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THE Filipino-American Foundation of New Mexico’s (FAFNM) mission is to promote the recognition and maintenance of the distinctive values and historical heritage of Filipinos while striving to enhance the well-being of Filipinos through education, health,...
Thousands of Filipino workers in Iraq are on the brink of losing their jobs after the US government ordered all its military contractors to send home expatriate workers whose country imposes a travel ban in Iraq.
The deadline for expatriation is August...
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a doctor from the Philippines who went into hiding after being accused of scamming a military health program out of more than $1 million in the 1990s.
The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Western District...
So how often does an envoy get an American city to name a day for him?
For Ambassador Willy Gaa, the Philippine’s soft-spoken chief diplomat in the US, the answer is: 2.
San Diego and nearby National City in California voted to designate last July 14...
Police arrested protesting hotel workers that blocked a street leading to the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
About 200 workers joined a civil disobedience action as part of a nationwide day of action against hotels in the United States.
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Some Filipino workers who shipped boxes back to the Philippines nine months ago for Christmas are hopeful they’ll get some help from the Alberta government.
The workers sent the boxes to family members back home using a Calgary company called Focus...
US-based Filipinos longing for a chicharon fix will soon have their wishes fulfilled: the R. Lapid’s chain is tapping an American firm to start making the deep-fried pork rind delicacy.
Chicharon or tsitsaron — from the Spanish word chicharron...
The number of Filipino nurses seeking employment in the United States continues to drop dramatically, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) reported yesterday.
TUCP secretary-general and former senator Ernesto Herrera said Filipinos who sought...
The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) expects a drop in the deployment of physical therapists abroad over the next year.
This after the Federation of State Board of Physical Therapy in the United States imposed a one-year ban on applicants...
Filipino Americans who used to go across the Mexican border to purchase cheap medicines and alcohol are now thinking twice about making the trip due to increased incidents of drug wars.
McAllen is only a 15-minute drive to the Mexican city of Reynosa.
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