HIGH-RANKING TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVE WHO ABUSED FILIPINOS TO BE DEPORTED

By Balitang America Staff KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A high-ranking representative of Taiwan was sentenced in federal court for fraud in foreign labor contracting after fraudulently obtaining two Filipino servants for her residence. Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Hsien-Hsien “Jacqueline” Liu, 64, of Taiwan, was sentenced by [...]

LAPID’S WIFE: MONEY WAS FOR MY HOUSE

ABS-CBNnews.com January 27, 2012 MANILA, Philippines – Contrary to claims by her husband, Marissa Lapid said the money confiscated from her by United States airport officials is for a “house.” Senator Lito Lapid said on Thursday that his wife had no malicious intentions with the money found by US airport officials in her luggage in [...]

ABS-CBN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON “HAPPY YIPEE YEHEY”

“Happy Yipee Yehey” (HYY) will have its last episode with the grand finals of its “My Girl” search at the AFP Theater on Saturday, February 4, 2012. ABS-CBN is very grateful to the HYY hosts and production staff for their hard work and contribution in giving our noontime viewers a “happy, yipee, yehey” experience for [...]

SENDONG VICTIMS TO RECEIVE $2M WORTH OF MEDICINE, SUPPLIES

-By Don Tagala BROOKLYN, NY–The Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), a Catholic charity in New York donated $2 Million worth of medicines and health care supplies for the victims of typhoon Sendong. In a ceremonial turn-over yesterday at the Queens of Saints Church in Brooklyn, New York, Consul General Mario de Leon received the donations [...]

HOME CHEF’S PRIZE-WINNING ADOBO BANH MI

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau JAN. 27, 2012 UNION CITY, Calif. – 46-year old Arlene Nunez is always busy in the kitchen. Her love for food began by watching the women in her family, her grandmothers and her mother, cook in their kitchen in Manila. “All of my siblings, even if we work [...]