For three days last weekend, Asian American journalists attended the 22nd annual convention in Detroit, Michigan to update themselves with the latest developments in the industry in the face of the crippling economic meltdown. But it seems, many of them will be re-tooling themselves with new marketable skills just to survive.
While some industry leaders are still [...]

Filipino singing icon Lea Salonga has been honored as a Disney legend for lending her voice to two Disney princesses.
Lea  was feted for providing the singing voices of Jasmine in “Aladdin” (1992) and Fa Mulan in “Mulan” (1998) and “Mulan II” (2004).
Lea received the Disney Legends Award award from the Walt Disney Company at the [...]

Lupita Aquino Kashiwahara is a self-described “loyalist.” To her brother, the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., that is.
Besides the martyred lawmaker’s children, his third sister is perhaps his most devoted admirer, the fiercest protector of his legacy. The second of the seven children of Benigno Sr. and Aurora Aquino, Ninoy was born after [...]

In its July 1, 2011 annual Trafficking in Persons Report, the US State Department announced that it had elevated the Philippines to “Tier 2” status - countries that do not fully meet standards on human trafficking but are making efforts to do so. The Philippines had faced a cutoff of US assistance if it remained (Tier 3) unresponsive [...]

The most sensible thing I heard from the Philippines in the past week were the words coming from Senators Franklin Drilon and Allan Peter Cayetano, who said there would be no let-up in the investigation by the Senate blue ribbon committee of the corruption allegations against the ailing Arroyos.
Drilon and Cayetano were, of course, referring [...]

Landmark legislation that will prohibit businesses from denying service to a patron because of the language he or she speaks has made its way through the California State Legislature.  Senate Bill 111 would add protections for language to the state’s civil rights act, which prohibits discrimination within business establishments. While speaking one’s native language is generally protected [...]

Finally, the investigation into the alleged anomalies in the 2004 and 2007 elections will get off the ground. This as Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila M. De Lima issued Department Order No. 675 constituting the fact-finding panel.
Secretary de Lima announced that  DOJ officials and prosecutors, along with the lawyers of the National Bureau of [...]

Question: Is it possible for someone to apply for the green card if she was married to a United States citizen or Legal Permanent Resident if the spouse has died?
Answer: Possibly. This can be done through Form I-360. The widow/widower must have been married for at least two years prior to the spouse’s [...]

If you are in debt settlement you can still file bankruptcy. Bankruptcy can cancel any contract you made on debt settlement without any problem. Filing bankruptcy could take between three to six months to process. Once the case is filed, no creditors will make a collection call or file a case in [...]

Tuwing ikatlong linggo ng Agosto, sa linggo ng kapanganakan ni dating Pangulong Manuel L. Quezon, ipinagdiriwang sa maraming eskwela at sa mga bayan-bayan sa Pilipinas ang pagtataguyod at pagtangkilik ng ating pambansang wika.
Nitong linggo ring ito, nakasagap ako ng balita hinggil sa paggamit ng [...]