MANILA, Philippines — A legislator on Wednesday expects a big number of jobs being generated in the country from American health insurance firms next year. In a statement issued on Wednesday, House deputy majority leader Roman Romulo said that a large number of health insurance companies from the United States are likely to transfer many of its clinical support service and other back office jobs to the Philippines. He said that the business process outsourcing (BPO) indu...

SAN JOSE, California–Lawyers seek out mesothelioma victims for compensation in cable TV ads. Smoking addicts are encouraged to quit at the movies and by million-dollar ad campaigns. Breast cancer survivors get affirmation at nationwide marathons. Even the once-obese get to star in reality TV. But what do elders—including Filipino seniors—afflicted with mental illness get? A dose of extra-strength epithets: “baliw” (nuts or nutso), “sira-ulo” (messed up in the head), “sira-ulo” with hands cir...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO—With the Affordable Healthcare Act, or Obamacare, about to go into effect, the Philippine American Press Club’s quarterly Kapihan collaborated with AARP to brief the Fil-Am media on the law’s intricacies. On hand to discuss the merits of the healthcare plan was Ahnileen Martinez, associate state director, AARP California State Office. Carla Saporta, health policy director of Greenlining Institute was resource person in clarifying issues related to the plan. According to M...

‘The FilAm’ won two Plaridel awards for outstanding journalists in the Filipino American media in a ceremony held October 4 at South San Francisco.   Contributing writer Laurel Fantauzzo won first prize in the Youth Voice category for her essay “In the Motherland: Thank you, Manila.” The article is part of a series written when she visited the Philippines last year when she received a writing grant from the Fulbright Fellowship. Founding editor Cristina DC Pastor won honorable mention in Ou...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO—The Philippine American Press Club, U.S.A. (PAPC) on its 24th anniversary is honoring the hardworking press corps, and the media agencies they represent by launching the first ever Filipino American excellence in journalism awards, to be called the Plaridel Awards, in tribute to Marcelo H. del Pilar, national hero and journalist of the Philippine revolution. Plaridel, an anagram of his surname, was his nom de plume. The launch was held at the newly opened Fort McKinley Bar...