THE latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed that the number of Filipino families who consider themselves poor significantly dropped from the previous quarter’s 52 percent to the latest 50…
Malacañang on Monday, January 14 said President Rodrigo Duterte would respect the “people’s call” on the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). This announcement comes a week before a plebiscite in parts…
California needs at least 200k new residential construction workers OAKLAND, Calif. — According to California’s Housing and Community Development Department (HCD), the golden state must dramatically increase the productive capacity…
A COMMANDER has been sacked from his position on a U.S. Navy submarine after he admitted that he hired female prostitutes while he was in the Philippines on March 2018….
Does not expect customers to experience impact in services CITING potential liabilities from California’s recent wildfires that took place in the last two years, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) said on…
COMMUNITY leader Naomi Tacuyan Underwood is the new executive director of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA). Underwood joins AAJA from the Washington, D.C.-based Faith & Politics Institute, where she served…
Malacañang on Monday, January 14 said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV must have been referring to himself when he called President Rodrigo Duterte “crazy,” shrugging off the opposition senator’s tirades against…
ACCORDING to the most recent Pulse Asia survey, President Rodrigo Duterte is still the highest rated and most trusted top government official in the last quarter of 2018. The poll…
‘Teachers are the most important in our community’ CHILLY temperatures and rainfall didn’t deter the more than 30,000 Los Angeles educators, teachers union members and public school advocates from walking…
THE National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Monday, January 14, said that it will conduct a fact-finding investigation on the alleged data breach in the Philippine passport system. NPC Commissioner Raymund…
Filipino actor Jon Jon Briones will be part of Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix show, “Ratched,” joining a star-studded cast such as Sarah Paulson, Sharon Stone, and Cynthia Nixon. In an…
Pixar will have its first-ever short film featuring Filipino characters, created by a Filipino-American story artist at its studio. Bobby Rubio — whose work at Pixar Animation Studios includes “Incredibles…
Let us start the year right by being doing more positive deeds. Let us start by paying it forward. “’Pay it forward’ is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a…
UNDER Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions (2011) 52 C.4th 541, the California Supreme Court ruled that persons who are injured and who are pursuing a personal injury claim cannot…
AS a social worker for the only Asian-focused foster family agency in the United States, I often get asked what the challenges and rewards are in fostering a child. We…
I KNOW we’ve never met but if you are facing serious debt problems, I know there’s a common concern that people share when they are in your situation. As a…
Malacañang has responded to the Psychological Association of the Philippines’ (PAP) objection to the administration’s drive to curb drug addiction. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo remained firm in his belief that…
ONE of the newest creative-driven business organizations, the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Hollywood announces Paul Mirador as president beginning January 2019. Previously holding the position of Vice President,…
PeDRO (Philippine Disaster Relief Organization) held its induction of new officers and members at the Philippine Consul General’s offices in Los Angeles on Wednesday, January 9th. Leading the induction ceremony…
Filipino boxer turned senator comes out of two-year hiatus to defend welterweight world title Ahead of his upcoming fight on Saturday, January 19, Manny Pacquiao said he’s still as passionate…
PRESIDENT Donald Trump walked out of his meeting with Democrats aimed at finding common ground to solve the border crisis and END the government shutdown. This happened after he asked…
Little girls grow up, marry and change their names. It was one of those Beverly Hills weddings — the groom sneaked unnoticed at the ultra-conservative church of The Good Shepherd but…
FORMER Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) branch manager Maia Santos Deguito has been found guilty for her participation in one of the world’s largest cyber heists on Thursday, January 10….
NO matter how “worldly” we can become, there will moments when we feel the restlessness of wanting to relate with someone higher than us, someone bigger than life. Deep within…
THE Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services will clean the walls in the Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel near Los Angeles International Airport, requiring overnight lane closures for four nights next week….
BRIAN Gruzalski worked as an airplane mechanic for FedEx. Stanley Langevin was his supervisor. Mark Collins was their manager. These three employees sued FedEx claiming that it retaliated against them…
Kudos Filipinos! We have officially started the year with a BANG! With the recent “global” victories of Filipino-American Hollywood actor, Darren Criss for his Golden Globe Awards and Fil-Australian Catriona…
by Samantha Young and Ana B. Ibarra Kaiser Health News SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled his first state budget, one that leads California down a very different…
The length of the shutdown will dictate how furloughed and unpaid workers will be affected by Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News As the partial government shutdown drags on, about 800,000…
