Dear Atty. Gurfinkel: I am out of status, but my employer filed a labor certification for me in 2006. The I-140 petition was approved, and the priority date is now current. I want to file for adjustment of status and get work authorization right away, but am being told I need to wait for an…
Due to demand stemming from aging demographics, the number of foreign-trained physicians practicing in the US continues to grow. According to the American Medical Association, International Medical Graduates (IMGs) comprise approximately one-third the US physician population. The Philippines is second, only to India, in the ranking of country of origin of IMG physicians. In order…
HMART Buena Park is just about ready to open its doors and making the final preparations. HMART Buena Park is set to open its doors at 9:30am on Friday, May 9. The opening of HMART Buena Park will tend to many residents who are eagerly waiting to discover what HMART has to offer. HMART hopes…
LOS ANGELES – Asian American lawmakers in the US House of Representatives appealed to House Republicans on Tuesday to join them in enacting comprehensive immigration reform into law. On Tuesday, April 29, members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) hosted a press call urging House Republican leadership to act on legislative proposals for…
Confirmed by LA City Council on April 30 LOS ANGELES – Mayor Eric Garcetti’s appointment of a Filipino-American to the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission was confirmed on April 30, by the LA City Council. George Villanueva, 33, was confirmed as one of the new members of the Commision after all city councilmembers present…
LOS ANGELES – Consul General Leo M. Herrera-Lim meets with members of the Filipino American Community at the Rizal Hall at the Philippine Consulate General on 25 April 2014. In Consul General Herrera-Lim’s welcome remarks, he encouraged the Filipino-American community to play an active role in enhancing the economic growth of the Philippines and join…
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Every time I am asked this same question, the answer is always the same. A little precaution before a dental crisis occurs is preferable to a lot of fixing up afterward. Frequent regular cleanings and exams is a lot cheaper than getting periodontal treatment or…
SCE also reminds customers to stay away from downed power lines ROSEMEAD, Calif., April 30, 2014 — Due to the current high wind conditions forecast throughout the day and evening hours, Southern California Edison (SCE) reminds its customers that some may experience service interruptions into the late evening and morning hours. SCE reminds customers to never…
Sehyun Kim 19, Traneka Davis 33, and Chao Wei Yu 33, are looking for marrow donors who could save their lives. Mayor Pulido’s personal friend Lovell is also someone who needed a matching donor. Patients suffering from leukemia, aplastic anemia, non hodgkins lymphoma, myelodysplastic syndrome and other blood related disorders could be cured with a…
Sacramento—California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su recently announced the start of a statewide, multilingual campaign to educate workers and employers about wage theft and labor standards such as minimum wage, overtime, and meal and rest break requirements. The campaign features outreach to community-based organizations as well as a combination of print, radio and online media…
“May America’s oldest alliance in Asia always be renewed by our friendship and mutual respect.” – Pres. Barack Obama’s message in the Malacañang Palace Guest Book, April 28, 2014 IN a courtesy call at Malacañang Palace on Monday, Pres. Obama was conferred the Order of Sikatuna, with the highest rank of Raja or Grand Collar…
IT WAS, indeed, a very proud and fulfilling moment — becoming part of The Filipino Channel’s (TFC) celebration of its 20th year in using the airwaves to touch the lives of kababayans worldwide. TFC is the first and most successful Filipino content distribution company in the US. It has been helping Filipinos abroad to remain…
“The L-1 Visa category is available to individuals seeking to take up employment in the United States as “intra-company transferees” of multinational companies. In order to qualify as an intra-company transferee, the individual must have worked overseas for a period of at least one year in the three years preceding the application for L-1 status…
Popoy and Basha – do they ring a bell? “Ako na lang. Ako na lang ulit.” Not yet? Shocking! A Filipino who had been in love, and eventually broken-hearted, had the film, One More Chance as the story of his/her life at one point or another. Every one who had craved for at least a…
LOS ANGELES – The Filipino community in Los Angeles gave a warm welcome on Friday night, April 25, to Consul General Leo Herrera-Lim, who took over the reins of the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles (PCG-LA) from former Consul General Hellen Barber-De La Vega. Herrera-Lim was appointed to head the LA consular post because…
