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Monthly Archives: May 2019

Share the laughter and luck with everyone with your excited and shiny mood at Graton Resort & Casino! Graton has prepared lots of activities allowing you to experience exciting casino games, gourmet food and entertainment shows, and ensuring that you are all satisfied at the same time! Waiting for you to come and share the luck in every moment! Starting from today till June 27, every Thursday, 5pm – 10pm, “Wild Winnings” Slot Tournaments will be held, top prize up to $...

By Joseph Peter R. Gonzales Just like any other normal screen tandem, Julia Barretto is perfectly aware that her love team with Joshua Garcia (or JoshLia for their supporters) is not going to be forever. In fact, the lovely Kapamilya star says both of them are prepared for any eventuality, like if their love team gets disbanded in the near future. “That’s right! I guess, it’s only apt to ready ourselves. Anyway, it will be for the betterment of our respective career. Fo...

Filipinos from all over the US trooped to the Kings’ Theatre last May 11 to witness a night of pure entertainment from some of GMA Network’s sought-after stars—Christian Bautista, Julie Anne San Jose, Rayver Cruz, Kyline Alcantara, Golden Cañedo, Betong Sumaya, and Alden Richards. The highly-successful show, dubbed ‘Kapusong Pinoy Studio 7 Musikalye sa Brooklyn’, was filled with a variety of performances—from high-energy dance numbers, powerhouse vocal sets, duet performan...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.,– As part of its ongoing commitment to support the Bay Area’s aging population and to reduce hunger, Kaiser Permanente is providing a $500,000 grant to Meals on Wheels San Francisco (MOWSF). The grant will go towards building a large kitchen facility that will nearly triple healthy meals production. Additionally, the grant supports the critical work that MOWSF does in checking the general health of seniors, whether it is a client’s physical or mental wel...

Sacramento – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez’s (D-San Diego) bill to support lactation in the workplace passed the Senate with 25-9 vote. It now heads to the Assembly for committee hearings in the coming weeks. Senate Bill 142 is modeled on Senator Wiener’s SB 937 from 2018, which passed the Legislature, but was vetoed by Governor Brown. SB 142 requires that businesses provide safe and clean lactation facilities for their worker...

SAN FRANCISCO - Today, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance, a historic law that brings accountability and oversight to surveillance technology and makes San Francisco the first city in the United States to prohibit government use of face surveillance systems. The law was authored by Supervisor Aaron Peskin. In response to today’s vote, the coalition supporting this legislation, comprised of advocates for civil rights, racial...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman TJ Cox (CA-21) voted to pass H.R. 987, the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act. The bipartisan omnibus legislation includes three bills that lower prescription drug costs and four measures to reinforce protections for people with pre-existing conditions and expand enrollment in quality, affordable coverage for more Americans. The legislation passed with two Cox amendments, which promote transparency and accountabil...

New York, NY – Asian Americans hold a unique and powerful position as both financial drivers and influencers in today’s digitally powered path to purchase. Nielsen’s newly published Diverse Intelligence Series consumer report, Informed Influencers and Powerful Purchasers: The Asian American Consumer Journey, examines Asian Americans’ dynamic role in today’s digitally and socially driven retail economy. With internet access available in 99% of Asian American households (versus...

As I See It BY ELPIDIO R. ESTIOKO The second week of May is Teachers’ week! As a teacher for more than 15 years and counting, I don’t want to leave this column without a tribute. They deserve our attention, our commendation, our respect… They deserve to be remembered! As a whole, teachers shape the minds of students and make a difference in the lives of the students! We all know that… so it’s just appropriate to remember them! It’s a known fact that a teacher nour...

Street Talk BY GREG B. MACABENTA I am writing this in Lourdes, France, the town of St. Bernadette to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary showed herself 18 times over a period of six months, from February to July, 1858. My wife and I are part of a pilgrimage to holy sites where Mother Mary appeared before young children to deliver messages to the world. Our trek began in Fatima in Portugal, stopped over in Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, and will culminate in Rome, with a visit ...

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