IN a previous article, I wrote about how the USCIS assembled a task force to start reviewing cases of people who may have obtained their green cards or U.S. citizenship…
”In your case, it appears that you are eligible to obtain a green card.” DEAR Attorney Tan, My US Citizen mother filed an I-130 immigrant petition on my behalf, which…
Q: TWO weeks ago I was fired from work. My employer told me my last paycheck will be mailed to me by next payday. I have not received it yet….
“ Even though the debtor was not employed, she was willing to liquidate a part of her retirement account to pay for the settlement to keep her house.” WHEN I…
THE Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986 (IMFA) requires an alien obtaining a green card through a marriage less than two years old to come back at the end of…
YOU must be bold and brave to exercise your prophetic role nowadays. You must be willing to suffer, to undergo hatred, condemnation, ridicule, and persecution. For your beliefs and principles…
IF you are searching for debt reduction solutions, no doubt you’ve been inundated with advertisements for various debt management programs, companies and solutions. The choices seem confusing to the average…
SOME IRS forms attract audits. Merely filing them causes the Agency to look at your tax returns. Here are some of them. Form 1099: You may have had a side…
There are eight (8) groups of edible items in the stores, and perhaps in our kitchen pantry, that we should stay away from because they cause havoc on our body…
Summer is here! Everybody’s heading to the beach and we all know the ‘scenery’ during beach season, don’t we? Now, don’t you go bailing on some summer fun just because…
(Part 3 of 3) AFTER assessing and taking note of your successes and failures, it’s time to contemplate. Where to now? Take another blank sheet of paper and look at…
How the young actor went from background roles to starring in the main cast of a primetime drama As Hollywood begins to take serious strides to diversify its casts, ABC’s…
INDEPENDENCE DAY has taken a different feeling this year for many Americans, and recent polls have revealed just how much the presidency of Donald Trump has eroded the extreme pride…
“Love is who you are. When you don’t live according to love, you are outside of being. You’re not being real. When you love, you are acting according to your…
Los Angeles County is facing a public health crisis: More than one-quarter of its 53,000 homeless residents struggle with mental illness. “When you’re homeless on the street, your life is…
The president plans to revoke policy aimed at diversity in education President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday, July 3 that he will be rescinding Obama-era guidelines that encouraged schools and…
The City of Los Angeles has not yet decided on whether or not it will take in a $425,000 grant from the federal Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program which was…
With the ongoing immigration debate, the Los Angeles City Council and county Board of Supervisors voted this week to expand a fund to provide legal aid for migrant children who…
State survives first round of Trump administration’s suit against the sanctuary law A federal judge in California this week ruled in favor of the state’s sanctuary state policies, denying the…
After U.S. President Donald Trump’s historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month, could a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte be next? United States Ambassador to the…
An American missionary was deported back to the United States from the Philippines on Wednesday, July 4, for allegedly engaging in “political activities.” Adam Thomas Shaw, an American missionary of…
TWO Philippine mayors were killed in separate back-to-back shootings within two days, fueling more fears in the country as it deals with the publicized problem of extrajudicial killings stemming from…
After notching two impressive victories in the span of five months, Reece “Lightning” McLaren has proven without a shadow of a doubt that he truly is the top contender in…
BuyBust, We Will Not Die Tonight make their world premiere The New York Asian Film Festival is back for its Savage Seventeenth edition and this year, a batch of Filipino…
Manuel Mogato and Mariel Padilla join an elite group of Filipino and Filipino-Americans who have won the Pulitzer. Mogato is the second Manila-based Filipino to win the prestigious award. Carlos…
Runs July 7-August 5 at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco There have been a number of Disney classics that have gone onstage and it is no doubt that “The…
One of the main factors for the 25 percent decline in Metro Manila’s crime rate in the first half of 2018 is the government’s war on drugs, the National Capital…
President Rodrigo Duterte’s 22-member Consultative Committee (Con-com) approved the final draft of the proposed federal Constitution on Tuesday, July 3, after nearly five months of deliberation. The final draft was…
President Rodrigo Duterte’s first two years in office have been “generally fruitful,” according to Malacañang. It cited the administration’s reported successes in its war on drugs, the economy, and the…