SCE also reminds customers to stay away from downed power lines ROSEMEAD, Calif.— Due to the current high wind conditions forecast throughout the day and evening hours, Southern California Edison (SCE) reminds its customers that some may experience service interruptions into the late evening and morning hours. SCE reminds customers to never approach or touch downed…
“IF you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.” – Victor Hugo One moment you’re a mother. Then, when your children are finally all grown up, you relax and take it easy — having finally escaped their ties, their troubles and their demands. You’ve become wise and pre-historic and everything starts to sag…
The practice of medicine is an arduous and complex human profession. One doesn’t need training in medicine, in order to make cogent and crucial experience about what it’s like to be sick and vulnerable, to witness and record the excruciating isolation and alienation that come to all patients. In this era of managed health care,…
A RECENT global survey conducted by Pew Research Center (2013 Global Attitudes Project) revealed that 85 percent of Filipinos polled have a most “favorable” view of Americans, while Americans only came second, at 84 percent in having a “favorable” view of themselves. According to Pew Research’s website, the Global Attitudes Project “conducts public opinion surveys…
PRESIDENT Barack Obama will be visiting the Philippines for the first time, on April 28-29 — the last stop of his 4-Asia nations tour in the region. As news reports state, Obama hopes to strengthen ties with allies in the region, amid growing concern about China’s tactical “bullying” of smaller nations in Asia. On a lighter note,…
DISCHARGING income taxes owed to the IRS in bankruptcy requires compliance with certain rules. One rule states that the taxes sought to be discharged is for a return that was filed at least three years before the bankruptcy filing. For instance, you owe $100,000 of income taxes to the IRS for the year 2010. You…
IRS conducts field audits where the books and records of a business are maintained. This, of course, is either at your home, office, warehouse, factory, or store. But I don’t like any of these locations. After representing taxpayers in IRS disputes for four decades, I prefer your audit conducted at my office – as your…
(Additional wages due even if clock says otherwise) Q: I AM a full-time hourly technician who work in the field. While we were told that we have a 30-minute unpaid lunch break every day, we usually cannot take breaks due to the heavy workload. However, the employer still deducts 30 minutes from our work hours. Is…
SIERRA MADRE – The first non-white and first Filipino-American member of a quaint suburban city in Southern California was sworn into office on Tuesday, April 22. Rachelle Arizmendi officially joined the Sierra Madre City Council on Tuesday night, during a city council reorganization meeting at the Sierra Madre City Hall. City Clerk Nancy Shollenberger administered…
WE commemorated three principal mysteries in our liturgy last Holy Week during Holy Thursday Mass: the institution of the Eucharist, the institution of the priesthood; and Christ’s commandment of fraternal love. These three mysteries reminded me of a testimony of a fellow priest last Holy Monday before Chrism Mass during a clergy’s afternoon of reflection…
THE chaotic, vexing, and perplexed world has relied principally on medicine for betterment and considered medical practitioners instruments for healing. But according to the Jewish physician-philosopher Malmonides, the physicians shouldn’t just concentrate primarily on treating the disease but the point of concentration should rather be on the patient suffering from it. In contradiction to such…
April 24, 2014. From left to right; Larry Pelayo, Dr. Leo Pandac (Guest), Dr. Marc Caratao and Dr. Veronico Agatep. The TALAKAYAN straw vote resulted in NO to US bases and the US/PH Access Agreement in the Philippines. Fil-Am laders also said No to the Napoles as a “state witness” to the PDAF case.
ALTHOUGH the Queen of All Media Kris Aquino recently admitted that she and former actor and now Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista are dating, just last April 22 she further described their relationship as “best of friends.” Kris posted this information on her Instagram account (krisaquino214) saying that, they are not a ‘couple’ but ‘are…
Several Filipino teachers, especially on the East Coast, have come to me for consultation, after the USCIS denied their national interest waiver (NIW) petitions. Apparently these teachers were initially petitioned by a school or school district for an H – 1B visa and came to the US, excited about teaching students in the US. They…
LOS ANGELES – After a nine-month tour across 90 countries, the FIFA World Cup Trophy made its final stop in Los Angeles. Together with Coca-Cola, FIFA brought the trophy to more than one million people around the world, including every country that has won the World Cup. During a ceremony on Friday, April 18 at…
