Chicago News

EDSA: NO CHANGE AFTER 30 YEARS!

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Shortly after claiming victory in the 1986 snap presidential elections, President Marcos scheduled his inaugural at the Quirino Grandstand. But on Feb. 22, 1986, a

CHICAGO THINK TANK URGES U.S. SENATE TO RATIFY U.S. TREATY ON UNCLOS

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A non-profit think tank based in Chicago, Illinois has urged the United States Senate to deal a strong hand on the dispute between China and some members of the

FILIPINO MOM, SON TOLD TO PAY $1.6-M

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A retired Filipino doctor, who owns a 20-year-old Alliance Home Healthcare businesses in Chicago, Illinois suburbs of Worth and Palos Hills, and her son were

CONGEN STRESSES VITAL ROLE OF MEDIA

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Philippine Consul General Generoso D.G. Calonge underscored the role of the media as vital “in influencing public opinion that ultimately drives policymaking” during

KILLER OF FIL AM NURSE GETS LIFE IN PRISON

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A 40-year-old man on parole for an attempted murder conviction who beat an elderly Filipino nurse to death in Chicago’s Southside and stole her wedding and

SEARCH IS ON FOR NEXT OF KIN OF THE FILIPINO VICTIMS OF THE “CRIME OF THE CENTURY”

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) NAPERVILLE, Illinois (JGL) – For government officials, like those working in the Philippine Consulate, they may sometimes be given a task of locating someone in the Philippines. But

SON OF FORMER NEWSMAN SLIPS ON ICE, DIES

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) SCHAMBURG, Illinois (JGL)– The son of the former president of the National Press Club of the Philippines and copy editor the Chicago Sun Times, Eddie Monteclaro, Sr., is going to be

PHL UNWRAPS FOREIGN INVESTOR-FRIENDLY POLICIES IN CHICAGO

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Foreign investors are guaranteed a 100 percent ownership and they have the right to remit their profits when doing business in the Philippines.