Music to Our Ears

by Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – The East Coast is all-agog these days for the much-anticipated first apostolic journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States from April 15 to 20. The plans for the five-day visit will include a meeting with President Bush at the White House, an address at the United Nations [...]

FBI & ICE Arrest Pinoys for Human Trafficking

By Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have charged three people in connection with a human-trafficking scheme involving Filipino nationals brought into the US and forced to work in two local residential elder care facilities.
The FBI arrested Filipino Rodolfo Demafeliz, 39, and his [...]

Countless Asian Americans Without Health Insurance

By Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – Tens of thousands of Pacific Islanders, Korean Americans and Southeast Asians lack health insurance according to a study released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum on April 1.
These ethnic groups “are doing much worse than other subgroups in terms of health [...]

Filipino Tourists Hurt in Pasadena Crash: 7-year-old boy still in critical condition

by Rene Villaroman/Asianjournal.com
PASADENA – A 7-year-old Filipino boy was critically injured and his father was seriously hurt when a Toyota Corolla jumped the curb and hit the victims while they were crossing Colorado Blvd. at Fair Oaks. The Toyota Corolla was subsequently involved in a collision with a Nissan Altima.The Filipino family had only arrived [...]

Pacquiao Marquez Match Hits Record PPV

by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – The numbers are in. The Pacquiao-Marquez rematch last March 15 in Las Vegas generated over $20.2 million dollars in pay-per-view (ppv) revenue, according to Golden Boy Promotions.
About 400,000 homes paid $49.95 to watch Pacquiao win a very narrow  split decision against his Mexican counterpart, establishing a record for fights below [...]

FilAm Dance Crew No. 1

by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES — A San Diego-based dance crew with three FilAm members won the inaugural Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew competition on MTV last March 27. More  than 38 million people voted  JabbaWockeeZ as the resounding winner over Status Quo, a Massachusetts-based dance crew.
FilAms Chris Gatdula, Rynan Paguio and Phil Tayag [...]

SC Finds Showbiz Talk Show Host Guilty of Libel

by Joel Roja/Asianjournal.com
CONSISTENT to its circular giving preference to the imposition of monetary penalties instead of imprisonment to those convicted of libel, the Supreme Court spared on April 3 a showbiz talk show host from spending time in jail and instead ordered her to pay more than P1 million in moral damages to veteran actor [...]