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Grace Labaguis battles behemoth AOL on social media over identity hack
By Cristina DC Pastor It was a pleasant Memorial Day afternoon, and Grace Labaguis of Jersey City was out shopping with her son. When they got home in the evening, she received a voicemail alert from Western Union (WU), asking to confirm transactions she made online. Strange, because she never made any remittance. She had […]
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Question that irked Justice Sec. Vitaliano Aguirre: Will De Lima be murdered in jail?
By Cristina DC Pastor Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre stated there have been a total of 7,080 drug-related deaths since Rodrigo Duterte became president in July 1, 2016. In a report before members of the Filipino American community on April 18, Aguirre presented the following figures: 7,080: total number of people killed in War on Drugs […]
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Family indicted for Medicare fraud, human trafficking
A Filipino American couple in Chicago was charged in an indictment with a scheme to use their health care business to defraud Medicare out of millions of dollars, while also conspiring to employ a woman against her will. The U.S. Department of Justice made the announcement. Richard Tinimbang, 38, and his wife, Maribel Tinimbang, 40, […]
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Karen Elizaga of Womankind: Showing survivors of domestic violence to be ‘kind to themselves, to one another’
By Cristina DC Pastor For women in NYC struggling with domestic abuse, the path to survival may not always lie in the hands of a friend or a family member. Sometimes, a community center run by people unknown to them can offer momentary protection and a comforting kind of solace. Womankind, formerly known as the […]
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Philippine jewelry sold fraudulently as Native American-made; 4 people charged
A federal grand jury in Albuquerque, New Mexico charged four individuals with violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) by conspiring to import and fraudulently sell Filipino-made jewelry as Native American-made. The investigation targeted an international scheme to violate the IACA, and has included the execution of eight search and seizure warrants and investigative […]
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New website will track hate incidents vs API, Muslim communities
As Inauguration Day approaches, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) fear a new round of hate incidents across the country, targeting many vulnerable segments of our community, particularly immigrants and Muslim Americans. In response to these concerns, the Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice), a national affiliation of five leading civil rights organizations, announces the […]
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Time for President Duterte to address the causes of poverty, not just the effects
By Monica Lunot Kuker My mother used to lament, “Tapos na ang bagyo bago nagsuhay.” What she meant was how damage from typhoon has already happened before preventive action is taken. She may as well be talking about the current circumstances in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte. Like the storm surge Yolanda that struck […]
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Duterte Government disputes NY Times ‘slaughter’ article as ‘totally one-sided’
The Philippine Consulate General in New York conveys the following response to a December 7 New York Times article “They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals.” This statement was issued by the Presidential Communications Operations Office in Malacanang: “There are two sides in every story. The New York Times article entitled ‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like […]
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Cyber threat targets FilAm boy in Queens; father raises questions
By Cristina DC Pastor On his Google.doc homework, a 12-year-old Filipino student in PS102Q in Elmhurst received the following message: “Hey go to sleep so I can go to your house and kill you…” Shaken, the boy shared the message with his teachers and parents. In the days that followed, he has been unresponsive in […]