FIL AM ARTISTS REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – Although, being an artist is not one of the more stable of occupations, three Filipino American artists reached out to the community Tuesday (Oct. 13) to showcase
2 SCHOLARSHIPS UP FOR GRABS FOR ASIAN-AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – Filipino American high school students are welcome to join the Trooper Chong Soo Lim scholarships if they are at least one-fourth Asian by birth or by descent.
NOMINATION FOR MIGRATION ADVOCACY AND MEDIA AWARDS OPENS
By Journal GlobaLinks
CHICAGO (JGL) -- The Consulate General of the Philippines announced Wednesday (Sept. 30) that the Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) has formally opened nominations for the Migration Advocacy and Media (MAM) Awards for 2015.
Eligible for the awards are media works by...
FIL AM CAREGIVER’S HUSBAND SENTENCED TO 364 DAYS IN JAIL
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – Edgardo Pasamba, an unemployed husband of Carmelita Pasamba, a Filipina certified nursing assistant, who was earlier sentenced to six years in state prison for bilking about
FILIPINO WOMEN TO JOIN 100 WOMEN WALK 100 MILES TO WELCOME POPE
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (JGL) – Taking a page from Cuba’s government, which pardoned more than 3,500 prisoners ahead of the three-day visit of Pope Francis in the Caribbean nation starting Sept. 19, 100 women, including several Filipino undocumented...
FIL AM “GOLD RUSH” IN NEW YORK THIS WEEKEND
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – Butuan City in Agusan del Norte in northeastern Mindanao was a flourishing kingdom during the pre-Hispanic 10th and 11th centuries for its metallurgic industry that
BATAAN DAY OBSERVED ON SEPT. 13 IN CHICAGO SUBURB
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)
CHICAGO (JGL) – A son of American serviceman who saw action in Bataan during World War II would be the keynote speaker at the 73rd Annual Memorial Service of the Maywood