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CHICAGO – A Filipino-America lawyer Manny Aguja and his identical twin brother Marc were sentenced to jail for conspiring to commit marriage fraud in Chicago on Wednesday. Manny Aguja, an immigration lawyer based in Chicago, was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment and a US$10,000 fine. His twin brother Marc was sentenced to a one-year . . . → read more
Two Filipina housemaids in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) faced a court over the weekend for having out-of-wedlock sex with partners who left them when they became pregnant, a report of the news site Gulf News said on Monday. The report did not name the Filipinas but said they were: a 33-year-old mother of . . . → read more
LOS ANGELES – Three Filipinos accused of arms smuggling appeared in a Los Angeles US District Court on Monday morning. Sergio Santiago de Leon Syjuco, Cesar Paolo Inciong Ubaldo, and Arjyl Revereza all entered a plea of “not guilty” to charges of exporting weapons without a license. They were arrested last month after yearlong . . . → read more
For becoming pregnant even though she was allegedly not yet married, a 28-year-old Filipina faced a misdemeanor court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A report of the news site Gulf News on Tuesday said the Filipina and her 30-year-old Indian partner faced charges for having consensual sex outside of marriage. However, the . . . → read more
SAN FRANCISCO – The state’s top judge is taking on California’s capital punishment. Filipino American Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said the death penalty is no longer effective. "It's no longer effective in a sense that it is the kind of program that needs to be re-examined because of the fiscal arrangements facing the state," said . . . → read more
The Civil Service Commission of Glendale in California has set official hearing dates for the “landmark” discrimination case of a Filipino American official there who was demoted two steps down the post she has held for nearly two decades. In its report, news site Asian Journal said Saturday that the Commission decided to push . . . → read more
SAN DIEGO, California – A Filipina married to a member of the US Navy could be deported for allegedly pulling a knife out on her husband last month. According to court documents, Marivic Rodelas Dunn unlawfully "drew and exhibited a knife in a rude, angry and threatening manner at her husband Christopher." Dunn . . . → read more
A United States senator has recommended to President Barack Obama the appointment of a Filipino-American lawyer as federal judge of the Southern District of New York, the news site The FilAm said on Tuesday. The report, citing an announcement of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA), said New York Senator Charles Schumer . . . → read more
SAN DIEGO – After calling in sick for a morning preliminary hearing Merlinda Matuszewski, a Filipina accused of scamming her friends and family, appeared in court Thursday afternoon. She tried prove she was too sick to appear for the morning hearing, but was later arrested. On Thursday morning, victims and witnesses, who claimed . . . → read more
LOS ANGELES – The Philippine Consulate in Los Angeles has been watching the case of three Filipino nationals arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on charges of weapons smuggling. “We will be monitoring that closely. I will be attending that hearing also. There will be a grand jury at that session,” said Deputy . . . → read more |
     
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