Fil Am News

FILIPINO SOUGHT IN MURDER OF LAWYER
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – A man who concealed his identity by arriving and leaving the scene of the murder of a real estate lawyer last December walking on a cane has been identified by police

FILIPINOS HAVE TWICE DIABETES THAN NON-HISPANIC WHITES
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By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – While diabetes is the number six killer in the Philippines, Filipino Americans are twice as likely to have diabetes than non-Hispanic Whites in Hawaii and California, according to a 2...

“DRUG USERS CAN BE REHABILITATED,” SAYS FIL AM DOCTOR
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – An addict who takes a year of methamphetamine (shabu), the illegal but most affordable drug of choice among the poor Filipinos, can recover his “normal brain,” according to

CHICAGO CONGEN FORMS KNIGHTS OF RIZAL AT CONSULATE
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA
(© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – Consul General Generoso D. G. Calonge formed a Knights of Rizal (KOR) in the Philippine Consulate in Chicago, Illinois, becoming perhaps the first Chief of Mission anywhere to have organized such group.

HEARING BOARD RECOMMENDS 1 YEAR SUSPENSION FOR FIL AM LAWYER
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA
(© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)
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CHICAGO (JGL) – A hearing panel of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (IARDC) in Chicago has sustained the recommendation of the IARDC

MARCOS BURIAL EXHUMES OLD WOUNDS
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By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – A Baby Boomer (born after WW II and 1950’s), who was a student leader during martial law in the Philippines, had already relegated in

FIL AM LAWMAKER IN COLLISION WITH TRUMP!
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By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA
(© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – As he takes his oath of office for the third time as Assemblymember of California legislature in Sacramento on Dec. 5th, Filipino American Rob Bonta said he is ready to

FIL AMS JOIN RALLY VS. TRUMP
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – About two dozens of Filipino Americans joined the rally of Chicagoans Friday, Nov. 11, on the third day in as many days since Donald Trump was elected president of the United States in front of Trump Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
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