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By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2019 Journal GlobaLinks)   WAUKEGAN, Illinois (JGL) – Jury selection starts Monday (March 11) ahead of the jury trial of a man from Beach Park, Illinois accused of beating his Filipino American wife and his stepson to

NOT FOR LOVE, MARIA BARTKO MARRIED IN EXCHANGE OF "USED CAR"   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2019 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) – Marriage by convenience has usually a dollar, and sometimes tens of thousands of dollars, ring to it.

JESSICA ARONG O'BRIEN APPEALS HER CASE; CO-DEFENDANT MARIA BARTKO TO BE SENTENCED FEB. 26!   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2019 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) – In a desperate bid to stay in the United States, a Filipino healthcare businessman facing deportation for contracting sham marriage,

POVERTY, NO HINDRANCE TO HAPPINESS!    By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2019 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) – The mother of Veronica Garrick told her that when she was young growing up in Manila, Philippines, she was very conservative with

WILL SWEEPING REFORMS SOLVE CHICAGO'S CORRUPTION-CHALLENGED SYSTEM?   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2019 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) – Less is more.

TINA TCHEN, FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF OF FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA, TO BE HONORED   ROSEMONT, Illinois (JGL) -- The Asian American Coalition of Chicago (AACC) will host its 2019 lunar new year gala on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 5:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare,

HIS FIL AM WIFE, DR. JANNINE JOYCE, IS FROM CEBU & ILOCOS REGION   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2019 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) — The name of Chicago Southwest Side attorney Jerry Joyce, husband of Filipino American Dr. Jannine Caoili Joyce, will appear first on

MOTHER KNOWS BEST!   By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2019 Journal GlobaLinks)   CATRIONA ELISA MAGNAYON GRAY's Filipino mother, Normita Ragas Magnayon Gray from Oas (pronounced “oh-was”), Albay in the Philippines, had a dream when Catrina was 13 years old