Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Brad Virata, a 29-year old fashion
director from Los Angeles and Jenny Guzon-Bae, a 36-year-old real estate agent
from Lake Forest, Illinois are two of the 20 “castaways” who will be fighting
for the million-dollar prize. CBS, where the show is aired, said contestants
“will initially be organized into four tribes divided along ethnic lines —
African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic and [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Estrada,51,side. A SWAT team reportedly
used stun grenades to disorient Estrada, pulled Cruz’ body out of the house,
and ordered Estrada out with his hands up.
He reportedly did not resist. Police said
the nature of their relationship remains unclear. Estrada, a former electrical
assembly worker with a back injury so bad he lived in constant pain, was taking
medication for [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Several thousand people marched nearly 4 miles in Oakland, from the
Fruitvale district of East Oakland to the federal building downtown. The crowd,
estimated at 6,000 by organizers and half that size by police, waved U.S. flags
and carried signs calling for better treatment of illegal-immigrant workers.
good workers." About 200 of the members of the Filipino Community Center
who [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
HONOLULU — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
plans a brief visit Hawaii
on September 16 to attend a ceremony for the unveiling of a marker
commemorating the islands’ first Filipino immigrants.
The Associated Press said the Philippine
Consul General’s Office told The Honolulu Advertiser that Arroyo will arrive on
September 16 and is expected to stay less than 24 hours.
She will also place [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
In 2000, the Census ranked Asian Indians
as the third largest Asian American group after Chinese Americans and Filipino
Americans. However, the ACS 2005 projections said Asian Indian population
growth has continued to outpace that for all other major Asian groups since
2000, with a 34% growth rate during the first four years of this decade alone.
An Asian Indian [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Philippine House Speaker Jose de Venecia
and Sen. Frank Drilon are also expected to attend as panelists on the
conference workshop on Strengthening Democratic Institutions and Suffrage of
Global Filipinos. Mr. Ramos said he has been requested by
“Filipino/Filipino American community” to join their celebration in order to
expand “bilateral, trade, tourism, SME’s, retirement communities, and other
forms of economic cooperation.”
The [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
When the suit was filed last month, the
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration temporarily suspended the
operation of the Sentosa Recruitment. Agency. This suspension was lifted
reportedly after Defensor personally intervened on behalf of the agency.
Defensor said he merely followed up the
status of the suspension after Sen. Schumer wrote President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo complaining about the kind of treatment the [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
“The mementos of a childhood were laid
out on two tables behind the yellow house with green shutters at 146 Warren Ave. A
shoebox full of baseball cards sat next to a stuffed gorilla and a copy of The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. A worn basketball rested on the grass below
with a remote-controlled car.
“At the center, a pair [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The 90-year-old American Jesuit priest
who has lived in the Philippines
for most of his life said: “She was 22 and Danny was 19.” said Reuter. “The
only one accused of touching her is Danny, the baby boy,” he said, referring to
Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, who is at the center of the case.
While Fr. Reuter had no formal [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
While the clashes tapered off the next
day, September 6, Army Maj. Gen. Eugenio Cedo, a regional military commander,
said troops were still pursuing an estimated 100 Abu Sayyaf militants.
“We are pursuing them and we will not
relent until they are neutralized," Cedo told The Manila Times. Three days
later, two more soldiers were killed and three wounded when [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
He continued:
The Philippine president, one of Washington’s strongest
backers in the war on terror, has been the target of constant coup rumors since
she was swept into office in January 2001 by the country’s second “people
power” revolt. Now she has just performed another escape act by fending off a
second impeachment attempt.
The late-August victory prevented a
potentially explosive trial [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Later, Mike Arroyo held a press
conference which turned out to be nasty when journalists started asking him
questions about the Jose Pidal accounts, jueteng money and other claims. Mike
said the press conference was to be confined only to the charges of Cayetano.
Cayetano said the First Couple had
refused to sign a waiver giving up their right to [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
But Shannon
didn’t recover from his wounds. He died on August 28. He was buried with full
military honors on September 5, in Virginia
Beach where he was born.
That same day, the Associated Press reported
that there have been 2,657 members of the U.S. military who have died since
the beginning of the Iraq War in March 2003. [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
He allays fears of some American
politicians that such moves might violate national sovereignty, and says their
fears are self-serving and obstructionist or mere paranoia. Just like in the
past, the proposal is now being debated in the corridors of the world
organization. These are critical tests for the UN General Assembly,
particularly the Security Council, with peacekeeping missions all [...]