A new documentary about the Philippines’ former first lady Imelda Marcos is set to hit the big screen this fall, Showtime announced on Monday, Sept. 30. “The Kingmaker” by Emmy winning director Lauren Greenfield (“The Queen of Versailles”) will open in theaters at the Quad in New York City and Laemmle’s Royal Theater in Los…
Davao City – City mayors expressed their gratitude to President Rodrigo Duterte following the latter’s announcement that he is exploring options for local governments to immediately avail their share of the national revenue as ruled by the Supreme Court in the petition filed by Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas. President Duterte’s statement was met with a…
A new generation of tycoons entered Forbes magazine’s 2019 Philippines Rich list on Wednesday, September 25, with the children of late tycoon Henry Sy nabbing the top spot with their combined net worth of $17.2 billion. The Sy siblings — Teresita (Sy-Coson), Elizabeth, Henry “Big Boy” Jr., Hans, Herbert, and Harley — replaced their father…
The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) on Thursday, September 26, observed that several China Coast Guard vessels patrolling in the South China Sea appear to want to be seen. According to the Washington-based think tank, the vessels are largely unarmed, except for water cannons and small arms, but are much larger than the law enforcement…
UNITED States Senator Dick Durbin on Friday, September 27, lauded the US Senate Appropriations Committee for passing an amendment that seeks to ban the entry into the U.S. of Philippine government officials involved in the “politically-motivated” detention of Philippine senator Leila De Lima. Durbin, who was among the U.S. senators that called for the release…
Anti-Asian hate crimes experience a slight increase according to new hate crime report THE Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (LACCHR) released its annual tally of reported hate crimes in Los Angeles County and presented a 2.6% uptick in 2018. California state law classifies a hate crime as any incident in which “bias, hatred…
Q: I am a full-time hourly employee. While we were told that we have a 30-minute unpaid lunch break every day, we usually cannot take breaks due to the heavy workload. But the employer still deducts 30 minutes for lunch from our work hours. Is this legal? A: No. If you did not take your…
by Michelle Andrews HEALTH insurance premiums and deductibles for job-based coverage edged upward in 2019, surpassing increases in both wages and inflation, according to an annual employer survey of more than 2,000 employers released Wednesday. But the results were uneven, and many workers least able to afford it were confronted with higher-than-average costs. People at…
by Ana B. Ibarra In California, the action is local STATES are piling on. Michigan took the first statewide shot at vaping early this month when it announced a ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarette products. It was soon joined by New York, and Rhode Island jumped in Wednesday. Massachusetts went further, announcing Tuesday…
I HAVE talked about “Thread Lift” in my column before. It is one of the topics I have enjoyed discussing because I really find the process of facelift via PDO threads to be groundbreaking. It is a state-of-the-art cosmetic procedure that I never would have imagined possible but here we are. The procedure involves the insertion of…
WHAT people call love between a man and a woman is a season…and if it is at its flowering, this season is a feast of greenery; at its waning, it is only a heap of rotting leaves. The death of love is like the death of a loved person. It leaves behind the same grief, the same…
YSABEL Grace Simon opened her first solo art exhibit, “Meeting Rosie,” on Sept. 5 at the Philippine Consulate in New York. It was on exhibit from Sept. 2 to 20. ‘Umuulan ba?’ Is it raining? Rosie would ask Ysabel 10 times each day in August, the hottest month of 2019 in Los Angeles. Temperatures reached the…
The Philippines is where my wife and I would love to retire in, but I decided to check out other so-called retirement havens for comparison. An interesting source of information is “Cheapest Destinations Blog” by noted travel writer Tim Leffel. One particular blog – “The Cheapest Places to Live in the World – 2019”– caught…
CLIENTS are seniors. Wife is 67 and had just retired from a lifetime of being a registered nurse. She has social security benefits of $2100. Husband is 67 and has social security of $700. So together, they have social security of $2,800. They don’t own a house. They live with their daughter and they pay…
SEVERAL options exist for a US citizen to bring his/her foreign-national fiancé(e) to the United States. One popular option is to marry the fiancé(e) in the country in which he/she resides, and file an I-130 immigrant petition, with the fiancé(e) to undergo consular processing for an immigrant visa when the I-130 petition is approved. However,…
GENERALLY, in California, property acquired by a spouse prior to marriage is considered separate property under family code section 770 while those acquired after marriage are considered community assets under family code section 760. How do you characterize real property purchased prior to marriage but with the mortgage principal paid down using community income or…
ANG L1 nonimmigrant visa classification ay nagpapahintulot sa U.S. employer na maglipat ng mga empleyado mula sa kaakibat na kumpanya sa ibang bansa papunta sa kumpanya sa U.S. Ito rin ay nagpapahintulot sa kumpanya sa ibang bansa na walang kaakibat na kumpanya sa U.S. na magpadala ng executive o manager sa U.S., o empleyadong may…
LAST Wednesday, a group of parishioners and I kicked off our celebration of 40 Days for Life with a rosary procession to an abortion clinic near our church on Arden Avenue. As we were walking and praying, I realized that it takes a great deal of courage nowadays to profess and defend publicly our Catholic…
DIVERSIFICATION – investing in different stocks in different sectors – avoids that old danger zone of putting all your eggs in one basket. Loading up on just one stock puts you at great risk. Let’s discuss diversification and three different approaches to diversification for different types of investors. 1. Passive method: Buy market indexes or mutual…
Health advisory warns about imminent public health risks SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a health advisory urging everyone to refrain from vaping, no matter the substance or source, until current investigations are complete. The health advisory follows an executive order signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last week to confront the growing…
PHILIPPINE fast food giant Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) has completed its $350-million acquisition of American beverage and food retailer Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (CBTL), marking it as the company’s largest acquisition to date. Jollibee on Tuesday, September 24, disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that it has completed all the necessary closing conditions…
BROADCAST and online journalists are now covered by a bill protecting journalists from being forced to disclose their sources. According to a copy of the measure made public by Malacañang on Wednesday, September 25, Republic Act (RA) No. 11458, an amendment to RA No. 53 or the Sotto law, was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte…
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Tuesday, September 24, said President Rodrigo Duterte will evaluate his directive suspending aid agreements with countries in favor of the Iceland-led resolution seeking a probe into the Philippines’ war on illegal drugs. This is after the defense department made an appeal to exempt military deals from Duterte’s memorandum. “The president…
“Trojan Horse.” That’s what opposition senator Leila De Lima on Friday, September 20, called the signed agreement between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and China-led Mislatel Consortium, now called Dito Telecommunity. “Any time now, this Trojan Horse will be knocking on the gates of different facilities and expose our other vulnerabilities,” she said…
Pulitzer Prize Winner Jose Antonio Vargas to headline event THE nonprofit organization Philippine-American Writers and Artists, in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library, will hold the Fifth Filipino American International Book Festival from October 12-13, 2019 at the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library on 100 Larkin Street. In response to the…
ON Saturday, September 21, the Asian American Group presented Community Achievement Awards to outstanding Las Vegas citizens and a community organization. This is the sixteenth annual Gala Awards night. The event was held at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino Grand Ballroom. Attendees arrived in traditional attire from their countries of origin or evening wear. Cocktails were served…
Having been born and raised in Las Vegas, I’m so thrilled to see our community’s growing diversity. I’ve watched an engaged and thriving Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community take root and enrich my hometown. So many of these proud Nevadans are small business owners, educators in our schools and advocates for a stronger and…
