017, Jester applied for a…
PH Consulate advises Filipinos in NYC to be extra vigilant AT LEAST 23 people were injured in a shooting on the New York City subway on Tuesday, April 12. NYPD…
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the United States with the Northeast states recording the highest seven-day case rates per 100,000. New York City is experiencing an uptick in positive…
FORMER Miss Universe Catriona Gray (2018) issued a statement recently asking netizens to stop creating controversies or issues between her and fellow Miss Universe winner Pia Wurtzbach (2015) and other…
THE United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended the second booster (Shot #4) for COVID-19 for those immunocompromised and people ages 50 and older. The second…
Eligible Filipino voters in US to receive ballots by mail ELIGIBLE Filipino voters can begin casting their ballots about a month ahead of the May 9 Philippine national elections. The…
ARTURO Vargas has been involved in census education and advocacy for over 30 years and says that after each decennial April 1—the day America takes a snapshot of its population—“it…
LOS Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has nominated Susana Reyes, a long-time public servant and community leader, to the city’s Board of Public Works. Reyes, who is Filipina American, is the…
THOSE of the Christian faith will mark the end of the 40-day Lenten season with Easter, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. While the day is widely symbolized by the Easter…
LOS ANGELES – Some 300-strong Filipino American supporters of Uniteam “Sama-samang Babangon Muli” presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (BBM) and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio are…
WITH the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, Los Angeles County is observing another increase of new cases and test positivity rates. As of Tuesday, April 12, the average number of daily…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Philippine Embassy participated in the Bataan Memorial Death March held on April 2. The Embassy contingent, led by Deputy Chief of Mission Jaime Ramon T. Ascalon, Jr.,…
SEMANA Santa or Holy Week is an important time of the year for Filipinos. We have traditions we practice to meditate on the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ,…
IT has come to my attention that several qualified taxpayers – by either lapse of memory or for some unexplainable reasons – don’t realize that they already received their Economic…
YOU’VE just been sued for a credit card debt after you’ve had trouble paying what you owe. After several months of getting harassing phone calls that you were ignoring because…
Filipinos take Holy Week very seriously. Many perform various acts to atone for their sins. They attend retreats, and go on periods of fasting. They give up something at Lenten…
