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INCOMING USAID MISSION DIRECTOR REAFFIRMS STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PHILIPPINES

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – The incoming Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is continuing USAID’s strong program and cooperation with activities of USAID in the Philippines. Photo above: INC...

7/11 OWNER, FILIPINO MANAGER GET JAIL TERMS, FINES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING

7-ELEVEN STORE BESIDE A FIL AM DELI: This is another 7-Eleven corner store in Jefferson Park, Chicago, Illinois. Note at right: a Filipino American restaurant, Kawayan, and a next-door Cleaners. (JGL Photo by Joseph G. Lariosa) By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2015 Journal Globa...

4th ANNUAL PLARIDEL AWARDS ENTRY SUBMISSION EXTENDED TO AUG. 31ST!

VISITING PAPC PRESIDENT: Esther Misa Chavez (second from right), Vice President US Sales and Marketing and Regional Director for North America of the Philippine Daily Inquirer Online (Inquirer.net) and president of the Philippine American Press Club based in San Francisco, California, was hos...

STILL NO TRACE OF RIZAL BUST

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks CHICAGO (JGL) – Six weeks after the bust of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal was ripped off from its pedestal at the Rizal Center in the north side of Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago police

STILL NO TRACE OF RIZAL BUST

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Six weeks after the bust of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal was ripped off from its pedestal at the Rizal Center in the north side of Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago police still have no clue on its whereabouts despite the r...

FIL AM JUDGE TO APPEAR IN COURT AUG. 14

Photograb of Philippine-born Superior Court Judge Carlia Magpantay Brady from newyork.cbslocal.com. By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – The lawyer for Filipino American Superior Court Judge Carlia Magpantay Brady argued, “an official

PH SEEKS FOREIGN INVESTORS AT GLOBAL FORUM

CHICAGO (JGL) --Philippine delegation led by Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson presented various investment opportunities in infrastructure projects

RENEWED GSP PROGRAM TO BOOST PH EXPORTERS’ ACCESS TO U.S.

CHICAGO (JGL) – The Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (H.R. 1295) signed by President Obama last week will boost the access of “Filipino exporters to the U.S.