by Cynthia Flores/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – A real estate research firm reported March 30 that Daly City, where immigrants make up 53% of the population, has the highest number of foreclosures in San Mateo County. Affected homeowners are said to be mostly Filipinos and Hispanics who have never owned a home before.
Almost 30 percent of the [...]
April 2, 2008
FilAms Losing Homes in Daly City
April 2, 2008
From Obese Nurse to LA Marathon Top Runner
by Cynthia Flores/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – Of the 20,230 finishers in the 2007 LA Marathon, close to 8,000 were women. Holding the record of being the fastest female runner in the 5K events run in her age group, the fourth fastest 10K time, fifth fastest for half marathon and seventh fastest in the full marathon is [...]
April 2, 2008
Glendale’s Commission on Women Honors Three
by Rene Villaroman/Asianjournal.com
GLENDALE – “I believe that women leadership is blossoming all over this country and we are living the promise carved out by a generation of women long before mine,” declared the Mayor Marsha Ramos (Burbank) on the Fourth Annual “Jewels of Glendale” Awards held at the Oakmont Country Club. The annual awards luncheon [...]
April 2, 2008
Two SoCal Teachers Bags Milken National Award
By Joseph Pimentel and Rene Villaroman/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – The Milken Family Foundation awarded 75 school teachers nationwide with the prestigious National Educator Award in a star-studded event at the Westin Bonaventure last March 31. Two of the teachers were Asian Americans from Southern California public school districts.
The gala event commenced after the foundation’s National Education [...]
April 2, 2008
Why Do They Kill Themselves?
by Cynthia Flores/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Police Commission revealed in a report on March 26 that more LA police commit suicide than die in the line of duty. The study of police psychologists reported that 19 Los Angeles police officers killed themselves between 1998 and 2007, while only seven died in the line [...]
April 2, 2008
Toddler Dies After Drowning
by Malou L. Aguilar/Asianjournal.com
SAN JOSE – After days of battling for his life, 2-year-old Aizik Buno breathed his last on Saturday, March 29.
The son of Aaron and Ernamie Buno, Aizik (pronounced as “Isaac”) was found floating, face up, in about 18 inches of still water last week. According to a news report by Mercury News, [...]
April 2, 2008
Crime Suspects Hide in British Care Homes
by Cynthia Flores/Asianjournal.com
HUNDREDS of illegal immigrants, including a Filipino murder suspect and other criminals, are hiding in British care homes where they are caring for old and vulnerable people, British media reported recently. The immigration intelligence report, which was done two years ago but was just recently leaked to the media, stated that many of [...]
April 2, 2008
Illegals Not to Blame for Budget Problem – Gov
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” [...]
April 2, 2008
FilAm Witnesses Explosion Near LAX: Two firefighters critically injured
by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – A FilAm LA City Engineer witnessed the tragic events that killed one and critically injured another Los Angeles Firefighter. The explosion occured as they were investigating smoke coming out of the Water and Power Community Credit Union building last March 26.
Firefighter Brent A. Lovrien, a 10-year Los Angeles Fire Department [...]
April 2, 2008
Another Witness in ZTE-NBN Deal Seeks Protection
by Joel Roja/Asianjournal.com
MANILA – Controversial witness Ador Mawanay on Monday showed up at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to seek protection for him and his family against physical threats allegedly made by Senator Panfilo Lacons if he would refuse to testify for the lawmaker in the ongoing Senate investigation into the anomalous national broadband network [...]
