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If you don't know it yet, the acronym "TNT" means a Filipino who is "Tago Ng Tago" (always hiding) from U.S immigration agents. The U.S. Department of Justice had identified eight so-called "sanctuary cities" where the majority of undocumented immigrants are hiding, and threatened to cut government funding on these cities if they will continue to not cooperate with federal authorities on President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. According to ABS CBN News , Trump has vowed to strip federal funds from the state of California; New York City; Chicago; Philadelphia; Clark County, Nevada; New Orleans; Miami-Dade County, Florida; and Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The federal fund is roughly $29 million in law enforcement aid under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, which helps local governments pay for everything from forensics labs to drug courts. Sanctuary Cities "Sanctuary cities" in general offer s...

Deportation of illegal immigrants from the United States just got easier. US President Donald Trump just overhauled the government's deportation process with the signing of two new memos that dramatically expanded US deportation powers and would "take the shackles off" of immigration agents. The guidelines are part of Trump's wider security plan and making good his promise to crack down on illegal immigrants. Condo Vibes Below are the key features of Trump's new immigration/deportation policy: 1. Widening the net. Nearly all of America's 11 million undocumented immigrants, to include those who violated immigration laws, will be subject for deportation. 2. Widening the enforcement . The new order deputizes local law enforcement agencies to arrest undocumented immigrants. 3. Beefing up. The number of agents assigned at the Enforcement and Removal Operations Office will turn triple with the hiring of more personnel. 4. Expedited removal. ...

Politicians do curse - and that's a fact. In the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has warned US President Barack Obama not to question him about extrajudicial killings, or “son of a bitch, I will swear at you” when they come face to face at their scheduled meeting in the ASEAN summit forum in Laos. Obama's aides later cancelled the talks and Duterte has since issued a statement that he "regrets" such remark. Not quite the language you'd expect from a politician, but Duterte was not the first statesman to go on a wild cussing spree. In fact, several of the US presidents did, according to international news agency, CNN . Here's a list of US politicians who seemed to have enjoyed some political profanities: 1  President Barack Obama.   In 2010, as the BP oil spill resulted in severe environmental, health  and economic consequences, Obama said in an NBC TV show interview, "I don't sit around just talking to experts because this is a col...

Expecting an awesome hoverboard this Christmas? Tell your relative not to send them via a US airline -- they've just banned these gadgets on board their flights. On Friday, at least three major US airlines - Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines -- have enforced a ban against the so-called "hoverboards" amid concerns that the lithium ions batteries of these "self-balancing" devices are fire hazards on their flights. A UK carrier, British Airways, is also set to implement the ban soon. According to an article from CBS News , "the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is currently investigating 10 reports of hoverboard fires in nine states. Many of the hoverboard electric scooters have high-watt lithium batteries, which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says can start fires in a plane's baggage compartments." Lithium Ions are also used on cell phones and laptops, but they are considered "low-watt" batterie...

T he Pinoy "unli-rice" craze has reached New York, USA! The unlimited servings of rice is now available at a Filipino-owned restaurant called the House of Inasal, located at Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens. The owners, Ricardo Aguirre and his older sister, Emme from Iloilo City, opened the Visayan chicken barbecue restaurant about a year ago and are now introducing the "unli-rice" concept to the New York locals. Customers can avail of the "unli-rice" after 5 p.m., from Tuesday to Friday. Also included on the menu are: La Paz Batchoy, Tapsilog (and more variants of the silog breakfast dishes), Bangus Sisig, lumpiang sariwa, arroz caldo, "tortang talong" omelet, and street food like "kwek-kwek" and "isaw." For desserts, the restaurant offers tres leches cake, ube (purple yam) and ice cream sandwich. Prices are from $2.50 to $15.95, no American Express. Filipino population at the Woodside, Queens has grow...