SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, 2010 –Thousands of vulnerable elders and people with disabilities—disproportionately from ethnic groups–can now become eligible again for wrongly denied Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Many will receive past benefits from $10,000-$40,000—due to a class action lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA).
SSA recently calculated the government owed $700 [...]

SACRAMENTO – For his commitment to education and working families, Senator Leland Yee has been named “Legislator of the Year” by the California School Employees Association (CSEA) – the largest classified school employee union in the United States.  CSEA represents 220,000 school support staff throughout California who perform a wide range of essential work in [...]

The San Lorenzo Ruiz Community (SLRC) of Saint Catherine of Siena Parish in Martinez, CA, sponsored a dinner-dance fundraising called “BARRIO FIESTA” on June 19, 2010.  Filipinos, and non-Filipino guests from around the East Bay came to this first  fundraising project of the SLRC. According to our guests, the highlights of the fiesta included platters [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, 2010 –Thousands of vulnerable elders and people with disabilities—disproportionately from ethnic groups–can now become eligible again for wrongly denied Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Many will receive past benefits from $10,000-$40,000—due to a class action lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA).
SSA recently calculated the government owed $700 [...]

Q:    What is the New Law in 2010 that Makes It Easier Than Ever to Save on Prescription Costs through the “Extra Help” program?
A:    Changes in the law now allow more people with Medicare to pay $2.50 for     generics, $6.30 for brand name drugs.
Making ends meet shouldn’t mean going without your medications. If [...]

By Jenny Luong (650)356-1000
State Farm® agent

I have never met a mom who wasn’t working – or any other woman for that matter. More than ever before women are handling their own or their family’s finances. It’s not about what you have; it’s what you do with it to secure your future.
We all have unique needs [...]

Nito lamang mga nakaraang linggo ay may natuklasan akong “state of mind,” “mindset” at “changing mindset” ng mga tao sa Bay Area, kasama na ang mga kababayan nating mga Pilipino.  Ang katumbas ng “state of mind” sa wikang Pilipino ay ang “lagay ng loob,” ang “mindset” naman ay  ang “saloobin” at “pagkiling,”  at ang “changing [...]

Question: How does USCIS determines if the applicant for green card based on marriage to a U.S. citizen will be subjected to marriage fraud interview?

Answer: The current trend for USCIS is to conduct a marriage fraud interview for couples who are married in less than two years.  If your marriage is less than [...]

One of the outlets of my news agency, the Journal Group Link International, has asked me to comment on how reporters here in the United States and there in the Philippines would react if a source of a news reporter would subpoena his notes as part of discovery in a court proceedings.
Renato “Rambo” Avenido, publisher of [...]

After nine years of lies and empty promises, we finally heard the true state of the nation and how the new administration plans to lift the nation from where it now stands to where it should be a year from now.
While Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had to use props in the person of three little boys [...]