THE word “bankruptcy” is packed with all sorts of negative emotional triggers. It sounds bad — even dirty. It’s embarrassing. (What if people find out?!) People paint ugly pictures of what their lives will look like post-bankruptcy. But it’s not true. Bankruptcy is an opportunity to close one chapter of your life and open a…
WITH four months until Election Day, six Filipino Americans are among those helping President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign court the fast-growing Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) electorate. The recently announced “Asian Pacific Americans for Trump,” includes a 26-member advisory board of AAPI elected officials, grassroots leaders and business owners. Asian Americans are now the…
IF you and your family have been depending on Sky Direct, TV Plus for news and entertainment, especially after the Duterte Administration’s National Telecommunications Commission ordered the shutdown of the Philippines’ biggest broadcasting network ABS-CBN and its subsidiaries on May 5 amid the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic, then effective June 30, you will…
The pandemic’s impact on the immigrant community presents more public health and financial risks for undocumented individuals and their families Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s presidency, his administration has made tightening immigration a key part of its agenda, including imposing restrictions on the public charge rule. The public charge rule, which has been…
I HAD an interesting exchange on social media with a good friend, over the issues of “colonial mentality” and “assimilation.” My friend stated, with a hint of sarcasm, “Forgive me If I seem to relate more to the American culture and way of life unlike some of my close friends that came to America when…
AS of mid-June domestic workers are now included in workplace protections guaranteed by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, also known as Cal/OSHA. The Health and Safety for All Workers Act, SB 1257, brings a historic end to the exclusion of household domestic workers from Cal/OSHA protections, which requires employers to provide safe and…
THE weather in Southern California is heating up but Los Angeles County residents won’t be able to head to the beach for the Fourth of July Weekend. Beaches in the county have been ordered to close starting Thursday, July 3 to Monday, July 6 in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, county…
RAPPLER chief executive officer Maria Ressa and former writer-researcher Reynaldo Santos on Monday, June 29, sought reversal of their cyber libel conviction before a Manila court. In a 132-page motion submitted to Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46, Ressa and Santos’ lawyers from the Free Legal Assistance Group urged Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa to reconsider her…
AT LEAST 122 children’s lives have been claimed by President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against illegal drugs, according to a newly released report by two non-governmental organizations. A report released on Monday, June 29 by the World Organization Against Torture and the Children’s Legal Rights and Development Center found that the killings are often deliberate and…
Patuloy ang Kawanihan ng Senso ng U.S. sa pagsubaybay sa mga epekto ng COVID-19 sa mga operasyon para sa 2020 Senso at pagsunod sa gabay ng pederal, pang-estado (state) at lokal na mga awtoridad sa kalusugan upang masiguro ang kaligtasan ng aming staff at ng publiko. Handa nang ianunsyo ng Kawanihan ng Senso ang pagbabalik ng mga operasyon bukod sa operasyong…
Asian population sees biggest population rate growth THE United States has grown more racially and ethnically diverse over the last decade and is expected to grow even more so as the nation’s non-white population increases. According to the latest population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau released on Thursday, June 25, non-whites made up the…
IT’S been five months since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first known case of COVID-19 in the United States — a Washington State man in his 30s who had arrived from a trip to Wuhan. Since then, cases have been climbing with California being the country’s new hotspot. On Thursday,…
As state pandemic rules relax, California sees a 69% rise of COVID-19 in two days forcing officials to consider tightening the rules again Amid the re-opening of businesses across Los Angeles County, the coronavirus pandemic has experienced a recent surge over the last few weeks resulting in a total of 93,232 cases reported Friday, June…
CEDARS-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is spearheading a research program into the Filipino American community’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward cancer and prevention. The survey, entitled “Survey of Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors in the Filipino Community,” seeks participants to answer questions about what they know about cancer, prevention, and access to health care….
