SAN DIEGO, August 21, 2014 — To address the need for user-friendly information on how to use personal technology, AARP TEK is offering free hands-on education sessions for the Chinese and Filipino communities and all Asian Americans in San Diego on Wednesday, September 3 and Thursday, September 4 in conjunction with AARP’s Ideas@50+ member event….
What makes you proud to say, “I am a Filipino”? Perhaps, every time Manny Pacquiao delivers his killer punch that KOs his opponent, you quickly raise your arms with matching jumps and shouts; sometimes you may even shed tears. Maybe, during the hard-fought battles of Smart Gilas, you post a status or tweet with a…
“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” – Ndukwe Dike Kalu, American football player DEMOCRACY emphasizes equality. As one of the most popular ideologies in the world today, it gives the people the power to make demands for greater…
It is back to school for many students in America, including the young undocumented kids, who according to federal laws, do have the same right to enroll in US public schools as US citizens and those with legal status to live and work in America. The deepest recession that has recently swept the nation has…
The demolition campaign against Jojo Binay has begun in earnest. Alan Peter Cayetano and Antonio Trillanes have apparently mounted their own efforts, parallel to those of Mar Roxas and the Liberal Party, to erode the high approval and voter preference rating of Binay. Their latest thrust is to call for a Senate investigation of allegations…
I went through the grinder back in the Philippines as a crime reporter of a tabloid (People’s Tonight) that started off by exploiting shame and facilitated rage to work up issues in finding justice and truth. Nobody escapes the phenomena of crime; brave glancing at any police blotter, as August bleeds into September. At the center…
LOS ANGELES – The fraud trial against embattled car dealer Eminiano “Jun” Reodica, Jr., scheduled on Tuesday, August 19, has been moved again by the court to a later date on Nov. 4, 2014. According to court documents, Judge S. James Otero filed a Scheduling Notice on Aug. 8, 2014 to reschedule the trial three…
LOS ANGELES – Many people in the United States cannot even begin to imagine what life is like for undocumented immigrants and their families. The lack of understanding has led to negative misconceptions and stereotypes about the life of the undocumented people, and has left a pervasive stigma that the immigrant community has fought long…
SCE teams with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to enhance the power pole aversion training that has excelled in helping save the endangered birds from extinction. Added: August 15, 2014 | By Paul Netter They won’t win a beauty contest, but California condors are very impressive birds. With wings sometimes spanning nearly 10 feet, they’re the…
I HAVE never attended a Jewish service in my entire life until two weeks ago, when my friend Armando invited me to a Shabbat while spending a week of vacation in San Francisco and in the Bay Area. “Sure, I’ll go,” I responded quickly to Armando’s invitation. “I’ve always wanted to experience a Jewish service…
FOR now, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario admits that resolving the case with China over the disputed South China Sea (West Philippines Sea) is far from reality. China’s refusal to at least recognize the problems, makes it also difficult for other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)—who are also entangled with…
MANY of our kababayans have loved Robin Williams for his genius as an actor, but there are more who just found out that this great legend was married for 19 years to a woman of Filipino descent, Marcia Garces. In a report by Balitang America Correspondent Rommel Conclara, I found out that Williams invented the…
ON August 2, 2014, Wilner & O’Reilly, APLC celebrate its 11th anniversary. Eleven years ago, it started with a vision from Richard Wilner & Kelly O’Reilly to start a boutique firm that specializes in immigration and nationality law. From a small executive suite in Cerritos to four offices in California and Utah, our growth is…
HOW old are you now? When you were 10, you wanted to become a teenager. When you were a teenager, you wanted to be 21. Thereafter, it’s a fast train towards middle age. At middle age, they say that you’re at your “prime”. Shortly after that, you become a senior citizen starting at 62 and…
THE chief of the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) shares highlights of California’s audit program. The State examines about 300,000 income tax returns per year. Audits are conducted by desk, field, or correspondence. Field audits are conducted at your place of business (better at your representative’s office). The audit program has about 900 auditors located in…
