July 13, 2008

LAPD Seeking Quick Extradition of FilAm Gang Members

by Joseph Pimentel/AJPress
LOS ANGELES – Although it’s been more than 10 months since their arrest in the Philippines, FilAm brothers Marvin and Pierre Mercado have yet to be extradited to the US to face murder and attempted murder charges.

“It’s been an unusual long habeus corpus hearing,” said Sergeant Walter Teague during a press conference outside [...]

July 13, 2008

Filipino family killed in hit-and-run crash

by Joseph Pimentel/AJPress
WINCHESTER – Ariel Pagaspas still can’t believe that his sister and her family are gone.
“I am doing okay,” he said to the Asian Journal. “I need to be strong and collect myself. It’s physically draining. I’m the only family here. Everyone is in the Philippines.”
On Sunday, June 29, Pagaspas younger sister, 36-year-old Maribeth [...]

July 13, 2008

RP still bullish on real estate market

by Rene Villaroman/AJPress
CARSON — The Philippines still enjoys a bullish real estate market despite all the depressing economic conditions worldwide and those brought about by conditions in the United States. “The Philippines is still good because properties are being driven by end-users, not by speculation,” said Robert Sobrepena, the 53-year-old Chairman and CEO of Fil-Estate [...]