By Malou Liwanag-Aguilar/Asianjournal.com
SAN FRANCISCO –A 66-year-old Filipina who spent 20 years as a housekeeper for Hotel Whitcomb on Market Street, was killed when a Department of Public Works (DPW) driver hit her on Bayshore Boulevard on the morning of April 12.
Florencia Tiongco was in the crosswalk, pushing a cart of her laundry, when she was [...]
April 18, 2008
Housekeeper Killed in Road Mishap
April 18, 2008
DOJ Goes After Hoarders
by Joel Roja/Asianjournal.com
MANILA — THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Task Force on Anti-Rice Hoarding on Monday filed criminal complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against 13 rice traders for allegedly violating Republic Act No. 7581 or The Price Act and other laws that prohibit hoarding and other similar offenses.
DOJ secretary Raul Gonzalez, in an [...]
April 18, 2008
Filipino Nurses’ Trial Postponed
By Sunantha Mendoza-Quibilan/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – The trial of the 10 Filipino nurses who are facing criminal charges for misdemeanor conspiracy and child endangerment was postponed on Friday after an appeals court said it will consider a request submitted by the defense to drop the charges. The trial, which has been postponed several times, was scheduled [...]
