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OFW mom hopes to raise $833K to prevent son’s beheading
By Cristina DC Pastor Around this time, most Filipino mothers would be thinking of the holiday spread, the gifts to buy, and perhaps the new dress to wear for the Sunday Christmas mass. Not Letty Lanuza, who has been knocking on people’s hearts, pleading for help so that her son Dondon, 37, will be spared […]
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Marichu Baoanan civil case settled
The 2008 complaint against Ambassador Lauro Baja who was accused by his maid of slavery has been settled, according to the lawyer of Marichu Baoanan. “The civil action has been settled to the satisfaction of all parties concerned,” lawyer Ivy Suriyopas told The FilAm. She declined to disclose the terms of the agreement. Asked by […]
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IN THE MOTHERLAND: Remembering Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc on All Saint’s Day
By Laurel Fantauzzo In Vancouver, Canada, where Alexis Tioseco spent his grade school years, his four remaining siblings gather each year on September 1. They buy his favorite foods, eat, and watch a movie they know he would have loved. This year it was Canadian candy—Purdy’s chocolate and Coffee Crisp—McDonald’s chicken nuggets and Chungking Express. […]
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Bullying Prevention Summit Oct 29 at CUNY
Join the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) at an all-day summit on October 29 with top administration officials, federal agency representatives and local organizations, MTV and Facebook, to learn what is being done to protect Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Muslim American youth from bullying. The Bullying Prevention Summit will […]
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No apologies
By A. Mabini A year ago, a former police officer of the Philippine National Police (PNP) was accused of corruption and consequently dismissed by his superiors. In a hopeless bid for reinstatement, the desperate individual held his ground, denied the allegations and attempted to regain his integrity by holding a tourist bus and its passengers […]
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$100K reward in Rebong killing
It is one of New England’s most intriguing cold cases. It’s been 11 years since Connecticut hotel employee Mark Rebong was killed by a bullet while driving to his office at the Danbury Hilton, and police have nothing to show but a couple of improbable theories. Mark would have been 39 today. “We may never […]
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The spy who comes home from the cold
By Cristina DC Pastor The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to send fugitive Michael Ray Aquino back to the Philippines after he has served most of his 76-month prison term for espionage. The move to extradite Aquino, accused in the 2000 killing of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, must be […]
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• R.I. nanny files trafficking suit vs UAE colonel, wife • Visiting DLSU profs wow Washington
Classic case of human trafficking, if you ask the nanny’s lawyer. United Arab Emirate Colonel Arif Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Al-Ali and his wife brought their Filipina nanny to the U.S., promising to pay her fairly for a light amount of domestic chores. But when Elizabeth Cabitla Ballesteros got settled into the family’s home in Rhode […]
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Women’s advocate Pilar Pilapil survives stabbing attack
By Ludy A. Ongkeko, Ph.D. Actress-beauty queen Pilar Pilapil’s voice rang loud and clear on April 14 as a well-known advocate for abused women. Yet, her voice was unheard several hours later as she cried “help” as she was being stabbed repeatedly by two armed men. That same date, paradoxically and woefully, Pilar joined the […]