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POPULAR FIL AM MEMBER JESSE FARRALES DIES, 79
By PhilaMessenger.net
REMAINS TO BE FLOWN TO THE PHILIPPINES
CHICAGO (PM) – POPULAR Filipino American community member Joseph "Jesse Debonaire” Lim Farrales died last Tuesday, Oct. 22, of an undisclosed illness. He was 79.
His funeral wake will be held between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Wednesday, N...

GOODBYE SUMMER, HELLO PENAFRANCIA!
©2024 By JOSEPH G LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net)
OUR LADY OF PENAFRANCIA FINDS NEW HOME AFTER PANDEMIC
CHICAGO (PM) – In 2011, the 301th year of the devotion to Our Lady of Penafrancia, the Rev. John J. Sanaghan, pastor of St. Matthias Church at 2310 W. Ainslie in Chicago’s northsid...

GERRY ALCANTARA, FIL AM TV HOST, SIGNS OFF THE AIR
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2019 Journal GlobaLinks)
(This obit was updated as of Friday, Sept. 27, 2019)
CHICAGO (JGL) — Gershon “Gerry” H. Alcantara, Sr., a retired respiratory therapist at Saint Anthony Hospital in the South side of Chicago, Illinois and a part-time host of his weekly Fil-Am

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING ENTRIES TO 8th ANNUAL PAPC PLARIDEL AWARDS IS AUG. 15
By JOJO PERALTA
Co-Chair/President PAPC-USA
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Philippine American Press Club USA is proud to announce the eighth Plaridel Awards which will be held on Thursday, October

FIL AM GRADUATES CUM LAUDE AT UC SAN DIEGO
BACHELORS DEGREE IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Filipino American Jan Eric De Castro graduated last May with cum laude honors in a bachelors degree in Cognitive Science with Specialization in Human-Computer Interaction program at the University of California in San Diego in La Jolla.
A valedictorian i...

DEAD FILIPINO PRIEST AMONG ILLINOIS' 395 PRIESTS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
4 NUNS ALSO NAMED
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2019 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – A dead Filipino priest has been named Wednesday (March 20) as one of the nearly 400 Catholic clergy members in Illinois publicly

FILIPINO TELEVANGELIST DENIES WORKER'S CLAIM OF RUNNING SEX RING
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“I WILL GET BACK AT MY ACCUSERS FOR THESE FALSE & DAMAGING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ME!"
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2018 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – Like Jesus Christ, Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, the “Appointed Son of God,” instead of referri...

DR. RUFINO F. CRISOSTOMO, JR., AILING FACGC LEADER, DIES
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2018 Journal GlobaLinks)
“Non Omnis Moriar” (I will not altogether die)
(Motto of the Knights of Rizal)
—- Quintus Horatius Flaccus or Horace
CHICAGO (JGL) — Dr. Rufino F. Crisostomo, Jr., the President...