Self petitions for victims of domestic violence
ONE of the few positive developments Immigration legislation over the past twenty years has been relief for spouses and children of abusive petitioners provided by the Violence Against Women’s Act…
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Pacquiao-Algieri fight ushers a new dawn of boxing promotion
CENTURY CITY – The small sensation of power that a press pass can give (it gets you past the first guards) ebbs quickly once you’re in corridors of an international…
Ferguson Police Dept. under heavy investigation
THE US Justice Department is currently looking into a wide civil rights investigation of the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department, following recent events of the Michael Brown shooting case and the…
Fast-food workers strike for higher pay in LA, across US
LOS ANGELES – “We want $15 and a union!” “Fast-food workers run this town!” “Si se puede!” These were some of the chants echoing from angry fast-food employees across the…
Nilo & Rose Concepcion: A thriving conjugal & business partnership
“WHAT, therefore, hath God joined together let no man put asunder.” – Mark 10:9 This same sacred biblical line became a stern reminder about the seriousness of the union a…
Fast-food workers strike for higher pay in LA, across US
LOS ANGELES – “We want $15 and a union!” “Fast-food workers run this town!” “Si se puede!” These were some of the chants echoing from angry fast-food employees across the…
Filipino Americans dismayed over Cal MediConnect
LOS ANGELES – Nearly a half-million Californians–200,000 in Los Angeles County–are experiencing changes in their health insurance status through the state’s new Cal MediConnect. The pilot program is being tested…
New fees on remittances, driver’s license, considered for health program
LOS ANGELES — A proposed statewide law which seeks to provide health care coverage for California’s remaining uninsured could create new fees on remittances and driver’s license applications as a…
LAX flyaway shuttle service opens in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES – Good news for frequent flyers. Getting to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) may have just become easier with the arrival of a new bus line that will…
Reform in the Valley
Immigration reform is on the horizon. We can feel it in the air. Change is coming. President Obama may or may not pull through for the thousands of undocumented residents…
High income clients file Chapter 13 to handle large civil money judgment
Clients, husband and wife are 60 years old and both professionals in the medical field. Their combined gross income is about $200,000 annually. Their children are all adults and no…
Is real estate property purchased prior to marriage considered community property in a divorce?
Generally in California, property acquired by a spouse prior to marriage is considered under the family code as separate property while those acquired after marriage are considered community assets. What…
Mourning family of beheaded journalist challenges Jihadist leaders on Islam
The death of Steven Sotloff, the recent American journalist who was shown being beheaded in a video released Tuesday by Islamic militant terrorist group ISIS, has left a family in…
4 ways to avoid cracking a tooth
THE healthy enamel that covers your teeth is the hardest substance in your body — it’s even harder than your bones! That’s great news when you consider the amount of…
DOL confirms that people can petition relatives for employment-based green cards
Filipinos are well-aware that it takes years and years to bring family members to US through some family-based petitions. A petition by a brother or sister could take up to…
Toxic items to avoid
We are surrounded by hundreds of products that are deleterious to our health, including foods, beverages, aerosols, and chemicals for our kitchen and bathrooms, that are toxic to our body….
Premier actor Mark Gil passes away at 52
OUR hearts are heavy because the Philippine showbiz industry has lost a great artist and person, Mark Gil. The actor passed away at 8am last Monday, September 1. He was…
Vehicle collides with Burbank Metrolink train; driver dead
LOS ANGELES — A driver was badly injured after his car collided with Metrolink train No. 220 on Tuesday afternoon in Burbank, according to local police. The driver, 79-year-old Fawaz Khalil…
Vehicle collides with Burbank Metrolink train; driver dead
LOS ANGELES — A driver was badly injured after his car collided with Metrolink train No. 220 on Tuesday afternoon in Burbank, according to local police. The driver, 79-year-old Fawaz Khalil…
Fil-Am teen sentenced for Trade Center stunt
A FIL-AM teenager from New Jersey who managed to slip through the security of the World Trade Center in New York, was sentenced last September 3. Sixteen-year-old Justin Casquejo was…
Group says world is losing battle against Ebola
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The international group Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday that the world is losing the battle against Ebola and lamented that treatment centers in West Africa have…
The season of ‘Ber Months’
For Filipinos, Christmas is just around the corner. Yes, you heard it right; and yes, they know that there are still numerous special occasions that come ahead of Christmas. However,…
US’ first statewide plastic bag ban awaits Gov. Brown’s signature
California is a signature away from implementing prohibition to single-use plastic bags, after the Senate passed Senate Bill 270 on a vote of 22-15 last Friday, Aug. 29. The measure…
Grandstanding
IT is business as usual for the second most powerful man in the country. While the controversy about the alleged overpriced Makati City Hall Building II heats up, Vice President…
Piracy Warning: Kulong at Multa ang Parusa!
WE Filipinos are known to be frugal — many of us will do what it takes to save money in our purchases. Unfortunately, one of the ways many of our…
Immigration Benefits for Adopted Children
Adopted children may obtain immigration benefits in three different ways. First, under INA 101(b)(1)(E)(i), a US citizen (USC) or lawful permanent resident (LPR) may file an immigrant petition for a…
US’ first statewide plastic bag ban awaits Gov. Brown’s signature
California is a signature away from implementing prohibition to single-use plastic bags, after the Senate passed Senate Bill 270 on a vote of 22-15 last Friday, Aug. 29. The measure…
The tyranny of gossip
Some love or hate it, others write or repeat it. But the obsession with gossip seems here to stay. From what we read and see, from the unholy and unchanging…
Fil-Ams join immigration rights protest in front of White House
AN immigration rights protest rally in front of the White House went sour after U.S. Park Police arrested nearly 150 people; among them immigrants, labor and religious leaders, elected officials,…
Mayor Garcetti reveals plan to increase city’s minimum wage
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Eric Garcetti formally introduced his plan to boost the city’s minimum wage to $13.25 an hour by 2017. In his remarks at a Labor Day rally…