‘Pinay’: Cat found on freighter from Philippines to LA

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Jul 302013
 
‘Pinay’: Cat found on freighter from Philippines to LA

Associated Press 5:57 am | Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 This undated photo provided by the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control shows a 4-year-old cat that stowed away in a container ship headed from Manila, Philippines, to Los Angeles. The cat, named “Pinay” by staff, is described as a domestic short-haired, orange-and-white female. She is gaining weight and getting stronger after the trip without food or water left her near death. AP PHOTO/COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL LOS ANGELES—A 4-year-old cat that stowed away in a container ship headed from Manila, Philippines, to Los Angeles is gaining weight and getting stronger after the trip without food or water left it near death. Los Angeles County animal control director Marcia Mayeda said the orange-and-white female cat was weak and frail after the 7,300-mile  (11,745-kilometer) trip. But after two weeks of treatments, the feline is in fair condition. Hospital staff named the cat Pinay, a common name for a female Filipino. The cat has cleared quarantine but needs to be adopted into a calm home because she is still skittish. Potential adopters can e-mail daccevents@animalcare.lacounty.gov. A year ago, a kitten named Ni Hao survived a freighter trip from China and was placed in a home. Follow Us Recent Stories: Complete stories on our Digital Edition newsstand for tablets, netbooks and mobile phones; 14-issue free trial. About to step out? Get breaking alerts on your mobile.phone. Text ON INQ BREAKING to 4467, for Globe, Read More …

PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL ATTENDS 27th ANNIVERSARY OF OLD FORT MACARTHUR DAYS 2013

 Entertainment
Jul 192013
 

Los Angeles, 16 July 2013 – The Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles attended the 27th Anniversary of the Old Fort MacArthur Days held at the Fort MacArthur Museum and the Historic Osgood-Farley Battery Site in San Pedro, Los Angeles County on 13 July 2013. The Consulate representatives were led by Deputy Consul General Daniel […]

EcoWaste group finds lead on labels of 3 soft drink products

 News
Jul 092013
 
EcoWaste group finds lead on labels of 3 soft drink products

Aside from the threat to health due to high sugar content, bottled soft drinks may endanger children due to lead on the label of the bottles, an ecological group said Sunday. The EcoWaste Coalition said it found the lead on the labels after subjecting the bottles to a test with an X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer. “Lead was specifically detected on the paints used for the product labels, and not on the actual beverage,” said coordinator Anthony Dizon. Dizon said soft drinks are among the most widely distributed products and are easily available to children. He also said that while lead from the label may not leach into the liquid inside the glass bottle, lead may get into the bottle when it is washed for recycling, or ingested by a consumer, “particularly a child, when she touches the leaded part and then put her fingers in her mouth.” The group reiterated lead may be harmful even in small amounts, and may cause mental, physical, developmental and behavioral problems and even reproductive disorders. Dizon said the group will write to the soft drink companies and ask them to stop using leaded paint on their product labels. “If most soft drink companies can have their product names and emblems made with unleaded paint, we see no reason why other companies cannot do the same,” he said. Three products The group tested 15 soft drink products last July 5 and 6, and found three to contain lead way above the 90 ppm US limit Read More …

ABS-CBN Int’l launches Lifestyle Network with star-studded bash

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Jun 272013
 
ABS-CBN Int’l launches Lifestyle Network with star-studded bash

INQUIRER.net US Bureau 6:30 am | Friday, June 28th, 2013 Collage: Benny Uy; Sthanlee Mirador & John Salangsang; Bradford Adkins & Richard Lao LOS ANGELES–A dazzling tableau of high fashion, gourmet food, fine wines, elegantly attired celebrities, VIP guests and flashing cameras marked the launch party of ABS-CBN International’s Lifestyle Network at the Legendary Park Plaza Hotel, host to Hollywood’s elite in the 1920s. Time Warner Cable carries Lifestyle Network in Los Angeles, San Diego and Hawaii. A panoramic scan of the courtyard and red carpet showed many familiar faces among the 500 invited guests. Social media were inundated with real time image uploads of on-goings and lots of kudos. Among the celebrities spotted were Apl.de.ap of Black-Eyed Peas; vintage intelligence extraordinaire Doris Raymond; designers Alan del Rosario, Carlyn Calloway and Alexis Phifer; Fritz Friedman of Sony Pictures; Kaya Jones of the Pussycat Dolls; TV host and model Vanessa Minnillo; celebrity stylist Kyle Blackmon, Also seen were chef Cecilia de Castro, head of the Academy of Culinary Education in Los Angeles who has worked with Wolfgang Puck and restaurateur Patrick Terrail; Filipino local stars including actor-director Bernardo Bernardo, legendary pop-jazz singers Louie Reyes and Joannie Feliciano of ABS-CBN Foundation International, former Adobo Nation co-host and commercial model Jaja Bolivar, news anchors Maria Quiban and Bob de Castro of Fox11. Cher Calvin of KTLA5 hosted the fashion show that featured the designs of celebrated Filipino designers Jay Nicolas Sario of Project Runway and Alexis Monsanto, founder of West Hollywood-based fashion design Read More …

