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Uber, Lyft told to pay back drivers in $328 M settlement; AG says cheated drivers are mostly immigrants
New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced two landmark settlements totaling $328 million with rideshare companies Uber and Lyft for cheating drivers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The settlements resolve multi-year investigations into Uber and Lyft, which found that the companies’ policies withheld hard-earned pay from drivers and prevented them from receiving valuable benefits […]
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Security guard arrested for alleged multiple sexual assaults
Investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Operations-West Bureau’s Special Assault Section (SAS) are seeking additional victims and witnesses in a series of sexual assaults in the Koreatown area. On September 29, 2023, a 20-year-old woman reported that she was abducted and sexually assaulted by a suspect, later identified as 38-year-old Matthew Scott Reyes, […]
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Journalists decry unsolved murder of radioman Percy Lapid
By Marivir Montebon Amid dreary economic and political times, Filipino journalists say the recipe for justice remains the same: sticking to facts and accuracy and strengthening communities of support and collaboration in holding power to account. Veteran journalists senior editor at the Asian American Writers Workshop Noel Pangilinan, Columbia University Journalism school professor Sheila Coronel, […]
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The suffocating battle to ending a culture of corruption
The FilAm Editorial There used to be a time when a whiff of scandal was enough to drive an official out of public life. It was called ‘palabra de honor’ in the Philippines and ‘fuhai,’ meaning corruption, in Japan. That sense of shame which would prompt an official to step down because honor demands a […]
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Filipina mother, daughter killed by teen’s ex-boyfriend
A teen and her Filipina mother were killed September 14 by the girl’s former boyfriend at their home in the borough of North Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, according to multiple news reports. Rianna Glass, 16, and her mother, Rosalyn “Rose” Siobal Glass, 39, appeared to have been stabbed to death, caused by “sharp-force trauma.” Rianna’s former boyfriend […]
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3 convicted for ‘horrific’ elder abuse, one of them an RN
Three nursing home owners and managers were convicted for the neglect and abuse of six severely disabled residents of an unlicensed Riverside care facility. The convictions were announced August 1 by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The six victims, ranging in age from 32 to 66, were found malnourished, living in filth and without basic care in a house […]
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Looking for a job? Scammers are looking for you!
By Mark Hedin It’s a sad fact of life: If it seems too good to be true, beware! In this Wild West era of still largely unregulated online portals such as Instagram, WeChat, Tik Tok and others, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is battling a new crime wave: huge networks of criminals offering fake but […]
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Community Op Ed: The new leadership keeping New York City safe
By Mayor Eric Adams As Mayor of New York, I know just how important public safety is to our city, and how important the right leadership is in achieving it. Over the last 18 months, this Administration has made major progress in driving down major crime, and last week I named a new leadership team at […]
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Justice for brutally attacked Amadeo Quindara
Amadeo Quindara, a 75-year-old Filipino man, was mercilessly attacked by his neighbor on May 30, 2023, in Clark County, Nevada, according to a statement from the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA). While Quindara survived the attack, he will forever be traumatized by the brutal assault he suffered from suspect, Christian Lentz, 44. The […]