Tag: filipino showbiz news
Pacquiao wwept up in Linsanity
Boxing champ to meet with Jeremy Lin in New York  tomorrow By Nimfa U. Rueda LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 – Like much of America, Fighter of the Decade Manny Pacquiao has been swept up in Linsanity. “I’m so proud of Jeremy Lin,†Pacquiao told Balita Media after a press conference on Tuesday at the Beverly [...]
Joel Bander faces more legal problems as more victims surface
By Rhony Laigo JOEL BANDER, the lawyer who now claims to have been set up probably by his own victims or by those who have an axe to grind against him in what is turning out to be a celebrated sex scandal that he allegedly committed in the Philippines, may yet face more legal problems [...]
Dr. Manny Calayan: We were never shut down
Dr. Manny Calayan speaks to the media and says operations at the Calayan clinic in Los Angeles never stopped despite a sting conducted by the Medical Board last year.
‘We were never shut down’ – Dr. Manny Calayan
By Rhony Laigo LOS ANGELES – Contrary to reports, the Calayan Surgicentre Corp. never stopped operations despite a reported sting last August by the California Medical Board that alleged that the clinic of the famous Filipino plastic surgeon was conducting illegal surgical procedures at their Los Angeles clinic. In a news conference held Wednesday at [...]
Philippine quake kills 43
MANILA, February 6, 2012 (AFP) – At least 43 people were killed when a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed homes and smashed bridges across the central Philippines on Monday, authorities said. The 6.8-magntiude quake hit a narrow strait between the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu around lunchtime, with aftershocks nearly as [...]
Sen. Schumer’s recommends Lorna Schofield, a Fil-Am, to Federal bench
Washington DC – On Monday, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) recommended Attorney Lorna Schofield to the White House as a candidate for federal district court judge in the Southern District of New York. If nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first Filipino American to serve as an Article III [...]
Fil-Am journalists, artists raise $9,000 for Sendong victims
’Twas an SRO Sining Para sa Bayan concert at Noypitz Nimfa U. Rueda LOS ANGELES – Filipino American journalists here have raised $9,000 for media colleagues who were among those who died and lost their homes when typhoon Sendong struck Northern Mindanao last month. The media practitioners spearheaded a benefit concert and art auction, dubbed [...]
Fil-Am journalists, artists raise $9,000 for Sendong victims
Fil-Am journalists, artists raise $9,000 for Sendong victims
Post Script to Costa Concordia
THE SIGHT of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, listing on its starboard side after running aground in the tiny island of Isola del Giglio, Italy, sent shivers down my spine. It was the very ship our clan boarded in March 2008 for a Mediterranean cruise after the Lenten season. There were twelve of us [...]
Noted global artist Mat Relox immortalizes the charming Mangyan life
BY DAVID CASUCO MAT RELOX saw firsthand how the Mangyan natives in Mindoro disintegrated from genuine tribespeople with exotic and distinct lifestyle into just another group of poor and underserved villagers. He knew them. He grew up in their midst. He was, and is always one of them. Unfortunately, the charming Mangyan life will soon [...]
