Posts Tagged Vol. XVII No. 11

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Ex-convict Erap addresses graduates

Pardoned former President Joseph Estrada recently addressed the some 600 graduates of the Partido State University in Goa, Camarines Sur which he helped establish seven years ago and said

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

FASA presents ‘Bagobo’ dance

FASA, the Filipino American Student Association, held its 20th annual culture night April 5 at the Burruss Hall auditorium of the University of Virginia in Blacksburg,

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Filam to run for CA assembly

SAN FRANCISCO – Filipino American Arlie Ricasa recently announced her candidacy for the California State Assembly, 78th District. A lifelong resident, she said that she share the residents

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Rotary student exchange in Fla.

FLORIDA - Central Florida is sending a group of traveling ambassadors to the Philippines and welcoming a similar group in exchange. For the past 30 years Rotary International a humanitarian-service organization,

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Solon to back equity bill

WASHINGTON – Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), the new chairman of the committee on foreign affairs

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

JDV complains of vendetta

Ex-Speaker Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. decried yesterday what he described as the “continuing vendetta”

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

2 HK Pinays jump to death

The DFA has confirmed reports that two Pinay domestic helpers in Hong Kong jumped

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

RP acts to save OFW facing death

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is acting to spare the life of May Vecina, an Overseas Filipino Worker,

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Erap, Cory greet GMA on her 61st birthday

LUBAO, Pampanga. - Faced with a rising oil prices, a possible rice crisis, and impending large-scale brownouts, President Arroyo on April 4 turned to prayer.
During a thanksgiving Mass on the eve of her 61st birthday here, Arroyo led a prayer to the Our Lady of Fatima, whose feast day falls on the first Saturday of [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Immigration lawyer sentenced

SAN DIEGO - Another founding partner in one of the largest law firms in the West Coast popular with Filipinos was

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

SF ’sanctuary city’ campaign

SAN FRANCISCO - Mayor Gavin Newsom and Supervisor Tom Ammiano has launched a public awareness campaign

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

MPI global meet on immigration

Previewing the Global Forum meeting, the Migration Policy Institute will host a discussion on April 14th focusing on the

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

‘Desperate Housewives,’ Revisited

By Jon Melegrito
Remember last year’s premier episode of ‘Desperate Housewives’ that prompted a firestorm of protest from the

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

‘The Devil in Corruption’

Nestor Mata
MANILA-Who exactly is accountable for the shameless level of corruption in the Philippines today?

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

No Rice Crisis

Greg B. Macabenta
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has reassured the Filipino people that there is no rice crisis. Ergo, there is none. After all, would Arroyo lie to us?