Friday, November 20, 2009
Youth
SHANGHAI - US President Barack Obama Monday admitted in China that he had never used Twitter but said sites like the micro-blogging network should be available everywhere, even though his hosts restrict its use.
"I have never used Twitter," Obama said, at a town hall meeting in Shanghai designed to shake off the crushing formality of his state visit to China in a live Internet webcast.
"I notice many young people, they are very busy with all these electronics -- my thumbs are too clumsy to typ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The US Supreme Court will wrestle with the merits of convicting juveniles who have not committed murder to life in prison without the possibility of parole -- a fate shared by 109 US prisoners, almost all of whom are non-white.
The nine justices will consider two separate cases to determine whether handing out sentences that effectively leave a juvenile to die in prison violates the US Constitution's Eighth Amendment, which prohibits c...
Like the Long March EP brought the Seattle feel in songs like “Southside Revival,” Blue Scholars, FilAm emcee Geologic (Geo) and Iranian American producer Sabza Mohajerjasbi (Sabzi) give audiences refreshing sounds of islands in their new EP, OOF!.
The name Blue Scholars is word play on the term “blue collar,” referring to workers who early hourly wages for manual labor. Their intellectual flare is displayed in Geo's lyrics and Sabzi's carefully crafted be...
BERKELEY, CA -- Throughout the University of California (UC), over 10,000 students, staff, and faculty have walked out as a response to the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) proposed 30 percent tuition fee increase by 2010. While UC Berkeley Chancellor mass e-mailed recognition of the peaceful demonstration, what is marginalized are the contributions of students of color.
Next to San Francisco State University (SFSU), UC Berkeley is second in pioneering Ethnic ...
WASHINGTON D.C. – Unlike Monica, I didn’t get any Oval Office house tour from the President, Neither did I get cyber memos from Mr. Senator. And while my short stint is not enough to bring you titillating tidbits on hookers and ‘real housewives’ types lurking the corridors of power, I learned quite a lot.
January through April this year, I was an intern for a congresswoman, with a reputation for being progressive. I spoke to her once in the elevator and answ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Philippine International Aid and Wells Fargo are presenting “Holiday Double Exposure 8 ,” a fashion show to benefit disadvantaged Filipino youth in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the Philippines on Sunday, November 15 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
Featured designers include Lulu Tan Gan, Dita Sandico Ong from the Philippines and Filipino American Tala Banatao. Philippine Airlines is providing the airfare and baggage ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- THE San Francisco Public Library will celebrate the re-opening of a neighborhood treasure, the newly renovated Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library, on Saturday, Oct. 24. Located at 1 José Sarria Court, near 16th and Market streets, the Eureka Valley renovation is the latest project in the City’s Branch Library Improvement Program.
The grand re-opening celebration will kick off with lion dancers and musicians in front of the renovated bra...
SAN JOSE, Ca—Akbayan, San Jose State University’s Filipino-American student organization, is holding a clothing drive to help support the victims of Typhoon Ondoy, also known as Tropical Storm Ketsana.
Donators can donate clothes, and toiletries such as soap, shampoo, and conditioners, at the Akbayan table, which is located near the student union building, or hand it off to an Akbayan officer.
Akbayan members can also pick up donations from donors who are unab...
SAN BRUNO, CA -- Skyline College proudly presents “Kaugnayan” featuring Barangay Dance Company and Kababayan Dance Troupe of Skyline College in an afternoon of Philippine folk dances and music on October 24, at 3 p.m.
The event will be held at the Skyline College Theater (Building 1), 3300 College Drive here.
“Kaugnayan,” which means connection or unity, reflects the spirit of the participants of this event as they come together to celebrate the ...
MANILA - Muelmar Magallanes braved rampaging floods to save more than 30 people, but ended up sacrificing his life in a last trip to rescue a baby girl who was being swept away on a styrofoam box.
Family members and people who Magallenes saved hailed the 18-year-old construction worker on Monday a hero, as his body lay in a coffin at a makeshift evacuation centre near their destroyed Manila riverside village.
"I am going to be forever grateful to Muelmar. He gave his life for my baby. ...
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