Marc dela Cruz on Saturday, January 19, made his debut as Alexander Hamilton in the Broadway musical “Hamilton.” Dela Cruz is of Filipino-Japanese descent and born in Hawaii. He is the first Filipino — and Asian-American actor, for that matter — to bag the lead role in the Tony Award-winning musical. He took to Instagram…
Following an announcement by the U.S. last week that imposed a one-year ban on new Filipino migrant workers starting this year, the Philippines said that it may ask the U.S. to reconsider the decision if it finds that there is no basis for the ban. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a notification…
MANNY Pacquiao’s camp on Monday, January 21, assured the public that the veteran boxer “is fine” after acquiring a reported career-threatening eye injury following his win against Adrien Broner on Saturday, January 19. The Filipino boxer’s team told the New York Daily News that they were alarmed when the 40-year-old boxer complained of pain and…
As the government shutdown entered its 32nd day on Tuesday, January 22 — the longest its ever been in U.S. history — President Donald Trump’s most recent proposal to offer temporary protection for undocumented immigrants in exchange for border wall funding seems unlikely to succeed. Lawmakers returned to Washington on Tuesday after the Martin Luther…
After six days, the Los Angeles teachers union and school district have reached a tentative agreement that could end the city’s first teachers’ strike in 30 years. The United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union and the LA United School District (LAUSD) came to the tentative deal on Tuesday, January 22, following the six-day strike that…
Getting your space in order IT always happens — new year, new goals in trying to build our lives in order. Whether it’s financial, health or simply cleaning house; we always try to reach that goal of being organized. Just as 2019 entered, online streaming service Netflix released “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,” a reality…
Amid the ongoing national conflict regarding immigration policy, Los Angeles County has vowed to protect immigrants rights by expanding legal resources, providing medical care and maintaining access to other public assistance programs for undocumented immigrants. “We can’t afford to sit back. We have to stand up and speak,” LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis said at…
THE Philippines House of Representatives justice committee approved a bill lowering the minimum age of criminal liability from 15 to 9 years old on Monday, January 21, to protect “children from being used by ruthless and unscrupulous criminal syndicates to evade prosecution and punishment.” Committee on Justice Chair and Oriental Mindoro First District Representative Salvador…
Pamper yourself with a massage (4th of a series) ”I have a massage when I want to relax. I love being pampered. I love island massages when you’re outside in the fresh air.” —Angie Stone Select…
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Day is one federal holiday in America that invites us immigrants to this great nation to introspect on something so profound I do not know if we have had a conscious effort to think about it before we chose to uproot ourselves from the Motherland and start a new life in…
[World News Thailand] The artistic accomplishment of Dr. Yuhua Shouzhi Wang has been acclaimed by Professor Stephen Farthing, an art scholar of world authority; who remarked that “Dr. Wang’s paintings may draw heavily on the traditions of Eastern art, but they present themselves as extraordinarily Western ideas and images.” Professor Farthing has served as the…
This is to inform the public that the Department of Tourism (DOT) is not in any way related or affiliated with WOW Pilipinas Partylist. This clarification is issued in light of reports and insinuations linking the DOT to the aforecited partylist, which strongly goes against the apolitical and nonpartisan nature of the agency whose primary mandate…
Boxers Manny Pacquiao and Adrien “The Problem” Broner had their weigh-ins on Friday afternoon, January 18 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, a day before they face off on Saturday, January 19 for the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight world title. Pacquiao, 40, came in at 146 pounds, while 29-year-old Broner was 146.5 pounds. The…
THE first Filipino-American paid commissioner for the city of Los Angeles has “voluntarily resigned” from his post on Friday, January 18, after being named in a federal search warrant. Joel Jacinto, who was appointed to LA’s Board of Public Works by Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2015, handed in his resignation letter on Friday effective immediately….
