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www.thevalley.net (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) – The Valley Economic Alliance along with the California Employment Development Department  is hosting the 9th annual largest veteran job fair of its kind in Los Angeles County on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at the Warner Center Marriott Hotel located at 21850 Oxnard Street, Woodland Hills, CA from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Over 1,500 veterans from our local military bases who have returned from active duty will have the opportunity to meet face to face with more than 90 quality employers from a wide assortment of industries.  Some of the employers will be interviewing and hiring candidates on the spot providing veterans the opportunity to fill more than 1,500 confirmed job openings.   Industries include manufacturing, retail, healthcare, banking, construction and engineering. “Events like the “Honor a Hero-Hire a Veteran” Job & Resource Fair, which connects Los Angeles and Ventura Counties’ talented workers with employers looking to hire, are a critical part of The Valley Economic Alliance’s efforts to strengthen our economy and support a stronger workforce”, Kenn Phillips, Vice President.  “The Honor a Hero-Hire a Veteran” Job & Resource Fair will also provide our veterans , who have bravely sacrificed in defense of our freedom and have considerable talent and unique skills that will strengthen our civilian workforce and our economy.  I want to thank our veterans for their service, as well as California Employment Development Department and the participating businesses for their efforts to build a stronger, more innovative San Fernando Valley. Premier sponsors include Bank of America Read More …

Maria Ozawa (MNS photo) Maria Ozawa seems to be having fun in the Philippines as she shoots her first Filipino movie, “Nilalang.” The film, which also stars Cesar Montano, is an entry to this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival. Ozawa revealed that she was initially nervous about working with a non-Japanese cast and crew. “I’m very excited. I’ve been waiting for this. Actually I was really scared at first because it’s my first movie here and it’s my first time working with everybody, with foreign people. But the more I spend time with people, the crew and the cast, I found out that they could really be nicer than Japanese people,” she said. Asked how she finds Montano as a leading man, Ozawa said: “He was really a gentleman on the set. He’s really protective. For example, while on set, he’ll always ask if I’m okay.” To prove that she is indeed enjoying her time in the Philippines, Ozawa revealed she working to extend her stay in the Philippines. “Me working in the Philippines is really a big and important thing for me. It’s changing my life and career. I just have to take another step to my future. I need to level up. You just can’t do one industry in a long time,” she said. But what is it with Filipino people that she likes the most? “I guess it’s because of the love that people give me. They are all really nice. It makes me want to stay Read More …

Members of ProGay and women’s rights group Gabriela rally in front of the Supreme Court in Manila on Tuesday, November 25, to denounce the alleged government inaction on violence against women. The rally was held just as the high court was on its second day of oral arguments on the constitutionality of the PHL-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. (MNS photo) MANILA, Oct 21 (Mabuhay) — A lawyer of the Laude family believes an international criminal complaint may be filed against US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton if he is acquitted here in the Philippines for the killing of transgender Jennifer Laude. Virgie Suarez, the legal counsel of the Laude family, said filing a new case against Pemberton before an international body could happen if he is acquitted by the local court hearing his murder case. ”Of course, we are also thinking about that. I cannot discuss it yet here but yes, there is still a way how to run after Pemberton. That would mean an international case, complaint,” Suarez said. Suarez said the Olongapo Regional Trial Court branch hearing the Laude murder case has until December 14 year to meet the one-year prescriptive period set forth in the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). ”We will be informed if the court will be able to resolve it earlier than December 14. As of now, there is no indication yet,” she said. Suarez said the prosecution can no longer appeal should the court acquit Pemberton. ”If he is considered not guilty, he Read More …

A young girl pours out a bucket of thick mud on Tuesday as she helps clean her home which was inundated by floodwaters brought by Typhoon Lando in Cabanatuan City. The government estimates the damage caused by the super typhoon has surpassed P5 billion, with full report yet to be completed. (MNS photo) MANILA, Oct 21 (Mabuhay) — Widespread flooding in the Philippines caused by a powerful typhoon eased on Wednesday but the storm’s death toll climbed to 47 and tens of thousands of people remained in evacuation centers. As the weather improved three days after the onslaught of Typhoon Lando (Koppu), officials were also counting the cost of ruined crops and drowned livestock from heavy rain that flowed into the vast farming regions north of Manila. “Although the water is still flowing downstream, it has started to subside in some areas,” Mahar Lagmay, director of a government project to mitigate the impact of natural disasters in the Philippines, said. Heavy rains across the mountainous northern Philippines, the cause of most of the flooding in the farming plains, had also eased, according to Lagmay and a local civil defense official. But 17 people had died across the central farming regions of Luzon, based on confirmed figures from national and local authorities. More than 300 villages had been submerged across the central farming regions of Luzon on Monday and Tuesday, with the flooding consuming entire homes in some areas. But the flooding had not subsided completely yet, forcing more than 107,000 Read More …

By Rod Mijares Balita Media Nevada correspondent (photo courtesy of ALA Boxing Promotions Facebook page) After a successful boxing promotions in the Philippines and in the Middle East, ALA Boxing Promotions in collaboration with ABS-CBN makes history by promoting their latest installment of never ending Pinoy Pride, where else, but in the boxing mecca of the world, America, the land of opportunities where fame and boxing greatness are made and being made as we speak. Pinoy Pride latest edition, Philippines vs. The World, is the first ever 100% Filipino boxing promotion in America and it will be held at the StubHub Center in Carson, Los Angeles California on Saturday, October 17, 2015.  Philippines vs. The World is anchored by 8th-time WBO world light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes in the main event with equally talented world caliber boxers, Mark Magsayo and brothers Jason and Albert Pagara in the featured events.  Up and coming Filipino boxer Bruno Escalante completes the supporting cast. The 33-year old Donnie “Ahas” Nietes (36-1-4) will defend his title against Mexican Juan Alejo (21-3-0) in a 12-round bout.   Nietes became a world champion by defeating Thailand’s Pornsawan Porpramook on September 30, 2007 for the WBO world minimumweight title and defending it four times before moving up in weight.  Four years later, on October 8, 2011 he conquered Mexican Ramon Garcia Hirales for the WBO World lightweight title and from there on holding onto it and defending it seven times. Nietes said, “ I am 100% confident that I Read More …