THE Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 was enacted with the avowed purpose to protect and keep children safe from sex offenders; prevent child abuse and pornography;…
The 5-4 vote by the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) is not the resounding victory that many supporters of Grace Poe had hoped for. In fact, the close vote means that…
THE sole Filipino-American gastroenterologist in Southern Nevada, Dr. Noel Fajardo, is set to unveil a new, state-of-the-art endoscopy surgicenter in the region this December. LV Surgery Center will be the…
THE APEC summit, for which the Aquino government was willing to create horrible incoveniences and economic losses for the country, concluded amidst self-congratulatory applause and back-patting by its organizers. The…
AFTER the coordinated terrorist attacks consisting of mass shootings, suicide bombings, and hostage-taking in Paris that killed 130 people and injured 389 on November 13, people all over the world…
OVER the weekend, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered for its annual summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The global leaders discussed some of the region’s most…
THE apple that fell far from the tree is one I could only dream of — a perfect newshen and God’s little pencil. I would have taught this daughter to…
Record 2.1 million passengers expected at LAX this Thanksgiving LOS ANGELES Mayor Eric Garcetti and city Councilmember Bob Blumenfield joined airport officials to announce that a record 2.1 million travelers will…
DESPITE the House of Representatives’ swift vote last week that would halt President Barack Obama’s program to admit Syrian refugees into the United States, the large majority of Asian-American members…
DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday, Nov. 22, proposed a new tax credit offsetting up to $6,000 in costs for middle-class families who care for their aging parents or…
When a serious crime has been committed, justice can only be served when the perpetrator of the crime is successfully prosecuted and jailed. Unfortunately, justice is often not served when…
Millions of undocumented immigrants are facing possible deportation. Some have proposed building a wall. States are threatening to close their borders to refugees. Amid the current divisive immigration rhetoric it’s…
Practically everyone knows that the good times of loan modification are going to end next year. Loan modifications under HAMP are set to expire December 31, 2016 after several extensions….
It is common for field workers like service technicians to drive company vehicles to the customer’s home or place of business to service or install a product. Generally, an employee’s…
An alien seeking permanent residency status in the US must be “admissible” to the US. Admissibility means the ability of an alien to receive a visa to enter the US…
IF you paid someone to care for your child, spouse, or dependent, you may be able to claim the Child and Dependent Care Credit on your federal income tax return….
Are you facing a mountain of debt and don’t know what to do in order to avoid getting buried? Debt problems can wreak havoc on your personal life in many…
SANTA CLARA – It was a unique dance party that intermingled all the facility residents and their caregivers together into one big family — and dancing gaiety. The center’s low…
I still get a kick out of remembering my younger sister’s chitchat with her son, Tristan, while in the car on the way to school. Noticing that my nephew was…
THE House of Representatives swiftly passed a bill on Thursday, Nov. 19, that would halt the admission of Syrian refugees into the US, suspending the program until key national security…
As the City of Long Beach continues consideration of a minimum wage increase, community members, business owners, low-wage workers and representatives from non-profit organizations on Tuesday, Nov. 17, gathered in…
FRENCH officials said on Thursday, Nov. 19 that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Islamic State militant suspected of being the ringleader in last week’s terror attacks in Paris, has been killed in…
It will take some 7 more weeks or so before 2015 bids goodbye and yet Joji Babuschak’s JB Entertainment Productions has already prides itself with a hugely grandiloquent year-ender and…
Can tubal ligation be reversed? Ligation of the fallopian tubes, performed for birth control, can be reversed to allow pregnancy to take place, depending on how long a segment of…
James, a noncitizen foreign national, is married to Lesly, a United States citizen, and by virtue of this marriage was accorded a lawful conditional permanent resident status. However, not even…
In October 2015, the State Department and Department of Homeland Security announced a new format for the monthly priority dates. The monthly Visa Bulletin would now have TWO charts: the…
AT least 129 people were killed and 352 wounded after three groups of terrorists staged coordinated attacks at six locations throughout Paris, France late Friday, Nov. 13. ISIS, a jihadist…
“ONCE again we’ve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians. This is an attack not just on Paris, it’s an attack not just on the people of France, but…
THIS great holiday of thanks and giving is not a date on a calendar, but a state of mind. It is about our capacity to realize things that we can,…
With multiple recent foodborne illness outbreaks, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a set of groundbreaking rules to strengthen the farm food safety system, ensuring quality produce…
