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2 FIL AMS KILLED, ANOTHER SURVIVES IN FLORIDA CAR CRASH

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Two Filipino American students were killed while their driver, who was wearing a seat belt, survived but in critical condition when their car “traveling (northbound) at

CHICAGO THINK TANK URGES U.S. SENATE TO RATIFY U.S. TREATY ON UNCLOS

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A non-profit think tank based in Chicago, Illinois has urged the United States Senate to deal a strong hand on the dispute between China and some members of the

FILIPINO MOM, SON TOLD TO PAY $1.6-M

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A retired Filipino doctor, who owns a 20-year-old Alliance Home Healthcare businesses in Chicago, Illinois suburbs of Worth and Palos Hills, and her son were

OBAMA WARNS CHINA VS. RECLAMATION OF SOUTH CHINA SEA

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – President Barack Obama reaffirmed Tuesday the United States’ strong commitment to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for “a regional order where

CONGEN STRESSES VITAL ROLE OF MEDIA

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Philippine Consul General Generoso D.G. Calonge underscored the role of the media as vital “in influencing public opinion that ultimately drives policymaking” during

US-ASEAN SUNNYLANDS SUMMIT SET MONDAY

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – The United States and the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will address “challenges on a diverse range of issues -- from combatting terrorism and pandemic disease, to upholding international law and ...

KILLER OF FIL AM NURSE GETS LIFE IN PRISON

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A 40-year-old man on parole for an attempted murder conviction who beat an elderly Filipino nurse to death in Chicago’s Southside and stole her wedding and

WAYWARD DRIVER IN DEATH OF 4 FILIPINOS GETS 10 YEARS JAIL TIME

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – The driver, who was fleeing on a wrong way, whose car crashed head-on with another car from the opposite direction carrying four Filipinos, including the driver, who all died, has been sentenced to ten years in prison and additi...