UNITED States First Lady Michelle Robinson Obama heads the list January birthday celebrants. She will be celebrating her 52nd birthday on Sunday, January 17, with her husband, President Barack Obama…
ARE you pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant? Do you know someone who is pregnant? While you’re picking out tiny clothes and reading childcare books, remember the importance of your oral health!…
THERE has been much undeserved criticism and condemnation hurled at USCIS and consular officers over issuing a fiancée (K – 1) visa to the female terrorist in the San Bernardino…
THE power to give, take away, and deport. The United States does not welcome you with open arms. It allows non-citizens entry into the United States, under certain conditions. When…
In 2010, I was told by confidential sources that we should be very careful about who we elect as president. I thought that as a journalist I would open a…
Hello kababayans. It’s that time again when we resolve to change some of our habits for good. We’re naturally feeling optimistic with the arrival of a new year, a cosmic…
Since English is the most widely spoken language in the world, it should come as no surprise that there are so many ways to learn about grammar. There are many…
The battle starts in our minds I HOPE you all had the merriest Christmas with your loved ones. This happy holiday season also heralds the ending of the year, and…
BEFORE we charge 2015 to history, we are again reminded to look back and reflect on all the important events that have happened in the past 12 months. This year…
Across America, given the fractured state of our collective hearts, attempts to embrace the New Year will be paddled with reverence, or a little whoop, a bit of holler and…
WITH the New Year just days away, several new, important traffic-related laws will go into effect on Jan. 1, designed to address issues of roadway safety and directly impact California…
ON New Year’s Day, California employees will get a raise. Effective Jan. 1, 2016, the state minimum wage will go up one dollar to $10 an hour. As signed by…
WITH the new year less than a week away, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is reminding the public that beginning Jan. 1, old Philippine peso bills will no longer…
ON Friday, the 25th, the entire Christian world will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ 2015 years ago. Christmas is the birthday of Jesus who is the manifestation of God’s…
SARAH Wellens works as a sales representative for Daiichi Sankyo, a Japan-based pharmaceutical company with about 3,000 employees in the United States. The company hired Ms. Wellens, an experienced sales…
1. CAPITAL assets include almost everything you own and use for personal purposes, pleasure or investment. 2. The following are capital assets: your home, household furnishings and stocks held in…
I KNOW that our economy in the last several years has caused a lot of financial problems for a lot of people. A lot of families are struggling financially every…
Cancer, according to the American Cancer Society, is the second most common cause of death in the US and 8.2 million cancer-related deaths in 2012 based from the World Health…
Delinquent taxpayers who owe $50,000 or more to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may have their passports revoked under a new law Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed on…
THERE’S a link between gum disease and breast cancer for middle-aged and older women, according to a new study. The report, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention,…
THE Philippines on Tuesday, Dec. 22, approved the sale of the world’s first dengue vaccine, marking the first Asian country to do so. In clinical tests conducted on 40,000 people…
AUTHORITIES are stepping up security measures at this year’s Rose Parade and Rose Bowl, following the recent terrorist shooting attack in San Bernardino which rattled the Southern California region. “Recent mass…
MISS INFORMATION MIX-UP FOLLOWING the heated controversy surrounding this year’s Miss Universe pageant competition, many people are taking sides as to who they really support for the prestigious crown. After…
In every wish, there will be glimpses of kind virtues, to encourage and console. It could be something modest or even mundane, something fantastic or utterly practical. It can take…
MANY Filipinos worldwide posted pictures of Simbang Gabi Masses on social media such as Facebook. Their photos showed happiness, harmony and contentment. There were even pictures of parishioners attending Simbang…
LAST week, I wrote about determined Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach to win in the Miss Universe pageant. In fact, having joined Binibining Pilipinas three times to be able to get where…
AN important part of Christmas is buying gifts for loved ones. Filipinos are busy filling their balikbayan boxes with pasalubong, to send to their families “back home.” The pasalubong may…
A CHILD born abroad to parents who are both United States citizens (USCs), or to a United States citizen (USC) mother or father, has a claim to citizenship either through…
DESPITE President Benigno Aquino’s challenge for them to pass the measure before the holidays, the House of Representatives adjourned for its Christmas break without passing the Basic Bangsamoro Law (BBL),…
WHEN international celebrity Marilyn Monroe, in her sexy tight-fitting gold gown that hugged her shapely figure, sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President,” in May 1962, the attention of the world was…
