Monthly Archives: September 2020
Liquid candy vs. water
By Philip S. Chua, MD.
Water is life. Without it, there would be no life on Planet Earth. The normal lean adult body is made up of about 70% water (50% intracellular; 15% interstitial; and, 5% in the blood plasma) and only 30% solid mass. This is an amazing fact which many of us don’t realize.
Drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day benefits us in more ways than one. Adequate water intake helps us look and fell better by maintaining our blood in perfect liquid form t...
Immigration Ordered To Pay For Delay
By Atty. Johnson Lazaro
Ever get tired of waiting for the Immigration Service to grant you that green card that you deserve? You paid so much money for fees and costs and the Immigration Service (USCIS) still makes you wait and wait and wait some more. One person got so sick and tired of waiting that he sued the government and won.
On July 2, 2008 the Federal District Court in California ordered the USCIS to pay Mr. Asghar Shirmohamadali, around $25,500 in attorney...
As I See It- Both parties have spoken, what next?
By Elpidio R. Estioko
Both the Republican and the Democratic Parties have spoken and made their case in the past two weeks during their separate 4-day virtual national conventions.
What next? It is the voters turn to assess the two parties’ platform, make a choice, and vote during the November 3, 2020 presidential election! This will be hard because the election is tainted with fake news, misrepresentation, conspiracy theories, alleged Russian interference, the corona v...
Our Health, Our Community Program
SAN FRANCISCO – Under the lead of SOMCAN’s Our Health, Our Community program, a community health assessment report was created to look at how chronic diseases affect the lives of Filipinos in San Francisco (SF). The purpose of this report is to better understand the Filipino community’s behaviors, perceptions, attitudes, knowledge, and other built environmental factors that increases and lowers their risk for chronic diseases. The report was focused on three SF neighb...
Stretch of State Route 35 in Daly City To Be Named After Local Filipina Trailblazer
Sacramento – The California State Legislature gave the greenlight to a resolution designating a portion of State Route 35 in Daly City as the Alice Peña Bulos Memorial Highway, honoring the legacy of a local Filipina leader. The Senate’s approval of ACR 165 today was the final step needed to allow supporters to raise private funds for the cost of signs bearing the new name.
“We see the influence of Alice Peña Bulos throughout our communities, as well as in elected local an...
Debt Aid Consulting- Itama po natin!
By Ben Lou
Q: I am a shopaholic with a one year old and a single mom. I cannot stop buying things for myself and my daughter even if we do not need it and it just stays in the closet. Because of this, I am severely late with my credit card payments. How can you help me?
A: Compulsive buying is a serious condition especially if it has already taken its toll on your family financially. It is time to start weighing needs versus wants. You may want to take some classes...
StreetTalk- Tell a lie, make it a big lie
By Greg B. Macabenta
“Buy a tin today. Make it a big tin.”
This line was what the president of Nestlé Philippines, Hans Sinniger, instructed us to use as the final action statement of all ads and commercials for Milo Tonic Food Drink.
As concurrent creative director and account division head for the biggest client of Advertising & Marketing Associates, of which I was President and CEO, I had to comply.
According to Sinniger, since we were urging consumers to b...
PerryScope- Duterte’s RevGov vs. Leni Robredo
By Perry Diaz
Every time President Rodrigo Duterte has some health problem, all his political allies get nervous. At his age, 75 years old, he suffers from a multitude of health issues, including an autoimmune disease that can potentially have serious complications. He revealed the condition, myasthenia gravis, while he was visiting in Moscow in October 2019. The condition causes muscle weakness, and can result in drooping of eyelids, blurred vision as well as weakness ...