Report: Humans to lose 5 million jobs to robots by 2020
BY the year 2020, humans are expected to lose a net of 5.1 millions of jobs to robots and artificial intelligence, according to a report from the World Economic Forum…
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California to investigate Exxon Mobil climate change case
KAMALA D. Harris, Attorney General of California, opened an investigation whether Exxon Mobil Corp. lied to the public and its shareholders about the risk to its business from climate change,…
Filipino in Virginia Beach wins $1-M from Powerball
WHILE most people were closely watching the national Powerball lottery drawing live on television on Wednesday, Jan. 13, an 82-year-old Filipino man from Virginia Beach, Va. was not one of…
Long Beach City Council approves minimum wage hike
THE Long Beach City Council on Wednesday, Jan. 20, voted 6-2 to create a pathway to gradually raise the minimum wage to $10.50 per hour by 2017, $12 in 2018…
The woman in black
IT happened faster than it took her to draw a breath. Anybody can become a widow—there are no special qualifications. It did not require planning to become a wife, mother, or…
Pacman’s maternity leave proposal is anti-business, anti-labor
HAVING Manny Pacquiao in Congress has always been a lot like having Michael Jordan in a baseball uniform: It’s uncomfortable to watch, and one desperately hopes he figures out on…
Beauty is simply skin-deep that could either be enhanced or altered
THE most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion, which is hard to find and never sold. Makeup simply defies the degradations of time and not the marks of life’s…
Bea Alonzo & Zanjoe Marudo break up confirmed
AFTER almost five years of being in a relationship, Kapamilya stars Bea Alonzo and Zanjoe Marudo decided to call it quits. In his radio program on DZMM last Saturday, Jan….
Supreme Court agrees to review Obama’s executive action on DAPA and expanded DACA
ON January 19, 2016, the US Supreme Court agreed to review the legality of President Obama’s executive action, which he announced in November 2014, of Deferred Action for Parents of…
The new visa bulletins – when can you file your green card application?
ONE of President Obama’s immigration executive actions announced in November 2014 is to advance the filing of adjustment of status/green card applications for individuals who have approved employment-based immigrant petitions. …
A review of popular health news
LOOKING back in review, there was some fascinating news in medicine in 2015 — a few of them controversial, especially infectious diseases and cancer screening and prevention. E-cigarettes more dangerous…
White House encourages AAPIs to get health insurance before deadline
Since open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act–also known as Obamacare–began in 2013, the number of people in the United States without health insurance has fallen by nearly 18 million,…
Mamasapano: Aquino and Roxas’ political grave, and Llamanzares’ too
THE massacre of 44 elite police troops in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on January 25 last year is President Aquino and his presidential candidate Manuel Roxas II’s political graveyard. Aquino, in his…
‘JPE can ruin Aquino’
Osmeña: New Mamasapano probe may hurt President Evidence to be presented by Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile when the Senate reopens its investigation of the Mamasapano massacre may ruin…
Ensuring the family business legacy: My second book
THAT’S the title of my second book! After three years and three copy editors, my book is now available! To give you an idea on how this book was conceptualized, let me…
Who is leading before the February 1 primary election season begins?
FEBRUARY 1 is a big day in US politics as it marks the beginning of the primary elections in the United States. This is when both the Democratic and Republican…
#OscarsSoWhite: Celebrities boycott Academy Awards for lack of Oscar nominee diversity
The announcement for Oscar nominations on Thursday, Jan. 14 drew sharp criticism, when all of the nominees in the major acting categories were exclusively white. The nominees for the 88th…
Oh, if I were a man
A woman is not spared from humiliation, servitude and abuses. She could get raped in a dark street. She has to make use of a pretty face to be accepted…
PH, UK to revise & sign defense agreement before end of 2016
THE Philippines and the United Kingdom are looking to sign a revised defense agreement before the end of the year, British Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad said Monday, Jan….
Democratic candidates face off on health care, Wall Street and guns
HILLARY Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O’Malley met for their fourth debate, which aired live on Sunday, Jan. 17 on NBC. It was the Democratic contenders’ final face-off before the…
Pacquiao formally announces end of career: I want to help my countrymen, the Pilipino people
AS world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao prepares for what he has said will the final bout of his boxing career, he looks ahead to a political career where he can…
Supreme Court to review Obama’s immigration program
THE Supreme Court announced on Tuesday, Jan. 19, that it will decide whether President Barack Obama has the executive authority to declare that millions of undocumented immigrants can be allowed…
Aboard a floating carnival
THE most interesting about spending time in an ocean voyage is that it is purely relative. Like a fragment in space, a moment is in time. We sailed in the…
Revisiting Filipinos’ devotion to the Black Nazarene
I FOUND myself in the middle of a wave of people, mostly young men, parading barefoot before the image of the Black Nazarene. We were like bees or small fish…
Should dual citizens be allowed to run for public office?
THE problem confronting Senator Grace Poe had its antecedents in certain provisions of the Dual Citizenship Law, RA 9225, that Filipino-Americans objected to, even as we lobbied hard for its…
A majority of Americans gave thumbs up to Obama’s final State of the Union address
PRESIDENT Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union (SOTU) to the American people last Tuesday, Jan. 12. According to a CNN/ORC instant poll of those who watched the…
Business owner seeks chapter 7 relief from employee lawsuit for backpay of $100K
Secured creditor client seeks relief from buyer who filed for Chapter 11 OH, the woes of owning and running a business come in all shapes and sizes! Even when a business…
Why Ted Cruz is a natural-born US citizen
RAFAEL Edward “Ted” Cruz, the Republican Junior Senator from Texas, was born on December 22, 1970, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Rafael Cruz, Sr., originally from Cuba, and Eleanor Darragh,…
Minimum wage increase affects meal & lodging charges for ‘live-in’ employees
Q: I AM a live-in employee at a residential care facility. I work six days a week and have one day off. I sleep in a room inside the facility…