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FIRST OVERSEAS INTERNET VOTING STARTS!

 ©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA                   (PhilaMessenger.net)  PHILIPPINE CONSULATE IN CHICAGO TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING FOR MASS ENROLLMENT TODAY; 1.2-M OVERSEAS PINOYS QUALIFIED TO VOTE!   CHICAGO (PM) – The Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) without fanfare announced over t...
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BUSAM EVENT VENUE MOVED FROM SEAFOOD CITY TO RIZAL CENTER SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA              (PhilaMessenger.net) CHICAGO (PM) – THE post-Valentine fund-raising event of the Bikol U.S.A. of the Midwest (BUSAM) was moved from Seafood City last Feb. 15, 2025 to Rizal Center at 1332 W. Irving Park Road in Chicago’s on Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 3...
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FORMER DHS ASYLUM OFFICER OPENS PRIVATE PRACTICE IN CHICAGO

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA               (PhilaMessenger.net) YOUNG LAWYER POSTED OWN BUSINESS CARD ON PM CHICAGO (PM) – A young Filipino American California lawyer who worked as an asylum officer at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) left the federal agency that administers...
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NEW CONGEN, FIL AM ALDERMAN, SOS GIANNOULIAS INVITED AT BUSAM EVENT ON APRIL 5

  ©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA                  (PhilaMessenger.net)   CHICAGO (PM) – New Consul General Atty. Melanie Rita B. Diano of the Philippine Consulate in Chicago, Illinois, Filipino American Chicago 48th Ward Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (pronounced “LEH-nee ma-NAH HAH-puhn-wurth”...
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FIL AM TAX PREPARER APPEALS 16-MONTH SENTENCE FOR PREPARING AND FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS

  ©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA                  (PhilaMessenger.net)  CHEATED IRS $4.5-M  CHICAGO (PM) – Filipino American tax preparer Gary Sandiego of Barrington, Illinois filed an appeal before starting to serve out his 16-month federal prison sentence last Feb. 10, 2025 for each of the two c...
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BAD WEATHER CANCELS BUSAM’S VALENTINE FUND RAISER SATURDAY!

CHICAGO (PM) – Evelyn R. Tolledo, president of Bikol U.S.A. of the Midwest announced yesterday the cancellation of the BUSAM’s Valentine Party on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Seafood City Mall at 5033 N Elston, Chicago IL due to a predicted inclement weather. The new schedule will be announced later. ...
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TUESDAY CLUBBERS TELL KABABAYANS TO GO OUT TO VOTE!

© 2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA   CHICAGO (JGL) – Despite the threat of Covid-19, some members of Tuesday Club braved the elements and met on March 10  at the AFIRE headquarters at 4300 N. California in the
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“ASK FOR FILIPINO/TAGALOG BALLOT,” TUESDAY CLUB JOINS PHONE BANKING FOR NEXT TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS!

FILIPINO-ENGLISH SPEAKING U.S. CITIZENS WANTED AS ELECTION JUDGES & POLLING PLACE TECHNICIAN!   ©2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA   CHICAGO (JGL) – “HELLO! This message is for a Filipino American voter. This is a volunteer of AFIRE (the Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment).”
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