by April Tiamzon/Asianjournal.com
“Art should convey and inspire change. It should confront prevailing issues in the hope of moving the collective imagination and will to find ways and means to improve the quality of life, not just for a few but for the many.” — Athena Lopez
A one-woman exhibition entitled An artist’s story of the Filipino [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 28, 2008
A Journey to a Nation’s Past: A One-Woman Exhibition by Athena Santos Magcase Lopez
March 28, 2008
Filipino Medical Workers Set to Get $3M in Back Wages
by Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com
THE US Labor Department charged on Tuesday a US medical staffing firm with violating a foreign labor program after it allegedly owed almost three million dollars in back wages to its Filipino workers.
The New York-based Advanced Professional Marketing Inc. (APMI) and its president, Marissa Beck, were charged by the department with violating [...]
March 28, 2008
Post Lenten Special: 2008 Lent in the Philippines: Catholic faith resounds across the nation
By Anna Krisna Noble Bautista/Asianjournal.com
POPULAR for being one the happiest countries in the world for Christmas celebration, the Philippines may as well be the best place to commemorate the Passion and Death of Christ.
Though the Church of the Nativity, the Holy Sepulchre, and Mount Tabor cannot be found in the only Catholic Nation in the [...]
March 28, 2008
“Don’t Blame Illegals for Budget Deficit” — Schwarzenegger
By Cynthia Flores/Asianjournal.com
In a meeting with local officials and business leaders in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was asked by Diane Blakeslee, mother of Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo,) how the state should handle fiscal burdens created by illegal immigrants.
In his response, Schwarzenegger said it would be a “big mistake” [...]
March 27, 2008
Immigration Legislation Forum: Business community discuss impacts, effectiveness of E-Verify
by Malou Liwanag-Aguilar/Asianjournal.com
SAN FRANCISCO (Via teleconference) — A conference call with Washington experts last March 19 (10:00 am PST/1:00 EST) opened with a discussion about recent employer-sanctioning immigration legislation and how businesses and employers have responded to its impact, as well as E-Verify, the federal government’s online employment eligibility verification system.
Guest speakers were Angelo I. [...]
March 27, 2008
Lani Misalucha Best Singer in 27th Annual Best of Las Vegas
by Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – Filipina singer Lani Misalucha, dubbed Asia’s Nightingale, was voted Best Singer in the recently concluded 27th annual Best of Las Vegas poll. Conducted by The Las Vegas Review-Journal, almost 8,000 total votes were cast and tallied in this year’s poll. There were two picks for best singer; the readers’ [...]
March 26, 2008
GMA’S Amnesty is Constitutional – DOJ
by Joel Roja/Asianjournal.com
MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has assured that Presidential Proclamation No. 1377 issued by President Arroyo last year which grants amnesty to members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPPNA-NDF) and other rebel groups will not violate the equal protection clause under Constitution. In his legal [...]
March 26, 2008
USCIS Modifies H-1B Selection Process: Prohibits multiple filing for FY 2009
by Maria Sunantha Quibilan/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – US Citizenship and Immigration Services issued last week an interim final rule in the Federal Register prohibiting employers from filing multiple H-1B petitions for the same employee in a fiscal year.
The change was made in order to provide equal chance for companies filing H-1B petitions, which are subject to [...]
March 26, 2008
Language Yet Another Healthcare Barrier
by Maria Sunantha Quibilan/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – More than 2.5 million Los Angeles County residents face language barriers that may jeopardize their access to important social and healthcare services, according to a new report released on Monday by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC).
The report, entitled “LA Speaks: Language Diversity and English Proficiency by Los [...]
March 26, 2008
Communicating Healthcare, Horror Stories
by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – Lian Zhen Li, a 62-year-old Chinese immigrant from the San Gabriel Valley recalled the day her stomach swelled to the size of a balloon.
Five years ago, she suddenly became incapacitated due to abdominal pain. She couldn’t drink, eat, or sleep.
She was rushed to a local Chinese-speaking clinic where the doctors [...]
