Community News

(U.S. ASIAN WIRE) - You may know that new Medicare prescription drug and health plan choices are offered each year. Medicare's Open Enrollment Period runs from November 15 to December 31. Open Enrollment is your chance to review your current plan - including your Original Medicare coverage - compare it with your other options, and make sure you're getting the best available coverage for your health care needs. Your current health plan may have changed its cost or coverage for 2010, or maybe you'd like a plan with a lower deductible.   [Read More]

New Weight Class for Munoz in UFC 102, Rose Garden in Portland, OR Saturday August 29th  [Read More]

Statement of Greg Macabenta, Chairman, National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA), on the Death of Former Philippine President Cory Aquino  [Read More]

In view of complaints raised by barangay officials from Tondo about the dark streets which result in more holdups and crimes and with the coming fiesta of Sto. Nino next week, Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim ordered City Electrician Engineer Ernesto Cuyugan to make immediate arrangements with the Manila Electric Company for the installation of 200 watts lights in all major streets of Tondo.

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Informed that the traffic bureau has only 207 men, Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim ordered Wednesday Manila Police District Chief Superintendent Gen. Roberto Rosales to add 100 men and deploy all 38 motorcycle cops to the major intersections during rush hours of 7 to 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 to 7 p.m.  [Read More]

A project of the OFW-Shien Cooperative, the Filipino International Weekend School in Japan held its First Recognition Day last March 30, 2008. After singing the Philippine National Anthem and reciting the Panatang Makabayan (Patriotic Oath) : Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas, ito ang aking lupang sinilangan ... which touched the hearts of all Filipinos present the children sang a favorite children's song, the Bahay Kubo. The guest of honor was no other than First Secretary and Consul General Sulpicio M. Confiado of the Philippine Embassy. English and Filipino classes are held every Sunday, 2-4 pm at St. Anselm's Church in Meguro.  [Read More]

The Hablon will make its first appearance in Japan this year in the most upscale and trendy Omote-sando of Tokyo. This fabric will be shown to an international audience transformed to Filipiniana dresses in different periods of the Philippine History. The Moda and Kultura Fashion Show organized by the OFW-Shien Cooperative will feature Hablon Filipinianas during the Spanish period (1521-1898), the American Period (1898-1946) and modern times. The humble Hablon like its country of origin indeed has come a long way.  [Read More]

FUN IN THE SUN!
SUMMER JAM @ the Courtyard
July 31, 2010  [Read More]

The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) and its partners convene today in Washington, D.C. to educate lawmakers and the public on the deadly impact of hepatitis B and hepatitis C.  [Read More]

San Juan City, M.M. -- In a move to protect its citizens from unscrupulous Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) dealers and retailers, the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Council) of San Juan late last year passed City Ordinance No. 42-2009 that will penalize illegal refilling, adulteration, underfilling, and underdelivering of LPG and automotive LPG in the city.  [Read More]