Fil Am News

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.

FIL AM JUDGE HOSTS PH CONGEN AT PRE-ASIAN LUNAR NEW YEAR TUESDAY

ROLLING UP HER SLEEVES: Ever since Filipino American Judge Jessica Arong O’Brien, a non-jury Civil Division of the First Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County and the first Filipino elected judge in the State of Illinois, was installed president of the Women’s Bar Association...

POWERBALL JACKPOT COULD SOAR TO $1.5-BILLION!

NOT MISNOMER: The jackpot prize of Powerball “130 Million” (right) is actually US$1.3-Billion this coming Tuesday (Jan. 12, 2016) in the neon sign of this gasoline store at the corner of Touhy and Central, Niles, Illinois. It is possible lottery officials never imagined one day the lot...

NEW FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION MEMBER

NEW WFG FINANCIAL LITERACY MEMBER: Chicago, Illinois area community organizer and advocate Jerry B. Clarito (second from right) has signed up with the World Financial Group (WFG) to impart financial literacy education to members of the community. From left are WFG Associate Angie G. L...

BACK-TO-BACK MAR-LENI RALLIES IN NEW YORK, MICHIGAN SET

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – The Mar-Leni campaign will hold back-to-back rallies in New York, New York and Detroit, Michigan’s suburb of Madison Heights on Jan. 15 and 16, the publicist of Filipino American leader Loida Nicolas Lewis announce...

FIL AM FAMILIES SURVIVE DEADLY TORNADOES IN TEXAS

By GUS MERCADO* (Special to Journal GlobaLinks) DALLAS, Texas (JGL) – A Filipino American family in Rowlett, Texas survived ten tornadoes that claimed the lives of 12 people during the Christmas holidays. The ten tornadoes touched down within a span of 12 hours in the cities of Rowlett, Garl...

BLEAK CHRISTMAS FOR THIS FILVET

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A Filipino teenager, who could not be suspected by Japanese soldiers as a spy for American Allied Forces during World War II in the Philippines because of his youth