On Tuesday, August 31st, housekeepers, nannies and caregivers celebrated the historic Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (A.1470B/S.2311E) bill signing in New York. This landmark legislation, the first of its kind in the nation, guarantees privately-employed nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York benefits such as paid leave, overtime and protection from discrimination. Bay Area [...]
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New York: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Ends a Legacy of Discrimination
September 1st, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
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Philippine SWAT: “Sorry, We Aren’t Trained”
August 23rd, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
According to Philippine authorities, they found nine bodies: eight Hong Kong tourists and the ex-policeman who had seized the bus to demand his job back. It was 10:15 a.m. Monday in Manila when Rolando Mendoza, 55 and married with three children, hitched a ride with the tourists as they visited historic sites in the city. [...]
Airport Workers Resolve Age Bias Case
August 17th, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
Filipino Advocates for Justice just released an update on Oakland Airport Workers’ campaign against Delta Air Lines Global Services for discrimination and harassment of older workers.A year from the launching of the “Justice for Manong” campaign, Hector Arcangel and Alex Lugtu’s age discrimination case against Delta Airlines Global Services (DGS) has been resolved! Hector and Alex [...]
Guestworker Teachers Fight Back
August 9th, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
Hundreds of Filipino guestworkers lured to teach in Louisiana public schools were cheated out of tens of thousands of dollars and forced into exploitative contracts by an international trafficking ring run by labor contractors, according to a class action lawsuit filed on August 5th by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the American Federation of Teachers [...]
Judge Cantil-Sakauye Selected as Chief Justice of Calif. Supreme Court
July 23rd, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on July 21st that the Honorable Tani Cantil-Sakauye was his choice for chief justice of the California Supreme Court. This makes her making her the first Asian American to lead the state’s judiciary and giving the California Supreme Court a female majority for the first time in its history. “Justice Tani [...]
Philippines Hopes to End Rice Imports
July 12th, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
Did you know that Philippines is currently the world’s largest rice importer? Philippine farmers will even receive nutrient management advice tailored specifically to their rice crops delivered to their mobile phones. Recently, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala announced that the country hopes to be self-sufficient in the staple in three years. “Ending reliance on rice imports is the biggest [...]
Terminated for Speaking Tagalog
June 22nd, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
In Canada, it was because of a spoon and fork, now in the states, Filipinos are receiving unfair treatment at work for being Filipino. For four Filipina-American ex-staffers of a Baltimore City hospital, their termination still comes as a shock. In a recent reports, Corina Capunitan-Yap, Anna Rowena Rosales, Jazziel Granada and Natano were fired [...]
Another Filipina Arrested for Fraud in the U.S.
June 19th, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
So there are new reports on another Filipina arrested for fraudulant activity in the states. Last summer, there were reports of 42 people accused in a California Medicaid scam that swindled the state out of nearly $4.6 million. The scam was despicable due to the fact that the victims were disabled patients and it was orchestrated by [...]
It was a Landslide Victory for Noy Noy, But Why?
June 7th, 2010 by Guest Writer
by Daniel Escurel Occeño I wrote the article, Why Should I Vote for Noy Noy Aquino? the day before the election. I do not know for sure if the article itself had an impact on whether Senator Aquino won by a landslide. What I do know is most of the Sorsogon Province was not planning [...]
Still no Official President of the Philippines
May 22nd, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
I would love to do my overview of the 2010 Philippine elections, except that the country still does not have an official president. With all the news of Pacquiao winning his election to Congress, President-apparent, Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III has yet to take his official oath as leader of the Philippines. Please refer [...]