Fil Am News

DUTERTE’S FIRST COUSIN WANTS TO WITNESS HIS INAUGURAL!

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A first cousin of Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte residing in Chicago, Illinois wants to let him know that even if she missed him in the Philippines last September, Wilma Duterte-White has been campaigning for his ele...

U.S. MIDWEST TOPS IN VOTER TURNOUT IN AMERICAS

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Consul General Generoso D. G. Calonge thanked Friday (May 13) overseas Filipinos in the Midwest for having “the highest participation at 41.9 percent with 5,320 out of 12,684 voters casting their ballots thru either the postal ...

NORTH AMERICAN VOTES GIVE LENI SLIM 983 EDGE OVER BONG2

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Filipino overseas voters in North America gave Rep. Leni Robredo (Daang Matuwid, LP) a slim 983 lead over Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, according to unofficial results from the Philippine Embassies in Washington D.C. in the...

SMOOTH TRANSITION OF POWER IN 2016 PH ELECTIONS!

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Because Chicago, Illinois is located in the Central Time Zone, the day of counting of votes starts at the small hours of 4 a.m., that’s 5 p.m. in the Philippines when voting center closes and the counting begins. So, whether we...

RESULTS OF U.S. VOTE COUNT SENT TO COMELEC IN MANILA

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – The results of the of the absentee votes in the United States will be announced by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila, according to Darell Artates, Public Diplomacy Officer of the Philippine Embassy. The announceme...

FIL AM GROUP HELPS PASS ILLINOIS DOMESTIC RIGHTS BILL!

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A Chicago, Illinois-based Filipino American group, Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (AFIRE), helped an Illinois Domestic Workers Coalition pass the Illinois Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights Bill, HB 128...

2 FIL AMS AMONG 28 ASIAN AMERICANS HONORED

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A Filipino American, who went to the Philippines to help in the Typhoon Haiyan disaster relief and rehabilitation, and another Filipino American, who helped promote Filipino culture across the Midwest thru dance, traditi...

3 CHICAGO FILIPINO VOTERS PREFER LENI OVER BONGBONG

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – For every vote that Sen. Bongbong Marcos (Ind.) gets, Rep. Leni Robredo (Daang Matuwid) gets three votes in all the 14 precincts counted in the Philippine Consulate in Chicago, Illinois. Robredo collected 2774 votes while Mr. M...