Fil Am News

SHE WILL FILE AN APPEAL   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2018 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) -- FILIPINO AMERICAN COOK County Circuit Judge Jessica Arong O'Brien was sentenced to one year and one day Thursday after two and a half hours

"JESSICA ALREADY LOST EVERYTHING, HER CAREER, HER REPUTATION, ETC.," SAYS HER LAWYER SEEKING HER CLEMENCY   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2018 Journal GlobaLinks)     CHICAGO (JGL) – Will Judge Jessica Arong O'Brien be home for Christmas? Or will she be spending her time in jail?

 ONLY 926 VOTES SEPARATE GINA FROM WINNER!   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2018 Journal GlobaLinks)     FILIPINO AMERICAN Gina Ortiz Jones, trailing her opponent by 926 votes, has decided not to request for recount but she has one more month to file a

DAUGHTER OF MANILA NATIVE   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2018 Journal GlobaLinks)   A 21-year-old Filipino American college student, Sabrina Javellana, was elected to a four-year term as commissioner of Hallandale Beach, a beach community

IF TEXAS DOES NOT HEAR FROM JONES TODAY, ELECTION IS OVAH!   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2018 Journal GlobaLinks)   FILIPINO AMERICAN Gina Ortiz Jones has conceded her cliff-hanging election loss to the congressional seat at the 23rd District of Texas last Nov. 19

LONG DRAWN-OUT "PEACE BY PIECE" AT HAND   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2018 Journal GlobaLinks)   PHILIPPINE Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus G. Dureza told hundreds of delegates to the 8th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC) Nov. 19-20 at the UN

ALVIN SEYMOUR HUBBARD, III, TO BE ARRAIGNED NOV. 30   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2018 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) – A 45-year-old family man faces five counts of second-degree vehicular homicide and three counts of vehicular assault, as well as

  By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2018 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) – Democrat Filipino American State Assembly Member Robert Andres “Rob” Bonta was re-elected for the fourth time as Member of the California State Assembly of the 18th