‘Hasaan Ng Tulaan’: A Night Of Philippine Culture And Poetry

 Entertainment
Jun 112013
 

June 19, 2013 is the 152nd birth anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, Philippines’ revered national hero. On that night Filipino poetry and music will fill the hall  of the Philippine Consulate, aptly named Rizal Hall after the great hero. In collaboration with the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles and the Filipino American Press Club […]

PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL, DOT AND FILIPINO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS GEAR UP FOR 08 JUNE 2013 KALAYAAN CELEBRATION AT HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN

 Entertainment
Jun 052013
 

Los Angeles, 04 June 2013. – The Philippine Consulate General, the Department of Tourism and the Filipino community organizations of Los Angeles gears up for KALAYAAN 2013 at Filipinotown on 08 June 2013. One of the highlights of Kalayaan 2013 celebration are the Dinagyang Street Dancers from the City of Iloilo and million-peso championship winner […]

US home prices soar 12% in April

 Economy
Jun 052013
 
US home prices soar 12% in April

WASHINGTON (AP) – US home prices soared 12.1 percent in April from a year earlier, the biggest gain since February 2006, as more buyers competed for fewer homes. Real estate data provider CoreLogic says prices rose in April from the previous April in 48 states. Prices also rose 3.2 percent in April from March, much better than the previous month-to-month gain of 1.9 percent. Prices in Nevada jumped 24.6 percent from a year earlier, the most among the states. California’s gain was next at 19.4 percent, followed by Arizona’s 17.3 percent, Hawaii’s 17 percent and Oregon’s 15.5 percent. More people are looking to purchase homes. But the number of homes for sale is 14 percent lower than it was a year ago. The supply shortage has contributed to the price increases. Rising home prices can help sustain the housing recovery. They encourage more homeowners to sell. And they spur would-be homeowners to buy before prices increase further. Home sales and prices began to recover last year, six years after the housing bust. They have been buoyed by steady job gains and low mortgage rates. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 Sales of previously occupied homes ticked up to a 3 ½ year high in April, according to the National Association of Realtors. And they are likely to keep growing: A measure of signed contracts to buy homes rose to its highest level in three years in April. There is generally a one- to two-month lag between a Read More …

LOCAL ASIAN TV STATION STEPS UP ITS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

 Entertainment
Jun 042013
 

KSCI-TV LA 18 to Broadcast “Telethon for Change, Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence” Live on Saturday, June 22, 2013, 3-5pm PST Los Angeles—KSCI-TV LA 18 (LA 18), Los Angeles’ #1 Asian TV station, will air a telethon to raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault in the Asian American community for the second year in […]

SANTACRUZAN IN THE YEAR OF FAITH

 Entertainment
May 302013
 

Los Angeles, California- On May 4th, 2013, the Filipino Ministry of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles celebrated its 9th Archdiocesan SANTACRUZAN at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. The Most Reverend Oscar A. Solis, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop and only Filipino-American Bishop in United States, presided the Eucharistic celebration together with the clergy. Santacruzan […]

Fil-Am staffers and students join UC Medical Center strike frontline

 News
May 242013
 
Fil-Am staffers and students join UC Medical Center strike frontline

By Hiyasmin QuijanoINQUIRER.net US Bureau 5:55 am | Saturday, May 25th, 2013 Filipino hospital staffers at strike picket line in front of the University of California Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles. Photo by Hiyasmin Quijano LOS ANGELES, California–Filipino-American workers and students joined a two-day strike in front of the University of California Ronald Reagan Medical Center to “get priorities straight.” After ten months of negotiations, UC patient technical workers continue to bargain for enforceable safe staffing standards to protect patient care, a stop to outsourcing frontline care to less-experienced workers, fair wages to afford sending their own children to the University of California and a stop to oversized executive entitlements. Medical center works say hundreds are being laid off, schedules reduced and less-experienced providers being hired. Thousands of UC Medical patient care workers voted 97 percent in favor of the May 21-22 job stoppage. The strikers included respiratory therapists, nursing aides, radiologists, certified nursing assistants, MRI technologists, licensed vocational nurses, surgical technicians, diagnostic sonographers, pathology lab technicians, pharmacy technicians, or technicians and others staff members. UC Medical Centers serve approximately four million people annually. “I’m here for my patient. A lot of us are overworked because we’re also given on-call assignments. So sometimes we are working all week. We also never get released on time because there’s not enough staff to relieve us,” states Jing Ulamgkang. Staffers complain that over-scheduling, causes stress and exhaustion for care providers and delays for patients. “It all boils down to patient safety and Read More …

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