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With USCIS’ increase in application fees, lawyers ask where are the efficient services?
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – With the impending drastic increase in immigration fees, two FilAm women lawyers here said that the USCIS needed to improve on its internal procedures to address processing delays. The USCIS announced Friday that it will implement an average of 20 percent increase to fees for immigration benefits starting […]
Journalists as “frontliners for truth” need to uphold media ethics more than ever
By Sylvia Hubilla Round Rock, TX – I watched Episode 7 of Women’s World on the topic titled, “Ethnic Media in the time of Covid” two Sundays ago. At the end of it, I felt like I just stepped out of a class in Journalism. The presentation by Marivir Montebon, co-Host of WW and Executive […]
Without a COVID-19 vaccine, use of unproven traditional remedies surges in NJ Filipino community
By Marivir R. Montebon CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ—Despite warnings from scientists and health officials that natural remedies are by no means a medically proven treatment for various diseases, Filipinos in New Jersey could not be stopped from using traditional remedies to fight the coronavirus. Without a COVID-19 vaccine, many Filipinos in the Garden State believe that […]
Cuomo Calls Out Partying New Yorkers without Masks and Social Distancing
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Just as when director Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases had remarked that New York set a ‘good example’ in flattening the curve of covid19 pandemic, jubilant crowds were photographed in Astoria and the Lower East Side of Manhattan gathering and drinking […]
PH Consulate in New York Receives Mask Donation
New York – Consul General Claro S. Cristobal received 1,000 pieces of KN-95 masks donated by Fil-Am JoAnn Sy Bathia, owner of The Prescription Shoppe, a pharmacy based in Jersey City, New Jersey. The masks will be distributed to members of the Fil-Am community and guests who have official business with the Consulate but are […]
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 […]
ICE Policy vs. Foreign Students Freezes in its Tracks
By Cristina Godinez, Esq. New York – Many things done in the name of politics these days hardly make sense. Take the case of the ICE two-step: a week-long dance with immigration policy declaring that (step 1) international students must attend only in-person classes this fall term, or leave the U.S. Then yesterday (step 2) […]
International Summit Council for Peace Slated July 9
New York – The COVID 19 crisis has had enormous impact on our world and has given rise to a wide range of political, economic, and social challenges. Despite the hardships that the pandemic has brought, First Ladies have shown effective and nurturing leadership with empathy and compassion.In partnership with their husbands, they have rallied […]
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 […]
NYC Postpones Indoor Dining
New York – New York City is expected to enter Phase 3 of reopening on Monday, July 6, but due to concerns about the risk of spreading the virus, indoor dining in NYC will be postponed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “As we see states across the country that have opted to reopen indoor dining experience […]
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