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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...

©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...

JGL Eye © 2024By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) (This is a reprint of my 2021 column when Kamala (pronounced, “Comma-la” as in punctuation mark) Harris was then picked by Vice President Biden as his running mate.) EVEN BEFORE BIDEN PICKED KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING MATE, SHE ALREADY ...

JGL Eye By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) 6 US PRESIDENTS CONCEALED THEIR ILLNESSES; 5 OF THEM RAN FOR RE-ELECTION AND WON! CHICAGO (PM) – Even if President Joe Biden has mental acuity and physical health issues, there is no reason for him to step aside. Even if leaders of...

JGL Eye By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA      PhilaMessenger.net A GAME CHANGER CHICAGO (PM) – I was watching a local TV newscast (ABC-WLS-TV-7) a few minutes ahead of the ABC World News at 5:30 p.m. Central Time on Saturday when a live feed of a breaking news was flashed showing former President Donal...

Category: Global News An Indonesian journalist investigating an illegal gambling network and his wife, son and a grandson perished in a fire which Reporters Without Borders (RFS) believes is retribution for his investigative reporting. According to RSF, a coalition of Indonesian...

    ©2024 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) GENEVA, Switzerland (PM)– When I took a brief trip to Geneva, Switzerland, I just wanted to see the Palace of Nations. But when I was a block away, I noticed a very tall chair, which I thought was a decoration of a park. But when I got...

© 2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA              (Journal GlobaLinks)              “Suppose my neighbor’s home catches fire, and I have a length of garden hose…. If he can take my garden hose and connect it up with his hydrant, I may help him to put out his fire.”  U.S. President Franklin Del...