Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, September 12, announced that Chinese Chief Foreign Minister Wang Yu will visit the country to talk about the joint exploration of the West Philippine Sea. “The visit is aimed at further building on the increasingly strong foundation of friendship between the Philippines and China,”…
by Phil Galewitz The percentage of people without health insurance continued to decline in California last year, according to a closely watched report from the Census Bureau released Wednesday. The state’s uninsured rate edged down even as Republicans in Washington, D.C. sought to roll back the Affordable Care Act. The rate of uninsurance dropped in…
Capacity at shelters for migrant children has been quietly increasing since the summer, the New York Times reported Despite a court order that required the Trump administration to release hundreds of migrant children who were separated from their families at the border, the number of children of immigrants has climbed to 12,800, according to a bombshell…
Duterte says no “interest” in arresting opposition senator SENATOR Antonio Trillanes IV’s camp admitted before the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 on Friday, September 14, that it can no longer locate a copy of the senator’s amnesty application form. Makati RTC Judge Elmo Almeda asked Trillanes’ legal counsel Reynaldo Robles to show the court…
Amid reports of rising prices in the Philippines, Malacañang is considering an executive order drafted by economic officials to put measures in place that will curb inflation. An order to lessen the effects of inflation on basic commodities, such as certain food items, is in the works, according to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia. “We…
HONOLULU 13 September 2018 – Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. conducted the reciprocal signing of the Sister City Agreement between the City of Davao and the County of Kauai at the Lihue Civic Center, Kauai in Hawaii on 10 September 2018. During the Kauai signing ceremony, the two mayors…
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, September 15, formed a team of legal experts to aid his cases — two filed at Makati regional trial courts (RTC) and one petitioned before the Supreme Court — against Proclamation 572 or the revocation of the amnesty granted to him during the Aquino administration. “While I believe…
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Ma. Sison on Wednesday, September 12, denied the allegations that his group is teaming up with the Liberal Party (LP) and Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. “There has never been any discussion between me or the CPP with Trillanes or the Liberal…
In grade school in Tacloban, Leyte, what we pupils dreaded most was to be told by the teachers, “Bobo…better go home and plant camote!” I guess that served to create the impression in our young provinciano minds that planting camote or laboring on the soil for that matter was a lowly undertaking, and was only…
Poets have evocatively written that music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to almost everything. Aside from being deliberately considered the international language of humans, music (like silence) speaks louder than words especially when words failed to copiously express what the mind and the heart wish…
U.S. Open celebrates 50 years And just like that, the U.S. Open season is over, but not without hot issues and fanfare. This year, the Open celebrated its 50th birthday, and along with it, the opening of the Louis Armstrong Stadium version 2.0, a 14,000 seat arena right next to the Arthur Ashe Stadium. We…
During his speech in front of the Filipino community in Jordan last Friday, September 7, President Rodrigo Duterte blamed U.S. President Donald Trump as the cause of the current inflation in the Philippines in light of the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. Trump recently declared he was considering tariffs on an additional $267 billion in Chinese…
Season 15 of the Fox reality competition “So You Think You Can Dance” finally came to a close on Monday, September 10, naming Filipina-American Hannahlei Cabanilla as the winner. Hailing from Anaheim Hills, Cabanilla is an 18-year-old contemporary dancer who began dancing at the age of 2 and was trained at the Orange County Performing…
Two “Miss Saigon” alumni are set to appear in a movie musical together. Eva Noblezada is headlining her first feature film, “Yellow Rose,” alongside Lea Salonga. Directed by Diane Paragas, the film tells the story of a 17-year old Filipino-American girl from Texas who is secretly dreaming of becoming a country music star. She has…
Our planet would be at an imminent grave risk of being destroyed, if Global Warming, more appropriately termed Climate Change, continues unabated. Although controversial and like the multitudes of problems threatening the world, this major one is caused by its intelligent inhabitant, man himself, and his careless and irresponsible behavior, especially in the last two…
A tribute to a decade of aspiring to inspire With its continued mission to promote the Filipino heritage through their performance and presence in the Filipino-American community, Parangal Dance Company has come a long way, a decade, in fact. Today, the San Francisco-based Philippine folk dance company is celebrating a decade of “aspiring to inspire”…
Dear Atty. Gurfinkel: In 2004, I applied for a visitor’s visa but was denied. The next year, I secured an “assumed name” passport, which was a Philippine passport with my picture but someone else’s name. I tried my luck again under the assumed name, but the Embassy caught the fraud and again denied my visitor’s…
I just moved to California last month, and I’d like to file for divorce. Can I file now? To file for divorce in the State of California, the person filing (called the “Petitioner”) must first meet the jurisdictional requirements: (i) residence in the state of California from the past 6 months; and (ii) residence in…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, September 11, rendered the amnesty grant of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV invalid because he claimed that it was signed by then Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Voltaire Gazmin. “So that an act of pardon, an act of amnesty is always an act of state, which cannot be done…
SPECIAL Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Monday, September 10, denied the corruption allegations against him amid the involvement of the family-owned CLTG Builders and Alfrego Builders in the government’s public work projects. Go said that the said criticisms hurled against him were “politically motivated attacks” considering that there are groups…
CHICAGO 11 September 2018 – Aimed to inform the Filipino-American electorate in Illinois on the significance of elections and their right to suffrage, a voters’ education forum was held at the Seafood City Community Center in Chicago on 15 August 2018. Promoting a more active civic engagement and participation by the Filipino community in Illinois,…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Department of Tourism (DOT), in close collaboration with Austria-based research and development organization, Center for Appropriate Technology, identified twenty-seven (27) hotels and resorts as awardees for this year’s ANAHAW Philippine Sustainable Tourism Certification. ANAHAW – the Philippine Sustainable Tourism Certification is developed by the Department of Tourism and GRaT Center for Appropriate Technology…
IN a divorce proceeding, people sometimes have a misconception that the only assets or properties that have to disclose assets and properties situated in California. Even worst, sometimes parties even think that since an asset or property is situated in a different country or state, that property is not community property and not subject to…
