VOL. XXVIII NO. 42 LOS ANGELES
October 19 - 25, 2019
THE LEADING SOURCE OF NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR FELLOW FILIPINO-AMERICANS
PINOYS IN LA LAUNCH CENSUS COmPLETE COUNT COmmITTEE
Holding a string of foil balloons that reads: “Kabilang Tayo,” Filipino american youth join government and community leaders in a pictorial at the end of the complete count committee launch at the Unidad Park in los angeles. Photo by aBnER galino
Central Valley investment booms but leaves workers behind By maRK HEdin | Ethnic media Services FRESno – California boasts the world’s fifth-largest economy, with Central Valley’s agricultural exports a key driver. In the state’s continuous economic growth, only the Bay Area has been able to keep up with or outpace the per capita
growth of Central Valley’s Gross Domestic Product index. But beneath all that economic activity and seeming prosperity lies another, harsher reality: The Central Valley consistently experiences some of the worst CENTRAL VALLEY
Who’s in
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JUAN KARLOS, the Philippine singer/composer behind the hit song “Buwan” (popularly known as Dilaw na Buwan) poses with Los Angeles local singer/host GG Star before a concert at popular Filipino bar and restaurant in downtown Los Angeles. Photo by BOBBY CRISOSTOMO
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PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY COMMISSION HONORS ‘BEST IN CLASS’
a coUnTY program that ensures families are receiving child abuse prevention support services, an academy that improves patient care through process improvements, and a project that discovered 43 new species that live in Los Angeles took home the prestigious Gold, Silver and Bronze Eagle Awards at the 33rd Annual Productivity and Quality Awards (PQA) ceremony held yesterday at the Music Center. These projects were singled out among the “Top 10” PRODUCTIVITY
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By ABNER GALINO
lEadERS and members of non-profit organizations, student clubs, community and elected leaders recently launched (october 12) the “Filipino complete count community of los angeles county” at the Unidad Park in downtown los angeles. The launch was in line with the unified efforts of the community to ensure that every Filipino is counted in the 2020 Census. “This is very exciting. Maganda ang at-
ing kick off under the PWC, SIPA, FASGI and our young folks. We are specifically targeting the young people. We want to involve them in empowering the community by having a full and accurate count,” PINOYS IN LA
Korean Air to start flying LAX-Clark on Oct. 25 By aBnER galino and JoY maRino
THE Korean Air will start flying the Los Angeles and Clark Freeport Zone (LAX-CLARK) as a daily route starting on October 25, 2019. And there will also be two daily flights for the Los Angeles-Manila routes (in the morning and in the evening). In a presentation held at the Philippine Department of Tourism office in Los Angeles, Korean Air sales account executive Ellen Hwang said passengers could get to enjoy touring the beautiful city of Incheon from the airport at no cost to them. "Coming back from Manila KOREAN AIR
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alan Fan, Sr. Sales account Executive, KE
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