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 [...]
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” [...]
