By Balitang America Staff August 31, 2011 The U.S. government is heightening security measures all over the country as the 10th anniversary of the terror attack of September 11, 2001 draws nearer. As precautionary measure, tougher security at airports, government buildings, mass transit stations, major athletic venues and U.S. borders will be implemented leading up [...]

By Balitang America Staff August 31, 2011 Corruption and waste amounting to over $60 billion U.S. tax dollars over the last ten years was the finding of a federally appointed commission on government’s spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Commission on Wartime Contracting, an independent, bipartisan legislative commission established in 2008 to [...]

By Rodney Jaleco, ABS-CBN North America Bureau August 31, 2011 WASHINGTON D.C.— As the Philippine president visits China to court billion-dollar investments and relegating the Spratly Islands dispute to the back burner, a conservative U.S. think tank challenged President Obama and American lawmakers to demonstrate its close ties with the Philippines just as much as [...]

Our resident immigration expert, Attorney Lou Tancinco, answering your immigration questions in the week’s PINOY PANAWAGAN.

By Steve Angeles with Balitang America Staff August 30, 2011 Mexican fighter Juan Manuel Marquez has arrived in Manila, ready to start a multi-country media blitz promoting his forthcoming match with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas. Balitang America interviewed Marquez at the Los Angeles International Airport before he left for Manila. Watch the [...]

And we asked you: Do you support Pacquiao in his crusade against the reproductive health bill and the divorce bill in the Philippines? You answered: NO,- 70% YES-30% Here’s what you had to say about it:

By Yvee Tadeo-Guevarra August 30, 2010 LOS ANGELES–Sixty-three year old Agustino Viloro will be entitled to receive his Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicare benefits by 2013. But due to the downturn of the economy and its slow recovery, he said he is not expecting to receive anything. “Sa ngayon, hindi ko pa yan inaasahan [...]

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau August 30, 2011 GARDEN GROVE, Calif. –Filipino business leaders are trying to go green in Orange County, California. The Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Orange County has promoted green businesses for the past three years. They have encouraged more Filipinos to look into cleaner industries. “By keeping [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS- CBN North America Bureau August 30, 2011 FREMONT, Calif. – Nimfa Gamez was 42 years old when she arrived in America in 1995. She left behind eight children in the Philippines. The only way she thought she could give them a better future was to work in America. Nimfa, a stay-at-home [...]