Legal Matters By ATTY. CRISPIN CADAY LOZANO The process for determining the age of the child beneficiary—either direct or derivative—of a Family-sponsored or employment-based visa petition or of a diversity visa application under the CSPA is more complicated. The statutory formula for these cases is that the child’s age will freeze as of the date that a visa number becomes available for the petition in question reduced by the number of days that the petition was pending, ...

PerryScope By PERRY DIAZ With Election Day just two months away, campaigning is heating up particularly in the vice presidential contest. Indeed, never in the history of Philippine politics had there been more campaign propaganda used and resources spent to elect the vice president of the country, which makes one wonder: why the sudden interest in a job that does nothing but run errands for the president and attend funerals of deceased VIPs, weddings of political allies, ...

As I See It By ELPIDIO ESTIOKO If we are pinning our hopes on the youth as the leaders of tomorrow, then we should help prepare them to take over for the future. Yes… youth means hope and the young symbolizes the hope of tomorrow. They are being referred to as the next generation who will take over from the now generation. Usually, the now generation is composed of elder people, although there might be some young adults who are with them. So, I would like to call on...

Dual Voice By FEDERICO A. ESPIRITU The following is the continuation of Couples for Christ Brother Arnel Santos guest column ran in Dual Voice last week: I was hearing all these messages in my mind, once again, while attending “Marriage is Beautiful!” For I looked at the participants and I saw in their faces an assertion that what Cardinal Maung Bo has been speaking about at the IEC, can actually be done. “Marriage is Beautiful!” is a testament that there are many vict...