Monthly Archives: January 2008
API Leaders Campaign for Prop 92
by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com LOS ANGELES — The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) is urging the FilAm community to vote for Proposition 92, a measure that would increase funding to statewide community colleges and lower student fees from $20 to … Continue reading
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Women Want Contraceptives Ban in Manila Revoked
by Joel Roja/Asianjournal.com MANILA – Twenty Manila residents Tuesday asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to declare null and void the eightyear-old executive order issued by former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza banning the use of artificial methods of contraception in … Continue reading
SF’s DA, USD, Fight to End Truancy in Schools: Records show problem most prevalent in ethnic communities
by Malou Liwanag-Aguilar/Asianjournal.com SAN FRANCISCO — In 2007, nearly 5,500 students — about 10% of the district’s total student population — were considered habitual and chronic truants.Although the there was a very slight from the previous year, the number of … Continue reading
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Couple Sentenced for Slavery of Pinay
By Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com James Jackson, former vice president of legal affairs at Sony Pictures, was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine during his sentencing in US District Court in Los Angeles. The couple pleaded guilty earlier to harboring … Continue reading
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FilAms Protest US Citizenship Application Delays
By Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com Citizenship applications typically take about seven months to process. An increase in applications, however, has caused delays as long as 18 months, the USCIS reported. “We’re really encouraging the USCIS who increased the fee to $675, … Continue reading
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SC Dismisses ABS-CBN Plea Against ‘Wowowee’ Stampede Probe
By Maria Sunantha Quibilan/Asianjournal.com THE Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. that questioned the result of the investigation conducted by the Department of Justice into the tragic stampede at the ULTRA stadium (now Philsports … Continue reading
Amparo Filed Vs. Rights Group
by Joel Roja/Asianjournal.com MANILA — Another petition for the issuance of a writ of amparo has been filed before the Supreme Court, this time not against the military, but a human rights group and Gumaca, Quezon province Vice Mayor Josefa … Continue reading
FilVet Organizations Call for Mass Walkout
by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com LOS ANGELES – Officials from the American Coalition of Filipino Veterans (ACFV) and Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) are urging the FilAm community to walk out of their workplace on April 9, Bataan Day to show … Continue reading
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Hospital Strike Averted
By Jherlyn Meneses/Asianjournal.com MANILA — The planned hospital holiday by medical practitioners on Sunday, Jan. 27, will not push through after the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) reached a compromise on Thursday over a contested … Continue reading
LA City Attorney Announces Shift in Fighting Crime
By Rene Villaroman/Asianjournal.com LOS ANGELES — City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo declared that his office has changed its approach to crime from a demographic to a geographic model to keep up with the changing times. The announcement was made at the … Continue reading
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