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By Yvee Tadeo-Guevara December 19, 2012 LOS ANGELES–It was a bittersweet victory for over 300 Filipino teachers who were awarded by a Los Angeles court $4.5 million in damages. In a unanimous verdict on the case filed by the teachers, a federal jury found Lourdes Navarro, owner of universal placement incorporated guilty of fraud, misrepresentation [...]

Pinoy Panawagan Counsel Lou Tancinco answers viewers’ questions on immigration issues.

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau RIVERSIDE, Calif–Ralph DeLeon, Filipino American accused of terrorism appeared in court with his co-defendants Miguel Santana and Arifeen David Gojali to be arraigned again. This time they were joined by the recently extradited Soheil Omar Kabir, whom the FBI alleges acted as a recruiter, arranging for the three men [...]

And we asked you: SHOULD SCHOOL PERSONNEL BE TRAINED TO USE GUNS IN TIMES OF CRISIS, TO PREVENT A REPEAT OF THE CONNECTICUT TRAGEDY? You answered: 58%- YES 42% – NO Here’s what some of you had to say:

ABS-CBNnews.com This year, the Philippines’ bet to Miss Universe traded the traditional “terno” for a glamorous Maranao-inspired gown in the pageant’s parade of nations. Unlike the Philippines’ delegates to the annual pageant before her, Janine Tugonon represented the country in a silver see-through, tribal-inspired dress, matched with a maroon sash at the National Costume show [...]

By Balitang America Staff December 18, 2012 State lawmakers in several states are in the process of introducing legislation to allow teachers to carry guns in school, in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. Lawmakers in at least six states have outlined plans to introduce legislation in 2013 to allow [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Dec. 18, 2012 SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Four days after the deadly elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut that left 20 children and six school staff members dead, the nation’s attention is now on gun control. Knowing that this could happen in his own California neighborhood is too [...]

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau December 18, 2012 NEWTOWN, CT--Two small caskets were buried in Connecticut on Monday. Six-year olds Jack Pinto and Noah Pozner were laid to rest, as the entire country continues to grieve the loss of innocent lives in a shooting rampage in sandy hook elementary school last Friday. Monday’s [...]

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau POMONA, Calif–It’s been nearly a month since the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Ralph DeLeon, Miguel Santana and Arifeen David Gojali, accusing them of terrorism, and members of the Masjid al-Sabireen Cham American Muslim Community mosque where the three worshiped at are still trying to make [...]

By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press A federal jury awarded $4.5 million to Filipino teachers who paid large fees to obtain U.S. jobs through a placement agency. Jurors on Monday found that Los Angeles-based Universal Placement International Inc. and its owner, Lourdes Navarro, failed to properly disclose the fees for the 350 teachers who were recruited [...]