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Trafficked Filipino J-1 Visa Holder Gets Immigration Relief from USCIS
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Courage will claim its reward. A young Filipino trafficked to the US under the J-1 visa program was recently given humanitarian relief (T visa) by the USCIS after suffering from miserable working and living conditions for the past three years in Los Angeles. Natalie Sevilla (real name withheld) […]
International Journalists Ask Tax Evasion Case vs. Maria Ressa be Thrown Out
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – The International Federation of Journalists Asia-Pacific region today joined the call to end the tax evasion case against Rappler co-founder Philippine journalist Maria Ressa. Trial for Ressa’s alleged tax evasion will be heard on July 22 in Manila. The IFJ is currently part of the #HoldTheLine coalition that […]
Godinez: Sham Marriages is a No No and Will Have Harsh Consequences
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – An immigration lawyer here has warned against ‘buying one’s immigration status’ through sham marriage. Cristina Godinez, Esq., in an interview with Women’s World digital talk show on June 24, 2020, said to “not even think about it because the act could have harsh consequences.” Godinez of the Migrant […]
Penalosa: Women Leaders Show Effective Leadership in the Time of COVID19
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – A Filipino woman leader has underscored the fact that seven women world leaders have effectively responded to the COVID19 global pandemic, and added to her list Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo as well. Virginia ‘Gigie’ Peñalosa, Governor-elect of the Soroptimist International of the America’s Philippine Region, said that […]
Review: A Thousand Cuts – Eerily Timely, Brave
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Watching Ramona Diaz’s two-hour documentary A Thousand Cuts makes you bleed, figuratively. It brings you to the backstory of Filipino journalists covering the horrendous arbitrary killings of suspected drug pushers and users in the Philippines. Produced by Cine Diaz, it is about the age-old adversary of the frontliners […]
Filipino care providers in NJ respond to growing mental health needs of New Jerseyans thru Telemedicine
By Geremy San Agustin Jersey City – Two Filipino women have developed an innovative plan to sustain their services for mental health patients and ensure the continued employment of their staff despite the lockdown of New Jersey due to the coronavirus pandemic. Myla Dizon and Rhodora Dionisio have been running two Psychiatric Partial Care Program […]
Fil-Am Leader Juliet Payabyab Appointed as Community Board Member of Queens
New York – Filipino American community leader Juliet Payabyab has been appointed by the president of the Borough of Queens Sharon Lee to be an official member of the Community Board (CB) starting May 31, 2020. The Community Board is the official municipal body which advises elected officials and government agencies on matters affecting the […]
Young Entrepreneurs Revive Barter in the Philippines
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – How about chicken in exchange for tempura? Or a pair of shoes in exchange for a sack of rice? Sometimes, it is not always the money, but a community of innovators and givers who will save the day. Young entrepreneurs in the Philippine cities of Tagbilaran, Cebu, and […]
Parents Need to Ensure Routine, Repetition and Fun for Kids to Keep Interest with their Home-Schooling
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – An educator in the Philippines said that routine and repetition make for mastery of Math and Reading among school children and for any subject for that matter. And at the time of the pandemic, it is important and to make learning ‘fun’ because children naturally want to move about […]
Women’s World 1st Episode: Finding Meaning in the Things that You Do in the Covid19 Crisis
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Productivity and living a sense of meaningfulness in the time of lockdown is necessary to maintain one’s sanity, said a school-based counselor of the Bohol Island State University (BISU) during the maiden episode of the digital conversation platform Women’s World. Maria Dina Golosino, the first resource person to […]
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