Overseas Filipinos Come Home

by Momar Visaya/Asianjournal.com
MAKATI CITY – Overseas Filipinos from around the world gathered at the First Global Filipino Nation International Conference, which opened at the University of Makati on Thursday, May 8. The three-day event was touted as the biggest gathering of overseas Filipinos.
Convenors said that one of their goals is to get migrants to join [...]

Immigrant Group Reaches Deal with Remittance Company

by Joseph Pimentel/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – The Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action (TIGRA), an immigrant advocacy group protesting the high transaction fees placed on migrant workers’ remittances has made an agreement with a money transfer company and asking for others to follow suit.
TIGRA has set forth a deal with Texas-based Virtual Money Inc. whose [...]

UK Men Charged with Racist Abuse

by Cynthia De Castro/Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – In a report by The WhiteHaven News, Michael Korwin-Granford and his Filipina wife of 20 years, Lilia, were on their way home on Cambridge Road, Hensingham, England when two men and a woman  began to shout, calling Lilia a “Chinese Bitch” and making lewd remarks about their personal lives. [...]