02.29.08
Posted in Sexuality at 10:35 am by william_lee
Jewish community is opposing the same sex marriages because they say its against their tradition.
Jewish legal tradition is grounded in the notion that the law should be applied equally to all, friend and stranger alike. Same-sex couples are relegated to second-class citizenship when denied access to marriage, a fundamental institution of our society. Those who would stigmatize or criminalize gay and lesbian marriages are the heirs of those who once fought against the legalization of interracial marriage in this country. Click here to learn more.
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Posted in Media and Entertainment at 10:20 am by william_lee
Michael Dadap is a great Filipino guitarist, composer, and conductor, and an influential advocate of Filipino folk music he will address and play a sampling of his music at the Adult Forum at the Garden City Community Church this coming Sunday on March 2, Mr. Dadap’s first exposure to music was at a local Protestant church in the Philippines, where he grew up with the hymns of Handel, Mozart, and Beethoven. His debut performance was held at Carnegie Recital Hall. As a conductor, he has worked with many well know pianist, violinist, flutist, including the cellist Yo Yo Ma. He is a recipient of “Asian-American Alliance for Arts Award.” He was the first recipient of the 2000 Artist of the Year Award by the Flushing Council on Arts. The community is invited to attend the forum in the church parlor. For more info, click here.
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Posted in Editorial at 9:57 am by william_lee
Gina Yee 22, a daughter of a Chinese chef Allen Yee whose dream job was himself to be a police officer, but it happen for his daughter Gina Yee. Yee was one of 11 new police officers who took an oath Thursday to protect and serve the citizens of Duluth. Gina Yee is a 2004 graduate of Duluth Central High School, where she was captain of the cheerleading squad. She also spent many hours volunteering at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Yee, who stands 5-foot-1 and weighs 110 pounds, received her law enforcement training at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.and mainly Yee is the first Asian-American female officer in the Duluth department.
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Posted in Sports at 5:23 pm by william_lee
It’s a bad news for Yao Ming fans; he will be out of the game for few months due to the injury in his left foot. The NBA super star wont be able to play for the U.S. in this coming Beijing olympics, and it’s also quite clear the he will not be back playing for the Rockets this season. The six-time All-Star’s absence will be a huge blow to the in-form Rockets’, who grabbed a 13th straight win on Tuesday night with their 94-69 win over the Washington Wizards
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Posted in Politics at 5:06 pm by william_lee
A young restaurant manager born in France to Chinese immigrants, Wu is running for mayor of Paris’ 13th district, home to Chinatown, the heart of Asia in the French capital. He is the first French-Chinese to seek a mayor’s seat, mounting an independent campaign for the March 9-16 elections after lamenting the district did not have a single councillor of Asian descent.
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Posted in Politics at 4:50 pm by william_lee
It’s great news for Filipino veterans who were in WW2 if Barrack Obama is elected in this presidential campaign because he would support a bill for that would award pensions to Filipinos who fought under the U.S. flag during World War II when the Philippines was a U.S. colony. Obama thinks that they deserve this for their courageous work, and he issued this statement this week urging his colleagues in Senate to provide the veterans with this recognition. According to him, these heroes are still being denied benefits. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee already has passed a broad bill that includes the benefit measure. The full Senate has yet to vote on the legislation. Sen. Daniel Akaka, a Hawaii Democrat and chairman of the veteran affairs committee, backs the Filipino veterans bill. Akaka is also a U.S. veteran of World War II. Filipino-American veterans, most now in their 80s, have campaigned for decades to win the benefits they were promised. Finally they have hope with this statement issued by Obama.
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Posted in World News at 4:07 pm by william_lee
Eugene Fontanos, 23, was a saint in Filipino missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ. He was hit by a Toyota Innova vehicle along the highway of Brgy. Bagumbayan, Valladolid, Tuesday. Immediately he was taken to Valladolid District Hospital were he was declared dead due to severe head injuries. Along with him were two companions. Fortunately the two American missionaries Jared Michael Smith and Rolando Terante, survived, but with injuries in the different parts of their bodies
Police investigations showed that Henry Dasal, the driver of the Toyota Innova, was on his way to San Enrique, when he bumped the victims, who were walking towards a Mormon Church at Purok Pigeon, Brgy. Bagumbayan, Valladolid. Smith and Terante are being treated in a Bacolod City hospital, while Dasal is now detained at the Valladolid police station jail.
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Posted in Science & Technology at 2:43 pm by william_lee
Former U.S Defense Secretary William Perry has urged North Korea to complete de-nuclearization work before the current U.S. president’s term of office expires early next year. Perry made the call when he met with North Korea’s top nuclear negotiator Kim Kye-gwan in Pyongyang, The six-party negotiations over the North’s nuclear programs made progress last year when disablement work at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon began. But the pace of the removal of fuel rods from its reactor has slowed compared to earlier this year. Pyongyang accused Washington of slowing the process by failing to take North Korea off the U.S. terrorism blacklist and removing economic sanctions, despite its provision of a list of its nuclear programs in November. However, Washington does not regard it as a full declaration, click here to learn more
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Posted in Sports at 2:16 pm by william_lee
Sumo’s enfant terrible Asashoryu looks likely to escape punishment for his latest public outburst in which he told photographers to “drop dead.” The incident came after the firebrand Mongolian completed his comeback to the roly-poly sport following a ban for secretly playing football while claiming to be injured. Photographers waiting to snap Asashoryu on his return to Japan from Hawaii on Monday got an earful from the trouble-prone grand champion, who snarled: “Drop dead, you idiots.” But Japan Sumo Association (JSA) officials brushed off Asashoryu’s remarks, saying they did not want to hear the wrestler’s side of events
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