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FORMER FIL AM CAR DEALER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS, TO PAY $29.7-M RESTITUTION

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)          CHICAGO (JGL) – A former Filipino American car dealer, who wired $500,000 to the Philippines and wrote $250,000 check and
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RUBIO, CARDIN INTRODUCE $50-M PH ANTI-DRUG, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ASSISTANCE LEGISLATION

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)    CHICAGO, Illinois (JGL) -- U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) on Thursday (May 4) had introduced the
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RIGHTS’ GROUP CALLS PH GOV’T RIGHTS REPORT TO UN, “EMPTY RHETORIC”

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)    CHICAGO (JGL) – “Impunity still remains, rights abuses continue, no one has been held to account for the violations and justice remains elusive for the victims,” said
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LUMADS STRUGGLE VS. MINERS, MILITARY, PH GOV'T

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)    CHICAGO (JGL) – These minority Filipinos in the hinterlands of Mindanao called Lumads (Cebuano term for non-Muslim natives
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PEACE AGREEMENT CAN END CIVIL WAR IN PH AS PH PANEL “FAILS IN GENEVA”

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)    CHICAGO (JGL) – Everybody should support the peace agreement between the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic
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JustPeacePH TOUR IN CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS MAY 5-7

CHICAGO (JGL) – A Chicago, Illinois-based member of the International Coalition for  Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP)
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CITY OF CHICAGO HOLDS ‘ON-THE-ROAD’ SMALL BUSINESS EXPO TODAY

The City of Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP)  is holding an “on-the-road” small business expo today, May 4, with two free workshops with one of
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FIL AM JUDGE ASSIGNED TO ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA  (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)       CHICAGO (JGL) – When Cook County Court Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans delivered his remarks at the installation of Cook County Judge Jessica Arong
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