Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Goodbye to 2009, welcome 2010!
What’s in store for Filipinos in America in the coming decade?
First and foremost would be the coming national census in which Filipinos will, for the first time, be counted as a distinct group and not just [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
NEW YORK
The political climate is changing for Barack Obama. Ever since he entered the White House ten months ago as the first black United States president last January, he has lost popularity.
His approval ratings, especially among the independents who voted for him, some Republicans and fellow Democrats, have dimmed below 50 percent for the first [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
NEW YORK
Just nine months in office, President Barack Obama and his White House advisers or, as they are called, “czars,” are already defending his presidential “legacy.”
While jetting across the country on a fund campaign for Democratic candidates in the coming 2010 mid-term elections, Obama is also doing in his speeches “a line-item defense” of his [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By J.G. Azarcon, ESQ
Last weekend, the House of Representatives passed their version of health care reform by a narrow margin of 220-215 votes.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
WASHINGTON D.C. - The US House of representatives recently approved a resolution expressing sympathy for the victims of the two typhoons that hit the Philippines and encouraging the US government to work
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
WASHINGTON D.C. - A week after typhoon Ondoy killed 300 and rendered homeless almost half a million Filipinos, US President Barck Obama finally issued a statement Oct. 6 to “express my deep condolences for the loss of life and devastation caused by recent storms in the Philippines, particularly tropical storm Ketsana (Ondoy).
It also came several [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By J.G. Azarcon Esq.
The healthcare reform debate is inching closer to reckoning time. I have spoken with an ardent supporter of Pres. Barack Obama and she echoes Obamas talking points that the opposition to healthcare reform is mainly emotional. So lets try to cool down and have a dose of reality.
The draft prepared by Senate [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By J.G. Azarcon, Esq.
When former President George H. Bush made a televised speech before grade school kids, he was criticized by the Washington Post purportedly for using them as props for political purposes.
This time, the Post did not seem to have a problem with Pres. Barak H. Obama addressing grade school and high school kids [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By J.G. Azarcon ESQ
Riding on his high popularity ratings propelled by the euphoric atmosphere of his inauguration, Pres. Barrack Obama demanded of Congress to pass his so-called health care reform. It must be done before the August recess. That was his deadline.
He was counting that the sheer power of his oratory would welt any opposition [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The White House and members of Congress must move quickly on enacting a just and humane immigration reform package that will reunite families, reinvigorate the economy, and remove the term “illegal or undocumented immigrants” from the dialogue in this country. Ethnic media, which reaches over 60 million adults in the United States, calls on Congress [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA - United States President Barack Obama has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to a strong alliance with the Philippines as he greeted the nation on the celebration of the 111th anniversary of Philippine independence on June 12.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Since his inauguration, President Obama has appointed more than 20 Asian Americans in all levels of the US government. Although majority of Filipinos supported him, the President has not named even a single Filipino American to a post in the government.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
WASHINGTON D.C. - Ambassador Willy C. Gaa has welcomed the increase in aid to the Philippines in the proposed 2010 budget request by President Barack Obama to the US Congress May 7. He said “the total budget proposed for the Philippines includes the US development and security assistance, funds for the Filipino Veterans Equity Fund, [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Lito Katigbak
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has asked the US Congress for $1.425 billion to fund the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s budget for fiscal year 2010 that will enable the MCC to sign a compact with the Philippines worth $584 million.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA - What exactly did Barack Obama, the first black POTUS, accomplish in the first 100 days of his presidency?
If you were to pose this question to Obama?s advisers and image makers in the White House and his media sycophants in Washington and New York, they’ll surely tell you he did a lot more than [...]