Veejay Floresca (Source: Out Magazine/ Photo by Spencer Pazer Disney)
Filipino designer Veejay Floresca made history as the first trans woman to win the 21st season of 'Project Runway” (See Manila Times for story).
Jeron Velasco, a cultural exchange teacher from La Castallena, Negros Occidental, has been hailed as the 2025 Arizona History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (See ABS-CBN for story).
Jessica Sanchez
The milestone 20th season came to a close on Wednesday, Sept. 24, naming singer Jessica Sanchez as their winner. Sanchez beat out runner up, freestyle rapper Chris Turner, and walks away with the title of AGTchampion, as well as the $1 million grand prize (See People for story).
A representative from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called on Philippine policymakers to promote more diversified and healthier food systems, warning the country’s dependence on rice has overshadowed the nutritional and economic potential of other local crops (See Manila Standard for story).
The Love Bus, an iconic mode of transportation from the 1970s, is returning to Metro Manila roads to offer commuters free rides (See Philstar for story).
“Magellan,” written and directed by Lav Diaz, was chosen to represent the Philippines in the Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category. It’s an epic historical drama that first screened in Cannes 2025, and stars Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal as the early-16th-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (See Manila Bulletin for story).
Steven Raga (Source: Inquirer.net)
Steven Raga, the first Filipino elected to the New York State Assembly, was arrested Thursday alongside other assemblymembers and senators during a peaceful anti-ICE protest at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, New York (See Inquirer.net for story).
The governments of Canada and the United Kingdom both condemned the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) latest water cannon attack on a civilian Philippine vessel last Tuesday (See Manila Standard for story).
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