Philippine Consul in San Francisco Jaime Ramon Ascalon counted hugging among “small steps to make a big impact” in nurturing relationships and prompted a chain of hugs that connected the speakers of a recent seminar on building healthier family relationships.
“Scientific studies show that the average person needs at least four hugs a day to survive, [...]

One of every four residents in San Mateo County will be older than 65 years old 18 years from now. That means anyone who is 47 years or older today will be counted among “older Americans” then.
The increase represents 72 percent, according to official projections by the county boasting the highest concentration of [...]

San Mateo Supervisor Adrienne Tissier is leading the call to action to protect the elderly through policy, engagement and education.
“As the aging population in San Mateo County has continued to grow at a rapid rate, our District Attorney’s Office has seen the number of reported elder abuse cases increase tenfold over the last 12 years,” [...]

Four years ago on April 20, I lost my beloved mother.  I long for her and yet I know she is with me. I feel her presence especially when I’m with my co- volunteers I call Kumares and Kumpares, and more so as we prepare to educate the community on how to care for [...]

“Honor thy father and thy mother” is the fourth of the Ten Commandments, the set of biblical principles forming the basis for Catholicism, Judaism and other Christian institutions. Each group differs slightly in interpreting and numbering the imperatives, which the Book of Exodus says God inscribed in stone tablets and gave to Moses on [...]

For San Mateo County Supervisor Adrienne Tissier, the Westlake Library relives memories of her mother who was an avid reader and supporter of the institution until she passed away last year.
Fittingly the former Daly City Council member led the March 6 dedication of biographies in honor of Mary J. Tissier at the very library branch [...]

Filipino American men proved recently that the kitchen also is their domain.
Manila-born Paul Qui, 31, blew away the competition on the February 29 finale of Bravo’s Top Chef a few weeks after Zambales native Lou Diamond Phillips, 50, bagged the crown in Food Network’s Rachael versus Guy Celebrity Cookoff.
The Philippine originals both grew up in [...]

Until this week, motorists, pedalers and pedestrians passing through downtown San Francisco’s South of Market district will be confronting a reminder: Domestic violence is NEVER a private matter.
Those who speak Spanish will read: La violencia domestica NUNCA es un asunto privado. Below the statement is hotline for help in abusive relationships.
The Harrison Street [...]

Union City officials want their voices heard in the debate over immigration reform recently rekindled by President Obama in his State of the Union address.
Home of many foreign-born residents, Union City last summer approved a resolution supporting the DREAM Act, the proposed legislation that offers a path to naturalization to undocumented immigrant children.
It took a [...]

Filipino crew members are being hailed for helping save lives in the January 13 cruise ship disaster in Italy.
Some 300 Filipino crew members flew back Jan. 19-21 to their homeland from Fiumicino Airport in Rome, the Philippine Dept. of Foreign Affairs said in a news update.
Among the first to arrive in Manila was seafarer Reyson [...]