By Greg B. Macabenta The 30th Southeast Games hosted by the Philippines will end December 11 with a spectacular show, if we are to base our expectations on the opening ceremony. But more than that, as the host country we will have set a new record in terms of the medal harvest – well ahead of runner-up Indonesia, and the other participating countries, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Brunei and Laos (listed according to the number of medals won). ...

By Elpidio R. Estioko The entire universe witnessed on world-wide television US President Donald Trump impeached by the US Congress on December 18, 2019, thus becoming the third president in US history impeached by the Legislature. Just like the rest of the world, I watched the proceedings because I want to be a part of a very historic event. I learned that there were two other U.S. presidents formally impeached by Congress. They were Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. I ...

By Johnson Lazaro, Attorney At Law Ever go in a lawyer’s office with some pressing immigration questions only to have the attorney spit out some foreign immigration jargon.   You can call it legal talk or gibberish or mumbo jumbo or whatever but you don’t really understand what it means?  In the immigration legal community, there are many terms we use that we presume the lay person knows.  And sometimes we, lawyers, forget to explain.  So – here are explanations for some c...

By Perry Diaz Finally, after more than 10 years of trial, the judge in the Maguindanao Massacre has reached a verdict for three of the defendants – sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.  Three brothers, Zaldy Ampatuan, Sajid Ampatuan, and Andal Ampatuan, Jr., were sentenced for the killings of 57 people on November 23, 2009, in the province of Maguindanao in Mindanao. Three other members of the clan - Anwar Ampatuan Sr, Anwar Ampatuan Jr, and Anwar S...