CLOSE to two million babies are expected to be born in the Philippines in the coming year due to the lack of access to contraceptives during the coronavirus lockdown, the Commission on Population and Development said on Thursday, June 25. The commission estimated the figure based on a study from the University of the Philippines…
ALL incoming first year students at the University of Delaware will be required to read the memoir “Dear America: Notes from an Undocumented Citizen” by Filipino American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, before heading to campus this fall. The reading assignment was chosen as this year’s 2020 First Year Common Reader and is meant…
MANILA’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport could be renamed “Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Pilipinas” through a new bill filed in the Philippine House of Representatives. Authored by Deputy Speaker Paolo Duterte, Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Jay Velasco, and ACT-CIS Representative Eric Go Ya, House Bill No. 7031 proposes a change to the airport’s name. “NAIA is the…
THE Philippines remains a top destination for foreign terrorists despite the government’s continued efforts to enforce measures against security threats, a recent U.S. State Department study found. In its Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 released on Wednesday, June 24, the United States found that the Philippine government struggled to apply a concerted approach to prevent…
Recent discussions over colorism and racism force companies to rethink skincare among communities of color THE global skincare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson has decided to discontinue two popular lines of skin-lightening products from its Asian and Middle Eastern markets in response to the worldwide reckoning of the ways in which commercial entities feed into racism…
RAPPLER co-founder and veteran journalist Maria Ressa will be honored with an international Press Freedom Award by the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The journalism organization announced its selection of Ressa for the international 2020 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award on Friday, June 26. Each year, the club confers the award to a journalist…
ANG isang dayuhan na ineligible sa pagkuha ng green card sa loob ng U.S. dahil sa unlawful presence ay maaaring mag-apply ng I-601A Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver bago siya umalis ng US para sa consular immigrant visa interview. Upang maging eligible para sa provisional unlawful presence waiver, ang mga sumusunod ang kinakailangan: (1) ang dayuhan…
WOULD you fake a divorce to save income taxes? I don’t advise it but let’s discuss it anyway – benefits this week and drawbacks next week. Medicaid for nursing home: A sick spouse in need of nursing home care might have too much in assets to qualify for Medicaid. You can slowly draw down your…
WE have all heard the popular saying, “Timing is everything.” Unfortunately, this saying often adversely applies to those persons who have found an avenue from which to obtain a green card, only to be prevented from doing so because he/she has a prior removal or deportation order. A typical scenario involves a person who entered…
Protecting employees from retaliation for whistleblowing SHUJUN Qiu was hired by Three Rivers Provider Network Inc. as its controller. Throughout her employment, Qui excelled at her job and her employer had no complaints about her performance. She was eventually promoted to corporate treasurer. On the fifth month of her employment, Qui was informed by another…
Downloading videos is easy when you see a download button. Unfortunately, most video sharing sites obviously don’t allow downloads, usually to protect copyrights or because there’s not a large demand to download their videos. But there are tools and tricks you can use to download videos even when there isn’t a download button. Maybe you…
THE COVID-19 Pandemic has changed our lives almost overnight. Not only has it changed our lives in terms of our daily routine, jobs, lifestyle, but also our relationship with our family members under the Stay at Home orders in place in major cities such as Los Angeles, Divorce caused by Financial and Emotional Stress China…
THE first client is in his 40s, married with two children, ages 8 and 9. He doesn’t own a house. The absence of a house makes eligibility analysis easier. If he did own a house, the current equity in the house would come into play and dominate the entire analysis for eligibility. If the equity…
“FAMILY.” If you ask our kababayans what drives them to uproot themselves from the Philippines and endure the loneliness, homesickness, and the security and happiness of being in your homeland, one answer stands out: To give my family a better life and opportunities they cannot give them staying in the Philippines. Most of us take this route,…
“WHOEVER receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward.” (Matthew 10:41) Time flies fast, as we always say. It will be a year on July 1 since I started my ministry at Incarnation Church. It has been a good year for me despite the coronavirus pandemic’s challenges on our church…
MY dear departed friend Alex Esclamado, publisher and editor of Philippine News, had a practical advice for members of his editorial and reportorial staff: “If you are not 100% sure of your facts, use the modifier ‘alleged.’ It allows you a way out of a libel case.” However, he would add that there was no substitute…
