We are in summer time! Break from work and more quality time for the family; visiting old friends and families in other places are among the destinations of vacationers. Others in more daring way, venture to new places, new countries to go to for the first time. Camping grounds are full during summer time, for [...]

Q: “Apart from my husband and only child, I am practically all alone in this world. My parents and brother died in a fire when I was three. A family friend adopted me but then she also died while I was in my early teens. After she died, I lived [...]

July 4 is distinguished as Philippine American Friendship Day in the Philippines . It used to be well-known the Philippine Independence Day granted by the United States government in 1946. It was a ploy to escape the rehabilitation of the country, damaged by World War II. Gen. Douglas McArthur focused his attention to the [...]

Nitong nakaraang linggo, isang artikulo ang lumabas sa New York Times online magazine na pinamagatang “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant.” Ito’y pagtatapat mismo ng may akda na si Jose Antonio Vargas.
Sino si Jose Antonio Vargas? Ang pagpapakilala kay Vargas ay ito— “Jose Antonio Vargas is a former reporter for The Washington Post [...]

Jose Antonio Vargas, the Pulitzer Prize winner admitted in detail the various fraudulent schemes that were used for him to enter and stay in the United States. He was brought into this country when he was twelve (12) years old. In his confession which was published with the New York Times magazine, most of the [...]

Debts that are usually discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy include most credit card debt, medical debt, judgments, personal loans, repossession deficiencies, auto accident claims, leases, guaranties, negligence claims tax penalties over 3 years old, and unsecured business debts. If the debtor decides to surrender the house or car the mortgage debt and auto [...]

Question: What is the H-2B visa category?
Answer: The H-2B visa category is used by United States companies that wish to temporarily employ skilled and unskilled foreign workers in nonagricultural positions. The employer has to have a temporary need and it must show that United States workers are not available.
Q: How long is an H-2B [...]

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced good news for the Philippines this week. Aside from stating that the United States will come to the succor of the Philippines in case China invades it over the disputed claims on the Spratlys group of islands and reefs, Clinton said that the US has delisted the country [...]

Veep Jojo Binay is proud of his indigenous heritage after all.
Binay, who is half-Ibanag and half-Batangueno, is in fact spearheading a campaign to preserve the Ibanag culture through the newly established Ibanag Heritage Museum and an Ibanag Heritage Foundation which he heads.
“Finally, we have an organization that aims to promote the culture of the Ibanag. [...]

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For the fifth straight year ALLICE Kumares and Kumpares staged their free faith-focused, family-oriented seminar “Our Family, Our Future” June 25 at Holy Child and St. Martin Episcopal Church in Daly City. Some 100 people listened and learned from the testimony of Kumare Edna Biscocho Murray, [...]