Diversity is Our Strength – Assemblyman Furutani

by Rene Villaroman/Asianjournal.com
IRWINDALE  –  “Our strength is our diversity. But that strength is also our fundamental weakness,” declared State Assemblyman Warren Furutani at the 3rd Annual Asian Pacific Heritage Month Celebration at the Southern California Edison (SCE) Customer Technology Application Center on Friday, May 2.
Furutani was the keynote speaker at the event where SCE  recognized [...]

Football Star Tim Tebow Helps Circumcise Pinoy Kids

By Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – Florida Gators quarterback Timothy Richard “Tim” Tebow has achieved so much at his young age of 21.
He became the only person ever in NCAA history to score 20 touchdowns rushing and 20 touchdowns passing in the same season. Tim’s spectacular season earned him the Maxwell Award as the nation’s [...]

RP Affected by Dollar’s Decline – LA Times

by Cynthia de Castro/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that the Philippines is feeling the pinch as the US dollar declines. The article said that the dollar’s slide against the peso has forced millions of Filipinos who rely on dollar remittances from relatives working abroad to lower their standards of living. The [...]

New Book Documents Undocumented Students

By Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – “A couple months after my father’s death, my grandmother passed away as well. There was no way we could have gone to the Philippines during this time, no matter how much we longed to. My mother was still in the process of attaining her permanent residency, and I was still [...]

Singaporean Jailed for Beating Filipina Domestic Helper

by Cynthia de Castro/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – It started out like any regular day for Irene Israel Miguel, a Filipina domestic helper in Singapore.
She was working in the kitchen of the home of Xing Likun, an engineer. Xing’s elder child then asked Irene for a Vitagen, a cultured milk drink. As the child started drinking the [...]