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© 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

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).”

The Tuesday Club, an informal Filipino American group, took part in various activities last Feb. 25 during their regular breakfast meeting at Seafood City at 5033 N. Elston at the northside of Chicago, Illinois. First, when nobody was looking, they assembled in front of The Filipino Channel (TFC...

© 2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA   CHICAGO (JGL) – When former Filipino American Cook County Court Judge Jessica Arong O’Brien purchased and obtained loans for investment properties at the

© 2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA   CHICAGO (JGL) – New Executive Director Kristina Tendilla of Alliance of Filipino Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (AFIRE) hit the ground running Tuesday (Feb. 18) at the Tuesday

© 2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA FORMER FIL AM COOK COUNTY JUDGE DUE FOR RELEASE JUNE 22, 2020    CHICAGO (JGL) – The U.S. Seventh Court of Appeals in Chicago, Illinois will hear next Wednesday, Feb. 19, starting at 9:30 a.m., oral arguments related to the appeal filed by former Cook

© 2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA   CHICAGO (JGL) – Despite his heavy schedule, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin found the time to meet on Thursday (Jan. 16) with a handful of Filipino Americans who wanted to thank him for

GARY SANDIEGO AVOIDS BENCH TRIAL © 2019 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA   CHICAGO (JGL) – Tax preparers “must make appropriate inquiries to determine the existence of facts and circumstances required by (an Internal Revenue) Code section or regulation as a