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PEZA, ARMM @ US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE

By PHILIPPINE EMBASSY   WASHINGTON, D.C.— An investment mission led by Director General Charito B. Plaza, Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), and Executive Director Aleem Siddiqui Guiapal, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao-Regional Economic Zone Authority (ARMM-REZA), highlighted the ...

FIL AM LEADER LOIDA GREETS PRRD “HAPPY BIRTHDAY”

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – Filipino American lawyer Loida Nicolas Lewis greeted Monday (March 27) Philippine President Rody Duterte (PPRD) a happy birthday in reply to a text message from a Duterte supporter, who

"MERIENDA" SERIES TELLS IF YOU ARE PINOY, PINAY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Philippine Embassy and District VI of the Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue, Inc. (FIND District VI) co-hosted the 2017 Merienda series with the theme “Sino Ka? Sino Ako? Discovering your Identity” on 26 March 2017 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County....

WHITE HOUSE CONGRATULATES EU ON 60TH BD!

The United States on March 24 congratulated the European Union on the sixtieth anniversary of the 1957 Treaties of Rome, which founded the European Economic Community.   It says, “Our two continents share the same values and, above all, the same commitment to promote peace and prosperity th...

POSTHUMOUS U.S. CITIZENSHIPS FOR WW II NON-CITIZEN FILIPINO VETERANS FILED

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)    CHICAGO (JGL) – In the waning days of World War II, American military officers drew a line on the sands, asking Filipino WW II veterans to step in a

FIL AM LAWYER WANTS CBS TO APOLOGIZE FOR “MADAME SECRETARY”

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks)    CHICAGO (JGL) – A Filipino American lawyer has demanded that CBS  apologize for the “highly negative” and unflattering portrayal in the political drama, “Madame Secretary, of the

PHIL EMBASSY DISAPPOINTED OVER THE SHOWING OF "MADAME SECRETARY"

[pb_row][pb_column span="span12"][pb_text] By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – A scheming Philippine President Andrada in a television political drama segment of “Madame Secretary” series Sunday (March 12) groped the eponymous principal character

SUSPECTED “MURDER SOLICITOR” RELEASED FROM JAIL!

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – The 42-year-old husband of a Filipino wife and father of their five year-old daughter detained on a $1-Million bond for allegedly attempting to hire someone to kill his wife and their