Philippines

Feb 13 2013

20 restaurants

GLENDALE, Calif.—IHOP officials announced an agreement today with a Manila-based company to open 20 restaurants in the Philippines over the next five years, with an option to develop outlets in Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.

The deal between Interdine Corp., a unit of Global Restaurant Concepts Inc., which operates several U.S. brands in the Philippines, and IHOP subsidiary DineEquity Inc. could create about 1,000 jobs, according to IHOP.

Feb 1 2013

Born in Philippines

Maria Pedrialva Fabile, 93, passed away Jan. 18, 2013, in Lancaster. She was born May 26, 1920, in Santa Cruz, Marinduque, Philippines, and had lived in the Antelope Valley for 25 years. Maria is survived by two daughters, Fortunata Carias and Zaida O’Connor (husband, Charles); two sons, Bayani Fabile (wife, Merly) and Elpidio Fabile Jr. (wife, Josie); 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.

Below is a list for recent Antelope Valley deaths.

Oct 25 2012

Paul A. Orduna dead at 85

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 27, for Paul A. Orduna, the Los Angeles City Fire Department’s first African American assistant fire chief. Orduna died on Oct. 5 at the age of 85. The services will beheld at the African American Firefighter’s Museum located at 1401 Central Ave. at 1 p.m.

 Orduna served in the U.S. Air Force for two years where he received specialized training as a diesel mechanic. He was stationed in the Philippines for nine months and received an honorable discharge from the Air Force in 1946.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.