Positive energies beget positive energies
“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…
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For Pacquiao, boxing is a triumph of the spirit
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…
Truth in an ecosystem of free will and moral responsibility
(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…
America’s ‘Wailing Wall’
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…
Report: Trump directed fixer Michael Cohen to lie under oath to Congress about negotiations to build Trump Tower in Moscow
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…
BI: Chinese nationals topped list of foreign fugitives arrested in PH in 2018
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…
Foreign minister: China ‘a role model’ in international rules compliance
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…
Another challenge vs third martial law extension filed
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…
US and UK hold joint drills in the South China Sea
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…
Providers walk ‘fine line’ between informing and scaring immigrant patients
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,…
‘It felt like a giant was holding our house’: Fil-Am survivor recalls Northridge Earthquake on 25th anniversary
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…
Trump eyes Fil-Am Utah attorney general and pastor for president’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs
Two Filipino-Americans are among the 12 individuals President Donald Trump intends to appoint to his Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), the White House announced on Thursday,…
UCI conducts investigation following tragic death of Fil-Am student
The fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon suspended at UCI A FRESHMAN at UC Irvine died following a party in the early morning of Saturday, Jan. 12. Eighteen-year-old Noah Domingo — a Filipino-American…
New Human Rights Watch report: Rights crisis “deepened” under Duterte’s rule
A new report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) revealed that the human rights crisis in the Philippines has “deepened” as the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte continues its bloody…
Comelec to hold mock elections for 2019 polls
Mock elections are set to be conducted across the Philippines by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) this weekend in preparation for the midterm polls in May. The mock elections will…
Sri Lankan President lauds Duterte’s drug war
SRI LANKAN President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday, January 16, expressed his admiration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to eliminate illegal drugs in the country, noting that he aspires to…
Mita Quiogue: a woman of substance with maternal instinct
BEING a mother is virtually a never-ending career…much more when one is solely raising her children while simultaneously keeping the house in a perfect setting and working doubly hard to…
TUCP files wage hike petitions nationwide after rise in food, oil
Amid the rise in prices of food and services due to the implementation of the second tranche of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law, petitions for a…
Tourism department clears 305 establishments to operate in Boracay
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) announced on Tuesday, January 12, that there are now 305 hotels and resorts accredited to open and operate in the Boracay Island, almost three months…
Hontiveros files absolute divorce bill
SENATOR Risa Hontiveros on January 14 filed a measure legalizing “absolute divorce” in the country. Under Senate Bill 2134 or Divorce Act of 2018, legal separation may be filed by…
Love and deportability: Divorce, domestic violence, and immigration laws
WHAT if I do not have legal papers, and my spouse is abusive? If safety is a concern, we urge people to seek help first, particularly if there are minor…
February 2019 priority dates
EACH month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular month, for the various family and employment-based categories. A priority…
Davao court denies hold departure plea against Trillanes
THE Davao Regional Court Branch 54 on Tuesday, January 15, denied the request of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to issue a hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV…
Arroyo: Medical marijuana works
SPEAKER Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday, January 15, said she believes in medical cannabis, and has used cannabis medical patches before. “I am an author of that [medical marijuana bill]. I…
The little blue pill
Twenty years ago on August 7, 1999, I wrote about Viagra, a headliner around the world then when this “chemical gold” was first introduced by Pfizer a year before. This…