More than a week after super typhoon Haiyan (locally coded Yolanda) severely ravaged Eastern Visayas, typhoon victims remain helpless despite ongoing relief operations courtesy of the different countries, concerned citizens,…
Irvine City leaders and 99 Ranch Market officials held a “bread-breaking” ceremony and ribbon cutting on Nov. 16 to celebrate the opening of a brand new store, the Bread Farm…
Anaheim White House restaurant is hosting its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 24 and will kick off the start of the holiday season with a toy drive…
On November 15, 2013, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a Policy Memorandum (“PM”) concerning “parole in place” for people who entered the US without inspection and are the…
Typhoon Yolanda has dominated the world’s news, with shocking images of the devastation and destruction of this horrible typhoon. Even now, people are still homeless, without adequate food, water, shelter,…
THE onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda has united our kababayans back home. Using their popularity to gain the public’s attention to help the typhoon victims, numerous Filipino artists have not only…
OXYGEN bars are sprouting all over, especially at airports and some shopping malls, duping people into believing that extra oxygen is healthier for them. Of course, as you inhale their…
Honorary co-hosts include Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Senator Leland Yee, Assemblymember Rob Bonta, Assemblymember Phil Ting, Honorable David Chiu, and nearly 100 community leaders and organizations SAN FRANCISCO,…
Leaves over 30 years of distinguished public service SAN FRANCISCO—Former Civil Service Commission Executive Officer Anita Sanchez passed away last Nov. 19 after her long battle with cancer. She leaves with…
SAN FRANCISCO A team of five people from RN Response Network (RNRN) four RNs and a staff person flew to Manila last Nov. 14 to help in the ongoing relief…
SAN FRANCISCO—Filipino workers in Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are set to benefit under a new alliance forged between the…
More than a week after super typhoon Haiyan (locally coded Yolanda) severely ravaged Eastern Visayas, typhoon victims remain helpless despite ongoing relief operations courtesy of the different countries, concerned citizens,…
District Cites “Financial Risk” in Decision to Settle Voting Rights Suit Cerritos – The ABC Unified School District Board of Education voted during Tuesday’s meeting to settle a California Voting…
This great holiday of thanks and giving is not a date on a calendar, but a state of mind. It is about our capacity to realize things that we can,…
WHEN there is despair, it is easy to dwell on the bad news. But from the rubble of tragedy, the best of humanity finds ways to bring back hope–especially for…
THE US government has gone far and beyond relief efforts to help the Philippines recover and rebuild after being ravaged by super typhoon Yolanda. It has extended visa relief to…
I KNOW that Tacloban will rise, like the Phoenix, from its utter devastation. My beloved hometown and the province of Leyte have been through worse. It was in Palo, a…
ON December 16, 2010, USCIS issued an official Memorandum to implement the provisions of INA §204(l), or the Surviving Relatives Law. The memo amends the USCIS’ Adjudicators’ Field Manual (AFM)…
Typhoon Haiyan, the world’s strongest typhoon ever recorded, lashed the Philippines and has caused massive destruction and a large number of fatalities. It has wiped out towns, destroyed homes, infrastructures and…
Air pollution ‘chokes’ young boys and girls – Sen. De Leon LOS ANGELES – On Thursday, November 14, a diverse coalition of community-based, public health science and conservation groups launched,…
Los Angeles, 14 November 2013 – The officers and staff of the Philippine Consulate General participated in the 5K Walk spearheaded by the Philippine Disaster Relief Organization (PeDRO) together with…
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) – As Filipinos here in San Diego wait to hear from their loved ones, many are helping to gather supplies to send to their devastated homeland….
I know that Tacloban will rise, like the Phoenix, from its utter devastation. My beloved hometown and the province of Leyte have been through worse. It was in Palo, a…
We have covered in previous articles the different ways of acquiring U.S. citizenship at birth. Aside from birth, the other means of acquiring U.S. citizenship is through naturalization. Under INA…
Walnut Mayor Tony Cartagena, Filipino- American and long time resident of Walnut, appeals for Disaster Relief Aids from various organizations, companies, and community members in the San Gabriel Valley to…
Oftentimes, I get a feverish desire to go back to Tacloban — not the Tacloban in the face of total destruction, whose roads are strewn with corpses laying on the…
IN THE aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, the profound human toll and humanitarian crisis in and around Leyte is only beginning to come into full view. From an immigration perspective, some…
WHILE the typhoon victims are fighting the elements and struggling to survive, netizens are engaging in a “word war” on a bevy of topics related to Typhoon Haiyan (aka Yolanda)…
AMID the chaos and desperation in the Philippines in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda (International name: Haiyan), Filipinos in North America had the opportunity to reach out and lend…
GIVEN the devastation in the Philippines, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an article on November 15, 2013, to remind Filipino nationals impacted by typhoon Haiyan of possible immigration…
