By: Jan Paul Ferrer   Today, women own four out of every 10 businesses in the U.S.1 In 2018, women of color accounted for 47 percent of all women-owned businesses.1 Why Women are Choosing Entrepreneurship There are a variety of reasons that women are choosing to start their own businesses rather than climb the corporate […]

By: Reign C, Xavier D   No child should go without a toy for the holidays. Each and every year, Toys for Tots is around to provide for the less fortunate. This year, as a result of the COVID pandemic, there are more children than ever in need. Parents are struggling. Many have been laid off […]

By: Richard Hanus   Becoming a U.S. citizen can present numerous challenges for applicants, whether intellectually, logistically or in many cases, emotionally. A deeply personal and meaningful process in the hands of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security immigration offi cer is an experience that can cause many foreign nationals to feel uneasy and full […]

By: Joe Mauricio   This year’s Christmas celebration seems complicated to many Christian families, especially with the ominous news of “Christmas Cancellation” coming from the government authorities. As Christmas is associated with the children’s festivities through their school participation in Christmas caroling and plays in traditional schools, going to church with parents, and excitement in […]

Filiflavors Creates New Opportunity for Filipino-Americans to Get Their Favorite Packaged Food Items Right to Their Doors SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Bianca Trinidad, the Founder, and Owner launched Filflavors. Filiflavors is a Pinay-owned e-commerce site that sells packaged curated boxes filled with your favorite Filipino snacks, ingredients, and more. The e-commerce site initially launched in October […]

Monday, 30 November 2020 By NEWSMAX The first two vaccines against the novel coronavirus could be available to Americans before Christmas, Health Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday, after Moderna Inc became the second vaccine maker likely to receive U.S. emergency authorization. The Food and Drug Administration’s outside advisers will meet on Dec. 10 to […]

Treasurer Maria Pappas today released a study which shows that the areas in Cook County where delinquent properties are a severe problem are losing population, experiencing larger property tax increases, and confronting high levels of violent crime, all of which drives down the number of bids at the Scavenger Sale auction. The study looked at […]

Kids have had a tough go of things throughout the pandemic. They’ve been schooled virtually, they’ve been distanced from their friends, and their birthday parties have been reduced to neighborhood drive-bys. Kids and parents alike are desperate for a sense of normalcy. With Christmas just around the corner, millions of kids are going to be […]

BY MARK TAPSCOTT December 2, 2020-THE EPOCH TIMES So much misinformation and exaggeration about the lethality of the CCP virus—also known as the novel coronavirus—has been broadcast by government officials and the media that many Americans are suffering from a “delusional psychosis,” according to Los Angeles child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Mark McDonald. What began […]

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   Yes, everybody agrees 2020 sucks. But it doesn’t mean, its all bad. Inspired by a series of thanksgiving posts I started on Facebook, before the year ends, here’s 20 things I am grateful for in 2020. #20 We are survivors – My healthcare frontliner husband, Baron and I have gone […]

Driver’s licenses and ID card expirations are extended until June 1, 2021; Online renewals have been expanded to reduce facility visits for in-person services; Select facilities open to serve new drivers and CDL applicants only Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is announcing that Driver Services facilities statewide will remain closed for in-person transactions until Tuesday, Jan. […]

Three semi trucks carrying the first shipments of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine left a factory in Michigan early Sunday, Dec 13, kicking off a historic project to stop a surging pandemic that is claiming more than 2,400 lives a day in the United States. Mask-wearing workers at a Pfizer factory in Michigan began packing the […]

• As Zoom classes replace the quad, half of surveyed colleges maintain policies that impermissibly restrict online speech — including almost 200 public institutions • National survey of 478 institutions finds 9 in 10 colleges restrict free speech in some capacity PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 2020 — Students may be able to find their professors and […]

By: Ryan Tejero   Limitless Faith Church (LFC) is a newly-formed community of believers that was established in July 2020. By the end of August, LFC opened its doors to the public for worship services. Its humble beginnings that started from three people had grown to more than 30 members at this time, and is […]

By: Veronica Leighton   Growing up in the Philippines, had heard my parents’ and grandparents’ stories about the second world war in the Philippines, the atrocities of the Japanese conquerors and their admiration and love for the American soldiers whom they looked up to as their heroes when they came to their rescue after five […]