CEBU CITY -– Booming Cebu still needs additional rooms in preparation for the effects of the  open skies policy despite the numerous real estate projects being constructed to cater to Cebu’s growing tourism arrivals.
Former Department of Tourism Undersecretary Phineas Alburo said that the open skies policy translates to more air seats and more rooms.

”Cebu, being [...]

Editorial

As we go to the press, the whole province of Oriental Mindoro is  experiencing two to three hours of daily power interruptions as its power requirements are still short of some 2.5 megawatts.

The Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ormeco) states that already, a total of 27 MW are generated by four suppliers in the two [...]

PRESS RELEASE

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18 May 2011

San Francisco, California –    Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. made an official visit to San Francisco on 12-13 May 2011 to meet with city government officials, business executives, [...]

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Philippine Consulate General
447 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94108
415-433-6666 ext. 313 (public information section)
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SFPCG-
May 18, 2011

The Philippine Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued an Advisory Opinion explaining to the public the issues surrounding the recruitment, arrest, detention and conviction of Filipinos caught transporting illegal drugs abroad.
As with its previous Advisory Opinion regarding the [...]

Tidbits of Spiritual Life
Fr. Joepel Padit, SThD

We live in a world that is temporary, yet we long for the eternal. We are created finite beings, yet given the assurance of infinite destiny. We have limited capacities, but we aspire to be limitless. What drives this desire to be eternal, infinite, and limitless? The short [...]

LOVELIFE SPECIALS
by  Pastor Dante & Cynthia Veluz

Q. “My wife and I are at our lowest ebb right now.  My wife attempted suicide because of our huge debts, the house and car that we lost, the bankruptcy proceedings and most of all because of shame.  I sold most of our things and we have asked my [...]

Immigrant’s Story
By Atty. Jojo M. Liangco

Alam ba ninyo na may “low-income assistance” o tulong pam-pinansiya ang gobyerno ng Amerika para sa mga mabababa ang kinikita (o tinatanggap na pera buwan-buwan)?  Ang gobyerno na aking tinutukoy ay ang federal, state, at county government.  Mahalagang matukoy ang government level o kaukulang gobyerno dahil magkakaiba ang [...]

By Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano

The California bankruptcy exemptions allow wild card exemptions of a total of $21825 available under Chapter 7 only.  This means that if you have no homestead exemption (you do not own a house) you can use up to $21825 value of nonexempt property to be exempt.  The $21825 is in addition [...]

Question: What is the Visa Bulletin?
Answer: The Visa Bulletin provides us the priority dates for Family Petitions.  For example, if you are a United States citizen and you have filed for a green card for your brother, it usually takes 23 years (11 for other countries; 23 for Filipinos) for your brother to be able [...]