(Part 2 of 2) We were then a young aggressive entrepreneur, and decided to bid as prime contractor for the Port of Jeddah, the largest then in the Arab world, which was opened for bidding to manage the port, Saudi Arabia’s main entry point in the Red Sea. We had signed a joint venture agreement…
“HOAX” and “witch hunt” — that’s how President Donald Trump has always called any investigation into him. He has gone further by instructing officials and staff in his administration NOT to cooperate with and ignore subpoenas from the Constitution-mandated congressional impeachment inquiry/investigation. He has been attacking and accusing Democrats and the media of being behind…
By 2022, the initiative will retrain 3,000 workers and develop 500 manufacturing pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, October 15, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced LA MADE 4.0 — a partnership between the City of Los Angeles, Goodwill Southern California, the UCLA-based Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), and the USC Viterbi School…
MAKATI, Philippines – The third annual Dot Property Philippines Awards 2019 was the biggest, grandest and most exciting in the program’s history with an exclusive presentation ceremony and the awarding of the very first People’s Choice Award for “Project of the Year” among the highlights. The Peninsula Manila welcomed real estate’s best with more than…
EXCHANGE-Traded Funds (ETFs) are created from the concept of pooled fund investing. ETFs buy a basket of securities for a pool of investors. These baskets offer benefits of a diversified portfolio. In other words, the pooled fund concept benefits from economies of scale, allowing managers to decrease transaction costs through large transactions with pooled investment capital….
The number of Filipinos satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance as chief executive saw a slight dip in the results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released this week. The survey released on Wednesday, October 9, conducted from Sept. 27 to 30, revealed that 78% of adult Filipinos were satisfied with Duterte’s performance….
IF you have walked the Camino de Santiago, you will come across acres and acres of wheatfields. The wheatfields have no shade and you will see colors of yellow-brown as far as the eyes can see on the horizon. They are called mesetas or plateaus found in the high plains of central Spain. You will…
Filipino fast-food giant Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) was honored as corporation of the year by the Los Angeles Asian Business Association on Thursday, October 10. JFC, with its flagship brand Jollibee, was recognized for being “one of the largest and fastest-growing Asian restaurant companies in the world” during the ABA’s 43rd annual awards banquet held…
Philippine Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Thursday, October 10, gave the public reassurance that former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos’ poll protest against Vice President Leni Robredo is not being manipulated. Amid the ongoing Supreme Court deliberations on the case, the chief justice told reporters that a decision may come soon. “This is something I can…
One dead in Sylmar, multiple communities ordered to evacuate Wind-driven brush fires that began earlier this week throughout California have caused massive, power outages, freeway closures, mandatory evacuations, and at least one death so far, and it’s really only the beginning. In the Southland, 23,000 homes were placed under mandatory evacuation orders on the morning…
by Anna Almendrala “I stopped for a few days and then I ended up buying new pods. The withdrawals got to me.” “My friends are the ones who got me into vaping. And they think I shouldn’t stop, but I want to because I don’t want to hurt my family if I get sick.” “I…
National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Friday, October 11, said alleged “drug queen” Guia Gomez-Castro will face murder and drug charges. A murder case has been filed against Castro following a confession from an anonymous witness that Castro allegedly ordered the killing of a “ninja cop” or an officer…
DEAR Attorney Tan, My US Citizen mother filed an I-130 immigrant petition on my behalf, which has a priority date in February 2000 and which has been approved. She filed the I-130 petition after I came to the US in 1999 as a tourist from the Philippines. Since my arrival, I have lived in the…
DARREN Stemple worked as a “Business Development Representative” for RingCentral, Inc., a company which sells cloud-based telecommunications systems such as video and audio conferencing, and business app integration software. Its clients include healthcare, finance, real estate, retail stores, and enterprises all over the country and the world. Stemple’s main duty was to cold-call potential buyers…
ANG aplikante para sa naturalization ay kailangang magpakita na sa loob ng statutory period na 5 taon bago ang filing (3 taon kung ang green card ay nakuha dahil sa kasal sa US citizen at ang aplikante ay kasal pa rin sa US citizen), siya ay taong may good moral character (GMC). Kasama sa…
AS I write this article, I’m watching on television wildfires spreading around Southern California once again. We pray for the end of this disaster and the safety of all people. We pray for families who lost their homes and for firefighters who are trying their best to protect homes, buildings, and, most of all, lives. …
IT HAS BEEN a part of the Filipino culture to think not only of one’s self, but what will be good for the family. This is also a very Asian value — that communal feeling and mindset that makes one’s personal dreams and desires take a back seat to the what is the consensus among…
ARE you currently struggling with debt problems and don’t know what to do? To most people, finding themselves in that situation is pretty scary. They constantly worry about their finances and wonder whether they will ever be able to get out of the financial mess that is causing them a lot of stress. But what…
ACCUMULATING debt is the easiest thing you can do in America. Even your dog can get credit cards with a fake social security number. If you are an immigrant and have just arrived, you will have no history of credit here. Chances are that in your country of origin, you probably had no credit card…
BEARING its core values of education, innovation and entrepreneurship, the Philippine Development Foundation (PhilDev) is back with a summit on Friday, October 18 with the theme “Shared Prosperity through Entrepreneurship.” This year’s FREE summit will be held at the Google Spruce Goose, Playa Vista, Los Angeles from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be…
IT’S the end of an era as giants of Philippine cinema and entertainment, Amalia Fuentes and Jojit Paredes, both passed away recently. Dubbed as the local filmdom’s Elizabeth Taylor during her prime, Amalia Fuentes died on Saturday, October 5. She was 79 years old. Former matinee idol and singer Jojit Paredes died of a brain…
THINKING about one’s demise is not something people want to spend time thinking about. However reality is that we all have to face this one day. It is just a matter of whether you depart this world prepared or unprepared. If you pass away with at least $150,000 in gross assets and you do not…
LIKE a compass through the storms of art and other noteworthy human endeavors, the awards culture, that human obsession for recognition and accolade; is here to stay — at its own price. It is not just the celebrity allure. It’s the cut above all. It is the public acclaim, the attention, the limelight. Every time you turn…
I was on my way back to New York from a quick European jaunt when I saw a friend’s Facebook post about Premiere Classe at the Jardin des Tuileries in the heart of Paris. I had eight hours in the city of lights after my train ride from Brussels to catch my flight back to…
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” — From Frank Capra’s film “It’s a Wonderful Life” (Continued from last week …) The belief in the presence and power of angels to intervene is strong in popular conservative culture. In a remarkable 1999 Hallmark film, “A Season for Miracles,” an angel plays a…
