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“ASK FOR FILIPINO/TAGALOG BALLOT,” TUESDAY CLUB JOINS PHONE BANKING FOR NEXT TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS!

FILIPINO-ENGLISH SPEAKING U.S. CITIZENS WANTED AS ELECTION JUDGES & POLLING PLACE TECHNICIAN!   ©2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA   CHICAGO (JGL) – “HELLO! This message is for a Filipino American voter. This is a volunteer of AFIRE (the Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment)...
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TUESDAY CLUB HOLDS CENSUS OUTREACH

The Tuesday Club, an informal Filipino American group, took part in various activities last Feb. 25 during their regular breakfast meeting at Seafood City at 5033 N. Elston at the northside of Chicago, Illinois. First, when nobody was looking, they assembled in front of The Filipino Channel (TFC...
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"FREE O’BRIEN," HER LAWYER APPEALS!

© 2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA   CHICAGO (JGL) – When former Filipino American Cook County Court Judge Jessica Arong O’Brien purchased and obtained loans for investment properties at the
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NEW AFIRE DIRECTOR URGES COMMUNITY TO HELP IN U.S. CENSUS TAKING

© 2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA   CHICAGO (JGL) – New Executive Director Kristina Tendilla of Alliance of Filipino Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (AFIRE) hit the ground running Tuesday (Feb. 18) at the Tuesday
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O’BRIEN’S APPEAL UP FOR ORAL ARGUMENT FEB. 19

© 2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA FORMER FIL AM COOK COUNTY JUDGE DUE FOR RELEASE JUNE 22, 2020    CHICAGO (JGL) – The U.S. Seventh Court of Appeals in Chicago, Illinois will hear next Wednesday, Feb. 19, starting at 9:30 a.m., oral arguments related to the appeal filed by former Cook
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SEN. DURBIN MEETS WITH FIL AM GROUP; EXPRESSES CONCERNS ON SAFETY OF HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES

© 2020 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA   CHICAGO (JGL) – Despite his heavy schedule, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin found the time to meet on Thursday (Jan. 16) with a handful of Filipino Americans who wanted to thank him for
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U.S. SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE VOTES FOR RELEASE OF DE LIMA

BLASTING UN: SEN. EDWARD J. MARKEY (D-Mass.) who championed the introduction of U.S. Senate Resolution No. 142 is shown here blasting US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft for neglecting North Korean human rights abuses on U.N. Security Council Agenda for the second year in a row on Dec. 10 in Wash...
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A SLAP ON THE WRIST: WRONG-WAY DRIVER GETS NO-JAIL TIME FOR DEATH OF FIL AM FAMILY OF 5!

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2019 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO, Illinois (JGL) - ALVIN SEYMOUR Hubbard III of Maryland, whose Ford pickup smashed into a 1998 Toyota Sienna minivan, killing five of the six Filipino American family members on their way home to Teaneck, 
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