by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — A civil jury in Los Angeles awarded the mother of a slain FilAm tenant $12 million in a wrongful death suit against the owner and property manager of a Burbank apartment complex.
The civil case stems from the rape and murder of Sharon Santos, a Warner Bros. financial analyst. Santos disappeared [...]
January 23, 2008
Jury Awards Mother of Slain FilAm $12 Million
January 23, 2008
No Anti-Terror Courts – SC
by Joel Roja/Asianjournal.com
THE Supreme Court has denied the request of the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) to create special courts that will handle cases filed for violation of the controversial Republic Act 9372 or the Human Security Act, also known as the “Anti-Terrorism Law.”
Instead, the Court, in a minute en banc resolution directed the Office of the [...]
January 23, 2008
House Speaker in Danger of Losing His Post
by Jherlyn Meneses/Asiajournal.com
MEMBERS of President Arroyo’s Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) party met and agreed to support moves to oust House Speaker Jose de Venecia. The two presidential sons Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, a party-mate of de Venecia in the ruling Lakas party and Diosdado “Dato” Arroyo were present at the meeting held in Quezon [...]
January 23, 2008
Asian American Political Group Endorses Clinton: 80-20 Initiative aims for unity, equality in the workplace
by Malou Liwanag- Aguilar/Asianjournal.com
OAKLAND, CA — The 80-20 Initiative, a national, nonpartisan, political action committee, announced last Jan. 18 in a press conference that its board has voted unanimously to endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton for California’s Democratic primary. The committee has also appropriated $30,000 to support Clinton in the Asian ethnic media, to be released [...]
January 23, 2008
Amparo Filed to Surface Captured NDF Consultant
by Joel Roja/Asianjournal.com
MANILA — The daughter of a political prisoner Thursday filed a petition for writ of amparo and habeas corpus in a bid to secure the release of her mother, who is being held by the military since last year on suspicion that she is a member of the Communist Party of the Philippines [...]
January 23, 2008
The Asian Nightlife Conference: FilAms Across America Gather for Nightclubbing
by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
CHICAGO, IL. – More than 50 Filipino and Asian American promoters nationwide weathered the coldest weekend in Chicago to attend the first annual Asian Nightlife Conference (TANC) held at the Fairmont Hotel last January 18.
Asian American and FilAm nightclub promoters, marketing representatives and Disc Jockeys (DJs) from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, [...]
January 23, 2008
Galing Pinoy: A Pinoy Fighting Master
by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
ALTHOUGH Bruce Lee passed away more than 30 years ago, his legacy lives in the hearts of a handful of students. One of these students is FilAm Richard Bustillo.
Now in his 60’s, Bustillo looks like he’s straight out of a kung-fu flick in the 70s. He may not have ever appeared in a [...]
January 23, 2008
British Airways Jet Landed Short of Runway
by Jherlyn Meneses/Asianjournal.com
BRITISH Airways (BA) flight 38 from Beijing, China landed short of the runway at London Heathrow Airport. The Boeing 777 grounded on tarmac after touching down several hundred meters short of the airport’s South runway with its emergency chutes deployed.
The incident which appeared to have had a fortunate escape, occurred Thursday at 1242 [...]
