Legal and illegal deductions: Know the difference
Q: AT work, we are required to wear a uniform, which only the employer can provide. The cost of the uniform is deducted from our pay. Is this deduction legal?…
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Face debt problems now to avoid pain later
WHEN people are going through financial difficulty and are unable to pay their bills, their first reaction is often to ignore their debts and avoid contact with creditors. They think…
USCIS’ interpretation of Section 204(L): the surviving relatives’ law
SINCE the enactment of Section 204(l) in 2009, USCIS has issued official guidance to implement the provisions of the “Surviving Relatives Law.” USCIS has amended the USCIS’ Adjudicators’ Field Manual…
Generally speaking: Brigadier General Alfredo S. Lim
AT THE center of crime is a brotherhood of hard men, who fight for whatever justice is possible on this deadly world. They’re called cops, whose battle for a little…
O’Farrell calls for continued support of Haiyan relief efforts
LOS ANGELES — A year after Typhoon Haiyan slammed the Tacloban shoreline, the Philippines and other worldwide organizations have been working vigorously to continue rebuilding and recovering the land from…
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…
Honda recalls 170,000 units due to faulty airbags
On Thursday, Nov. 13, Honda said that a Malaysian driver died after her airbag exploded in a July accident, marking the fifth fatality related to faulty equipment and the first…
Plastic waste potential source of fuel
Every year, Americans throw away tons of plastic. In 2012, Americans dumped 32 million tons of plastic into the trash, according to an Environmental Protection Agency report. While many plastic…
Virgie Favila Alvarez encompasses a wide spectrum of terpsichorean prowess
Art authorities hold firm in their pronouncement that a person’s truest expression is through her dance and music…and ‘though the voice may imitate sounds but body language never lies… for…
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…
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…
O’Farrell calls for continued support of Haiyan relief efforts
LOS ANGELES — A year after Typhoon Haiyan slammed the Tacloban shoreline, the Philippines and other worldwide organizations have been working vigorously to continue rebuilding and recovering the land from…
Obama could announce immigration reform plan by next week
UP to 5 million undocumented immigrants could soon be granted amnesty through an executive order President Barack Obama is expected to announce when he returns to the United States from…
California restriction on concealed guns could end, court says
A LANDMARK new ruling on Nov. 12 by a federal appeals panel could change California’s laws for the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment case decision by the 9th US…
Miss PH Bianca Guidotti fails to bring home Miss International crown
WITH the consecutive wins in beauty pageants, Filipinos have put our beauty queens in tremendous pressure to bring home the crown. Unfortunately, that is not the case for this year’s…
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…
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…
California restriction on concealed guns could end, court says
A LANDMARK new ruling on Nov. 12 by a federal appeals panel could change California’s laws for the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment case decision by the 9th US…
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…
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…
US, China reach ‘historic’ climate change agreement
Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama reached a deal on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the next several…
Filipinos seek formal acknowledgment for WWII vets
DURING World War II, more than 250,000 Filipinos signed up to fight alongside the United States of America. Nearly 70 years later, many remain unsatisfied with the lack of formal…
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…
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…
Should Obama use executive power on immigration despite Republicans’ threat?
WHEN will President Barack Obama fulfill his promise as a presidential candidate that he would reform America’s broken immigration system? This is the question many kababayans ask, along with the…
Can a conditional greencard holder file an immigrant petition?
Beneficiary spouse of marriage based immigrant petition’s where the marriage was less than 2 years old at the time of the immigrant visa or status was approved are issued a…
Client seeks to discharge civil judgment, garnishment and substantial credit card debt
WHEN it rains, it pours. When push comes to shove, and your back is up against the wall, you may think of many desperate things that you can do to…
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…
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)…