DEAR Attorney Tan, I was driving home and was at a complete stop when another driver rear ended my car. I was not feeling well after the accident, as my back seemed very tight and stiff. I took some days off from work. After a week, I contacted the other driver’s insurance to report the…
“ Arias came to know of these plans. Fearing that he would be deported and separated from his family, Arias suffered anxiety and emotional distress. One month before trial, Arias entered into a settlement with the employer due in large part to the threat of deportation.” LAST year, we wrote about an undocumented immigrant and…
“ There are clients like this who are headstrong in the wrong way and insist on their own kind of justice that has no basis in reality. They’re living in a fantasy world. Bankruptcy law exists to protect you and your assets from debt and creditor enforcement to collect what you owe them. Use bankruptcy law…
SHOWING a deep concern for the newly married couple in Cana, Mary told Jesus, “They have no wine.” Jesus responded, “Woman, how does your concern affect me. My hour has not yet come.” Mary was confident that Jesus would do something about this lack. So she instructed the waiters, saying, “Do whatever he tells you.” Then Jesus…
“Having such a dark and negative aura, we tend to magnet negative energies too. This is when businesses experience failures, plans get delayed, and disharmony and blessings get blocked from entering our lives.” MAYBE a number of people have noticed that I focus on clearing negative energies. I personally push people to become more positive…
LAS VEGAS — Everything about this city is preposterous — the smell and the hustle inside MGM Grand, included. From the weigh-in, it gives you a heady feeling of being on stage, or in the middle of a prison riot with dancers, singers, casino people, general show business and the phantasmagoria. That said, perhaps it’s…
(Part II of III series) “Truth entices us there on the frontier between fact and interpretation, and we strive for honesty in representing what is entrusted to us. We combine that honesty with a humility that comes from knowing beyond all doubt that whatever we believe, whatever we claim, whatever we know, the next generation…
In Washington D.C. and wherever in the U.S. federal employees proliferate, there is a lot of weeping and wailing over a wall. This is not Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall. It is President Donald Trump’s border wall. It is the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico that Trump boasted the Southern neighbor would pay for…uh, er,…
BUZZFEED News reported on Friday, January 18 that President Donald Trump personally directed his long-time personal attorney/fixer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress under oath during the hearing about negotiations to build the Trump Tower in Moscow, by claiming that negotiations ended months earlier than they actually did — in order to obscure Trump’s involvement….
The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, January 17 said that Chinese nationals topped the list of foreigners who were arrested in the country for being fugitives from justice. According to the BI, its search unit arrested a total of 257 foreign criminals evading either their prosecution or jail sentence in their home countries in 2018….
China is a “role model” in observing international rules and in shunning the use of force in protecting its interests and sovereignty, according to Beijing’s foreign ministry on Wednesday. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a press conference, “China develops its national defense strength independently… commensurate with the growth of its national power,…
President Rodrigo Duterte’s third extension of martial law in Mindanao is once again being challenged before the Supreme Court. A group of opposition lawmakers comprised of Reps. Carlos Zarate (Bayan Muna partylist), Emmi De Jesus and Arlene Brosas (Gabriela partylist), Ariel Casilao (Anakpawis partylist), Antonio Tinio and France Castro (ACT Teachers partylist) and Sarah Elago…
Two of the most powerful countries in the world — the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) — on Wednesday, January 16 finished it six-day joint drills in the disputed South China Sea. The two countries conducted communication drills, division tactics and personnel exchange from January 11 to 16. The Arleigh-Burke guided-missile destroyer…
by Ana B. Ibarra While the Trump administration decides whether to adopt a controversial policy that could jeopardize the legal status of immigrants who use public programs such as Medicaid, doctors and clinics are torn between informing patients about the potential risks and unnecessarily scaring them into dropping their coverage or avoiding care. “We are…
Twenty-five years ago this week, the 1994 Northridge Earthquake rattled Southern California and left behind an aftermath of collapsed freeways, widespread power outages, leveled buildings, and thousands of heavily affected people. The 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Los Angeles County’s San Fernando Valley region early January 17, 1994 at 4:30 a.m., killing more than 60…
