CA Board of Parole Hearings panel of commissioners grants parole to Filipino lifer
ON October 7, 2014, at Avenal State Prison, a panel of Commissioners of the CA Board of Parole Hearings granted parole to a Filipino lifer, who has been an inmate…
Federal penalties for underpayment of taxes
“Taxpayers who are hit with the 20 percent penalty for negligence or disregard of rules may try to establish reasonable cause for underpayment and show that you acted in good…
New law protects subcontracted and temp workers in CA
Q: I HAVE worked at XY Company, a big processing plant in the Inland Empire, for many years. My direct employer is really ABC LLC, which subcontracts labor to XY…
Why do you need to get out of debt?
PEOPLE come to me every day with different reasons for getting out of debt. Most of the time, I’m thinking that they would have been better off had they come…
‘EB-5’ Investor Visa program developments
THE USCIS Service Centers have recently received guidance and new instructions for their adjudicators relating to the timing of creating new jobs and explaining the meaning of “full-time” for positions…
The agonizing malady of writer’s block
How strange, the demented feeling it gives me. I realized that I have spent agonizing whole days before a pen and a notebook, with nothing better to do but jot…
Ethnic voters encouraged to vote in Nov. elections
LOS ANGELES – In California, the voting landscape has changed. As populations and demographics continue to shift, particularly in big cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, the factors influencing…
Silicon Valley Filipino caregivers paid as little as $3.25 per Hour
A US District Court judge has ordered AgeWay Senior Care Inc., a family-owned senior home care company and residential facility centered in the Bay Area, to pay at least $134,682…
‘A Night in Vienna’ marks PACCAL’s 22nd Anniversary with glitz & glam
Last Sunday, October 12, 2014, the Pan American Concerned Citizens Action League, Inc. (PACCAL) nailed it again when it pompously celebrated its 22nd founding anniversary with an alluring touch of…
I want out! Dissolution or legal separation?
WHEN the marital relationship sours to the point where one or both spouses believe that the marriage cannot be salvaged, three remedies are available to terminate or alter the marital…
Silicon Valley Filipino caregivers paid as little as $3.25 per Hour
A US District Court judge has ordered AgeWay Senior Care Inc., a family-owned senior home care company and residential facility centered in the Bay Area, to pay at least $134,682…
Ethnic voters encouraged to vote in Nov. elections
LOS ANGELES – In California, the voting landscape has changed. As populations and demographics continue to shift, particularly in big cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, the factors influencing…
Glendale celebrates Filipino History Month
GLENDALE, Calif. — The City of Glendale joins the Filipino community in celebrating the month of October as the annual Filipino American History Month. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, the Glendale…
Numbers reveal major gap in wages for Asian Americans
Silicon Valley’s tech companies have released public reports of the gender and racial diversity of their workforces. Google made headlines when it publicly revealed its data for the first time…
Rules to follow for a smile-healthy Halloween
HERE it comes! The season of ghosts, ghouls, witches, and, of course… candy! If you’re savvy about it, there’s no reason for your Halloween fun to come at the expense…
The November 2014 Priority Dates
The November 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…
TV host and actress Valerie Weigmann is the new Miss World Philippines
A 24-year-old lass has big shoes to fill as she represents the country in London this December in the Miss World pageant. Filipino-German Valerie Clacio Weigmann was crowned Miss World…
Values and philanthropy: Cornerstones to an enduring family business
“I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what…
Worse than Ebola
The Ebola crisis in the West African countries of Guinea, where it started in December 2013 and spread in March 2014 to Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria, the deadliest ever…
Fil-am Creative Celebrates Fil-ams In Horror During Halo Halo-ween Online Event
(Los Angeles, CA October 13, 2014) The Fil-Am directed horror film, “Voodoo Possession” featuring genre legend Danny Trejo hosts online salute to Filipinos in horror. Fil-Am Creative, the largest Filipino American organization…
Slain St. Louis teen had gun residue on hands
Vonderrit Myers, the black 18-year-old who was shot and killed last week by an off-duty police officer, was found to have gunshot residue on his hands and clothing. The crime…
Filipino taxi driver named best in America
LAS VEGAS—An honest Las Vegas taxicab driver who returned $300,000 in cash found in the back of his cab was named as this year’s Best Taxicab Driver in America. Gerardo…
Why should you book through a travel agent?
Traveling is a pleasurable thing to do; but planning a travel? That’s a different story. Browsing the World Wide Web to find the best yet cheapest flight and accommodation fares…
Exasperated
IN any business, feedback is an essential tool in determining success. A good businessman would know that for his business to really succeed, he must know what his customer base…
Alay ng TFC: ASAP LIVE sa LA and a Balitang America Award
BLESSINGS continue to pour in for The Filipino Channel’s 20th year celebration with the opportunity to give back to all our kapamilyas in North America. Just last Tuesday, TFC’s daily…
Client seeks conversion of Chapter 13 to Chapter 7
YESTERDAY, a new client I saw said that she had been in a Chapter 13 paying $400/month for the last 12 months. But next year after her car was paid…
The delicate dance of the publisher and the advertiser
“THAT, if all printers were determined not to print anything, till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed… That I got five schillings by…
Health care workers monitored closely after nurse contracts Ebola
Second case of Ebola reported in the US “Think Ebola” is the new protocol of hospitals nationwide. Federal officials have urged hospital staff to keep watch for symptoms of the…
On deeply appreciating God’s blessings
“I KNOW how to live in humble circumstance; I know also how to live with abundance. In every circumstance and in all things I have learned the secret of being…