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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...

BOOK ON “PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION” LAUNCHED ON FEB. 25

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – As the Filipino nation prepares to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution later this month, Kim Komenich, a photojournalist

SEARCH IS ON FOR NEXT OF KIN OF THE FILIPINO VICTIMS OF THE “CRIME OF THE CENTURY”

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) NAPERVILLE, Illinois (JGL) – For government officials, like those working in the Philippine Consulate, they may sometimes be given a task of locating someone in the Philippines. But

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

REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION UP IN US-ASEAN SUMMIT NEXT MONTH IN US, SAYS CUISIA

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Expanding economic cooperation will top the agenda of a rare special US-ASEAN Summit hosted by President Obama in California next month, according Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. In ...

3 US SENATORS URGE OBAMA TO PROVIDE PAROLE VISAS TO CHILDREN OF FILVETS

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Three U. S. senators have joined the call of Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) and other grassroots organizations to implement a “parole program for certain family members of Filipino World War II veterans” ...