"It appears that Ronnie Dayan has been successfully turned into another one of my accusers by this Administration. Nevertheless, I welcome this as an opportunity to clear my name as soon as all these fiction stories of the underworld are weaved into a complete but grotesque tapestry and finally filed before a court of law where I can properly defend myself, hopefully this time without the fanfare and the drama of my persecution before the media."
Dr. Cristina Liamzon, program coordinator of the Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship (LSE) Program for Overseas Filipinos and their Families is one of three recipients of this year’s Global Fairness Award.
Launched in 2010 by the Global Fairness Initiatve (GFI), the Global Fairness Award honors individuals who “highlight the power of bringing together top-down opportunity and bottom-up leadership to drive change”.
The Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015 passed the US Congress after the House of Representatives approved it on November 30th. The bill unanimously passed the Senate earlier this year on July 13, and is now one step closer to becoming a law, pending President Barack Obama’s signature.
You can help change building codes for tiny houses in cities all over the country. A new proposal has been written to help legalize tiny homes under the IRC (International Residential Code). With the help of tiny house friends and luminaries such as Andrew Morrison from Tiny House Build, a new appendix has been written to include tiny homes.
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