The December 2014 Priority Dates

The December 2014 Visa Bulletin provides more great news for Filipinos, as the priority dates in the various family and employment categories continue to move forward. Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular month, for the various family and employment based categories….

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Garcetti bound for Asia trade mission

LOS ANGELES —Mayor Eric Garcetti will leave the country this weekend for a trade mission in Asia, with stops in China, South Korea and Japan. The countries, respectively, are the city’s top three trading partners. The goal of the visit is to increase tourism and encourage companies in the countries to invest in Los Angeles….

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Deadly superbugs on the rise

Since Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist (a 1945 Nobel laureate), first discovered penicillin in 1923, hundreds of more potent wider spectrum antibiotics have been added to the medical armamentarium. These life-saving drugs have been a boon to medical care and benefited hundreds of million patients around the globe. However, like many…

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YouTube to launch paid streaming service

YouTube announced on Wednesday, Nov. 12 that it will launch a paid service called “Music Key” that will allow customers to stream millions of high quality songs, ad-free starting at a promotional rate of $7.99 per month. “You’ve watched, shared, remixed, invented, parodied and whatevered your favorite songs, making YouTube the ultimate place for artists…

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Caesar’s Entertainment proposes $1 billion project in Manila

Ceasar’s Palace announced its proposal to build a $1 billion, fully integrated resort in Manila, at the side of idle government property next to Ninoy Aquino’s International Airport (NAIA)’s Terminal 2. Steve Tight, Caesar’s president for international development, said that the American casino giant—made bigger through a merger with the legendary Harrah’s hotel on the…

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Momo Beach House Therapy

Have you ever felt so lifeless, as if each waking day is a struggle to put on different kinds of emotions? Your muscles, nerves, and sinew are so unmotivated and uninspired—the best they can produce for you is a poker face. Maybe, it is because things have become routinary that you have long forgotten where…

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Improved govt. healthcare website to avoid past enrollment problems

US officials planned to unveil an improved healthcare insurance website over the weekend, hoping for a smoother second enrollment period under President Obama’s health reform plan. The reconfigured, improved insurance marketplace website went live on Sunday night before the three-month open enrollment period begins on Nov. 15, allowing existing policyholders to change their coverage. The HealthCare.gov website is…

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Palpable

CIVILIZATION is most apparent when people recognize that the world is ruled by principle and not by force. Today’s challenges give an opening to effective means of resolving crises and creating an avenue of working towards a common goal. International relations are regulated by universally accepted and legal norms concerning people’s welfare, security, trade, finance,…

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City attorneys to review cases for Proposition 47

When California voters approved Proposition 47 on Nov. 4, California became the first state in the country to reduce drug possession offenses to misdemeanors. Advocates of the legislation say the measure reduces the state’s overpopulated prisons and support schools, while opponents say it could lead to serious crime. But just days after the passage of…

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People watching as we age

Everywhere people are talking about themselves, discussing their doings, their loves, their fighting, their poems, their goals, their music, their meeting their movies, their millions, their misfortunes—their celebrity (or notoriety) is so vast, so clamorous, so exasperating…it suffocates, obsesses us in a way. I am a bore when I report what bores others—as some interviews…

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