by Malou Liwanag-Aguilar/AJPress
The 220-mph train can take you from SF and LA—if voters approve it
The nearly 800-mile system of bullet trains that can whisk commuters between San Francisco and Los Angeles will still have to be decided by Californians on November 4 via Proposition 1A. This proposition will authorize the sale of $9.9 billion in [...]
by Momar Visaya/AJPress
Clinton Global Initiative gets underway, millions of dollars pledged
NEW YORK—The 2008 Clinton Global Initiative, the annual summit of business and world leaders and celebrities opened Wednesday, Sept. 23, with a host of pledges and commitments to help the underserved communities in the world.
Former President Bill Clinton said in his opening that the financial [...]
by Joseph Pimentel/AJPress
EL CAJON — There’s a saying “be careful what you wish for because you might just get it.” Freddie Roach had always said that Bernabe “The Real Deal” Concepcion needed tougher opponents to prepare for a world title.
Roach got more than he bargained for last Thursday night. At Manny Pacquiao’s first boxing promotional [...]
by Cynthia de Castro/AJPress
Recently, while having my hair cut in a beauty salon in Glendale, I heard two Korean women talking about buying retirement homes for their parents.
One was relating to the other woman how happy her parents have been in their new retirement home inside a plush community with a golf course and country [...]
by Joseph Pimentel/AJPress
LOS ANGELES — Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank announced that ticket sales for “The Dream Match” between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao started to go on sale Wednesday, Sept. 24.
The 12-round welterweight super fight between six-division world champion De La Hoya and No. 1 pound-forpound fighter Pacquiao is slated for [...]
by Joseph Pimentel/AJPress
WASHINGTON DC – The US House of Representatives passed a controversial legislation Tuesday, September 23, that would pay Filipino World War II veterans a one-time, lump sum payment opposed to a yearly pension.
H.R. 6897 passed by an overwhelming vote of 392 to 23 without objections.
The bill now goes to a conference committee and [...]
by Malou Liwanag-Aguilar/AJPress
SAN FRANCISCO—More than one out of five homeowners in San Francisco spends 50 percent or more of their income on housing. More than 7.5 million people—almost 15 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage—are spending half of their income or more on housing costs, according to a 2007 data released by the US [...]
by Joseph Pimentel/AJPress
LOS ANGELES – Nonito Donaire Jr. is ready for his next and arguably biggest challenge.
The Filipino IBF Flyweight champion Donaire faces off against Moruti Mthalane of South Africa as a co-main event on November 1 featuring Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
Mthalane is the No. [...]