(Ten-year meal & rest breaks case is a win for employees) IN 2004, five employees of the restaurant, Chili’s, filed a claim against their employer claiming that they were illegally denied meal and rest breaks. The employees claimed that the restaurant regularly told its employees to take early lunches, often right after starting work, and…
ALIENS who are visiting the US temporarily for pleasure may be issued B-2 visas. Under 22 CFR 41.31(b)(2), the term “pleasure” refers to legitimate activities of a recreational character, such as tourism, amusement, visits with friends or relatives, rest, medical treatment, and activities of a fraternal, social, or service nature. A common purpose of B-2 visitors is…
I WAS counseling someone the other day in my office. He looked shocked and confused as we sorted through all the credit card statements on my desk and added up how much he owed. $65,000! That’s how much the statements said he owed! How could this be? He said he remembered paying a lot of…
THE processing times for some applications pending at the US Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”) are longer than ever before. The USCIS holds a monopoly over all immigrants applying for green cards, citizenship and other applications, since the USCIS is the only agency authorized to adjudicate requests for immigration benefits. The USCIS cannot, however, force…
BEVERLY HILLS – Everyone will agree that if you exercise and eat right and don’t smoke or drink or annoy a cop, you’ll never die. I have been told that by my internist, my beloved cardiologist, my psychiatrist, and all their nurses receptionists and building custodians. On a recent weekend, I was invited to have…
From the Windy City of the American Midwest hailed one of the world’s greatest actor-comedians, Robin McLaurin Williams, cinematically christened simply Robin Williams. Born in one of the most populous cities, Chicago, Illinois, on July 21, 1951, the prolific actor-producer-screenwriter ended his colorful life on Monday, August 11, 2014, by hanging at his home in…
THREE years after discovering video footage of two Filipino male nurses performing sexual acts with each other near a 98-year-old patient, a San Diego Court ordered the two men to stand for trial. Russell Torralba and Alfredo Ruiz, both 42, were ordered on Friday, August 9 to proceed to trial on one count of inflicting…
CALIFORNIA law on the nature of spouses’ rights and obligations with respect to management and control of community property has evolved over the last thirty years from less stringent “good faith” standards to heightened “confidential duty” and “fiduciary duty’ standards. Under current law, the duties owed between spouses in transactions between themselves are the same…
WHO doesn’t love a little sunshine? Not only does it feel fantastic, but it also has numerous health benefits. Sunshine improves our mood, our immune functions, and catalyzes vitamin D production in our bodies. Vitamin D is important to our healthy smiles. Vitamin D supports oral health in two ways: – It helps our bodies absorb and utilize calcium One of…
The September 2014 Visa Bulletin continues to provide great news for Filipinos petitioned as single children of US citizens (F-1), as the priority date moved forward from June 1, 2004 to August 1, 2004. Workers petitioned in the third preference (professional/skilled worker) and other (unskilled) worker categories, also had a tremendous leap, in that the…
IT’S the stuff fairy tales are made of. Although many have expected that power couple Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera are likely to get married, both have avoided any kind of confirmation about when. Then just last week, on national TV, Dingdong went down on his knee and asked the actress this most important…
The suicide death of comedian Robin Williams a few days ago was attributed to depression. This highlights the importance of understanding this mental illness and how to deal with it. What is depression? Depression is a state of emotion where the individual has some or all of the following senses, feelings or moods: downhearted, unhappy,…
DO not take Sen. Jinggoy Estrada out of the running just yet. As law would have it, he is innocent until proven guilty. Not only is he qualified to run for a higher position in the upcoming 2016 Philippine national elections, but according to a recent Pulse Asia Survey, Estrada is the 7th choice to…
PEOPLE from different parts of the world mourn the passing of the genius that was Robin Williams, who was found dead, reportedly because of suicide, in his own home in Tiburon Island, San Francisco last August 11. With a remarkable career in the entertainment industry that had spanned four decades, people could hardly make sense…
MY late boss, Tony de Joya, chairman of Advertising & Marketing Associates, was also, at one time, executive vice-president of Precision Electronics and led the negotiations for a joint venture with Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric). Among the many valuable things he learned from dealing with the Japanese, some lessons could be helpful to Noynoy…
