Q: I WORK as a nurse at a hospital that has a strict policy of no unapproved overtime, and no going on breaks unless we are relieved by another nurse. We are forced to skip our breaks if there is no reliever (which happens a lot because we are often understaffed). As for overtime, we…
COUPLES get divorced for various reasons. California is a no fault state. The reasons why a couple is getting divorced are often irrelevant to the issues of the family law case. Divorce is often a difficult and negative experience for most families. However, getting divorce may have some unintended benefits in the immigration law arena. …
YES, definitely. Mistakes can get you audited by the IRS. Let’s discuss common mistakes that can get you into trouble. 1. Filing On Paper Paper-filed error rate is 21% compared to only 1% for e-filed tax returns. 2. Procrastination: Some people have a habit of waiting and waiting until April 15 to file…an extension. Rushing…
ARE you struggling every month to pay your debts, especially your credit card bills? Are you always worried about not having enough left over for your mortgage, rent, food and other basic living expenses after you make your monthly debt payments? Do you want your credit card payments to be more affordable and manageable? One…
A GREEN CARD holder can travel outside the U.S. and return with some limitations. If a green card holder is outside the U.S. for an extended period of time, he may be considered to have abandoned his permanent resident status. Brief travel (such as for a vacation) normally will not affect permanent resident status. However,…
I REPRESENTED a foreign company with a $250,000-claim for a 40-foot container of manufactured goods that it delivered to the debtor, a California company, on December 30, 2014. The debtor had been in Chapter 11 for a year before the trustee was able to convert the case to Chapter 7 on April 4, 2015. The…
As diversity heightens in entertainment, Asian comics make their way ON Sunday, July 29, a crowd of people gathered in the courtyard of the Santa Monica Playhouse, awaiting “Crazy Woke Asians,” a comedy show with an all-Asian lineup. It was a sold-out night and the crowd was majority young Asian creatives who were chatting about pilots…
There is much talk about positive thoughts and ideas on how to live life. So many people share tips on how to live a happy life. Some say, pray harder, love harder. But is there really a perfect formula on life and living? Honestly, there is no specific set of rules on how to live…
Part III of III of St. Genevieve High School’s transformative purpose of nurturing students’ potentials and building hearts “Love today invites us to look beyond the short-term, taking a concern for the generations to come and not leaving them a legacy of easy solutions…It invites us to move forward without numbing ourselves to reality, without…
THE start of a new season means different things to different people. But as a hair expert, it primarily means one thing for me: new season equals new haircut. As you embrace the arrival of autumn, it’s the best time to hit up the salon and get your fall season haircut. But before you do,…
THE San Manuel Band of Mission Indians officially began its major expansion project, marked by Yaamava’, a celebratory event and groundbreaking ceremony, that was observed by dozens of community leaders, members, and guests. With the expansion comes San Manuel Casino’s first onsite hotel, a world-class entertainment venue, and an array of state-of-the-art amenities, including new…
Fil-Am sugar artist Albert Daniel partners with Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center to gift cake pops as parting gifts to maternity ward patients GIVING birth is life’s greatest phenomenon, and not just for the parents welcoming a new, little bundle of joy into their family. For many hospital maternity ward staff, the great…
Philippine House of Representatives Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said on Thursday, August 16, that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will be of national significance as a presidential daughter. “Judging by history really, Mayor Sara Duterte will become an important national figure,” the House speaker said. In a report from ABS-CBN News, Arroyo said that presidential children…
Marcos urges Duterte not to resign, Robredo’s lawyer insists VP is qualified PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte may step down if former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. were to be successful in challenging his 2016 vice presidential election loss, said the chief executive’s spokesman on Thursday, August 16. Having entered office in 2016, Duterte’s presidential term…
Hundreds of newspaper across the U.S. on Thursday, August 16 joined together in calling out President Donald Trump’s diatribes against news media which he has more than once dubbed “the enemy of the people.” Nearly 350 editorials were published Thursday, after the Boston Globe last week encouraged editorial boards to write and publish editorials to…
The Judicial Bar and Council (JBC) on Thursday, August 16, conducted a public interview on the five candidates for the position of Supreme Court chief justice. The five candidates for the position are four Supreme Court Associate Justices and a presiding judge. They are Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin, Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro, Associate…
STOP. THINK. UNDERSTAND the significance of this issue. There is a pattern here. And it involves YOU and your family. It is so consequential to the future of the United States of America. “I would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so I can add my name to…
If the structure of the Philippine government is supposed to have been patterned after that of the United States, why wasn’t the federal system of America also applied to the Philippines? The answer is in the fact that the U.S. was created from thirteen colonies that decided to federate, declare independence from Great Britain, fought…
ONCE again, Jesus insists on claiming to call himself the “bread of life” in this Sunday’s Gospel (John 6:51-58). “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world, ” he remarks….
THREE Filipino students became a nigh-unstoppable force at the 49th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), taking the country closer to gold than it has ever been at the annual worldwide competition. Steven Reyes, who hails from St. Jude Catholic School (SJSC), bagged a silver medal for the Philippines. Meanwhile, Mikhail Torio from the Philippine Science High…
Fiesta in America celebrates 2 decades of tradition and cultural heritage AFTER being away from home for a little more than seventeen years, the mere mention of Philippine fiesta gives me an overwhelming degree of excitement with enthusiastic anticipation, although it’s merely celebrated here in the east coast with an abridged expanse of fun-fare and…
On June 24, 2018, the flag of the United States was raised over Holy Heavenly Lake in California. That flag was not bought from the street. Rather, it was the very flag that on May 15th was fluttering in the sky above the United States Congress in Washington, D.C..The same flag was later delivered to…
Chris Mills grew up in the Philippines with a Filipina mother. When he went to Canada for university, he was amazed at the high-quality text books available. Chris resolved that if he could get large numbers of such books to public schools in the Philippines, he would really have a big impact on student’s (and…
SAN DIEGO is “military town” and Navy and Marine Corps families abound, as well as retirees from different branches of our military. The military life is a test of resilience and grit for many families with divorce as almost an expectation rather than the exception. The following seeks to address or clarify some common misconceptions…
