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Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America LOS ANGELES – For the past few days, it has been prayers at the Calabria house with family members wondering why Robert, 34, was brutally gunned down over the weekend along with three other people. “Still to this day I cannot believe an wale na siya. Hindi na siya babalik,” [...]

By The Associated Press December 7, 2012 WASHINGTON — The nation’s unemployment rate fell to a four-year low of 7.7 percent in November as employers added an unexpectedly large but still moderate 146,000 jobs over the month, despite the disruptions caused by Hurricane Sandy. Although the severe storms in the Northeast in late October clipped [...]

(Reuters) – Republican House Speaker John Boehner accused U.S. President Barack Obama of pushing the country toward the “fiscal cliff” on Friday and of wasting another week without making progress in talks. With three weeks left before a combination of steep tax hikes and deep spending cuts kicks in unless Congress intervenes, Boehner said the [...]

And we asked you: Do you trust recruiting agencies to find in the U.S. for your friends and family in the Philippines? You answered: 82% – NO 12% – YES Here’s what some of you had to say:

ABS-CBNnews.com December 7, 2012 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Typhoon Pablo (international name Bopha), which devastated Mindanao and left hundreds of people dead or missing, has regained strength off Luzon, the UK Met Office warned Friday. The UK’s national weather service, which has been tracking the typhoon along with other foreign agencies, said the typhoon may [...]

The movie Hitchcock is coming out in wider release this weekend. How many kisses will Manny the Movie Guy give the Oscar buzz worthy film?

By Steve Angeles, ABS CBN North America Bureau Los Angeles – A Filipino is among four victims of a heinous execution-style murder in Northridge, California on Sunday. According to reports from the LA Daily News, Robert ‘Totoy’ Calabia, 34, reportedly dropped off a friend at what is described as an ‘illegal boarding home’ when a [...]

By Yvee Tadeo Guevara, ABS CBN North America Bureau Los Angeles - Room 750 of the Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles was packed as the jury hearing for the class suit filed by Filipino teachers, against their Los Angeles-based placement agency began. 300 Filipino teachers claim they were victims of human trafficking and fraud when [...]

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau December 6, 2012 NEW YORK- Family and supporters of prominent Filipino community leader in New York, Rene Ballenas came in full force to his hearing at the New York Criminal Court in Lower Manhattan Thursday morning. Ballenas, 50, was arrested last October and was charged with burglary and [...]

By Associated Press December 6, 2012 The government is taking action against the makers of a portable baby recliner, called the Nap Nanny, after five infant deaths. The Consumer Product Safety Commission filed an administrative complaint alleging that a recent model of the Nap Nanny, called the Chill, and two earlier versions “pose a substantial [...]

By Balitang America Staff December 6, 2012 BMW is recalling close to 250,000 X5 SUV’s worldwide because the vehicle’s bolt can break and can cause the loss of power-assisted steering. The recall affects 2009 through 2012 models of the diesel-powered X5 sports utilities vehicles. The luxury car maker said the bolt could loosen and if [...]