TikTok Invaded This Cruise for Content. Maybe Someday It’ll Come for You.
The audience on land clearly has a fantasy of what cameras may catch. Something juicy, like a disgruntled crew member struggling to serve an impossibly demanding guest. If you stare long enough, connect the right dots, perhaps you’ll glimpse some tense dynamic, the sort of thing Bravo might send an entire production team racing toward. […]
The Anti-Mail Order Spouse Act
Dear PAO, I have a friend who started an online business wherein she “offers” Filipina brides to foreign nationals. The process is that she will upload the profiles of these women, and if they are chosen by the foreign nationals, my friend will personally introduce them to each other for a fee. Is my friend […]
Need a Passport? You’re in Luck.
The State Department, which issues and renews passports for American citizens, has faced a number of challenges since the start of the pandemic. Staffing shortages caused extensive delays in the application process, including a scarcity of in-person appointments, while a surge of Americans hoping to travel led to a record number of applications and renewal […]
Failure to sign pre-trial agreement
Dear PAO, What is the possible effect if the pre-trial agreement was not signed by the accused? My nephew’s friend is facing a criminal case. According to my nephew, his friend had no participation in the crime he was being accused of. So, during the pre-trial conference, he did not sign the agreement as it […]
3-Year Cruise Passengers Seek Fraud Charges Over Cancellation
By now, they were supposed to be well into the first leg of the three-year Life at Sea cruise, sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Punta Arenas in Chilean Patagonia. Instead, more than a month after the cruise was abruptly canceled, one couple is stranded in an Istanbul hotel and on the verge of becoming homeless; […]
Rights of delivery riders | The Manila Times
Dear PAO, I am currently working as a rider for a digital platform. I just want to know about the rights of delivery riders. Billy Dear Billy, Please be informed of Labor Advisory 14, Series of 2021, which states that: Get the latest news delivered to your inbox Sign up for The Manila Times newsletters […]
F.A.A. Says Initial Round of 737 Max Inspections Has Been Finished
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday that an initial round of inspections of 40 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes had been completed, but that those aircraft and scores of other Max 9 planes would remain grounded as the agency finalized an inspection process for them. On Friday, the F.A.A. announced that it was requiring […]
Complainant in a concubinage case
Dear PAO, Since August 2023, my granddaughter’s husband has been cold to her. She did not entertain then the possibility of him having a mistress because, I guess, she was in denial. However, a co-worker of her husband confirmed to her that her husband has a relationship with a woman who also works in their […]
Judge Blocks JetBlue From Acquiring Spirit Airlines
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked JetBlue Airways’ proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines, a victory for the Department of Justice, which argued that the deal would harm travelers. In his 109-page ruling, Judge William G. Young of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts sided with the Justice Department in determining […]
Balikbayan’s privileges | The Manila Times
Dear PAO, I was born and raised in the Philippines and lived there for 23 years before I settled in Canada in the year 2013. Just early this year, I became a Canadian citizen. I haven’t seen and been with my family and friends for a decade. So, I decided to go home to the […]