Roman Gabriel (Source: facebook)
Roman Gabriel, the first Filipino American quarterback in the NFL and the league MVP in 1969, died Saturday. He was 83. He still holds the Rams' team record with 154 touchdown passes (See ESPN for story).
Phil Rosenthal (center) at Sampaguita (Source: Esquiremag.ph)
Phil Rosenthal, host of the travel and food documentary Somebody Feed Phil, said he couldn't stop raving about the frozen dessert offerings at Sampaguita, a Filipino-American Ice Cream shop in Orlando, Florida (See Esquiremag.ph for story).
Police Cadet Ma. Camille Cabasis
Police Cadet Ma. Camille Cabasis who used to work at a photocopy center and sell siopao (char siu bro) in school to fund her college education emerged as topnotcher of this year’s Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) graduating class (See Philstar.com for story).
Nicole Scherzinger (Source: Inquirer.net | Instagram)
Filipino-American Nicole Scherzinger took home the Best Actress award as her West-End musical revival “Sunset Boulevard” won big at the 2024 Laurence Olivier Awards (See Inquirer.net for story).
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The New Philippine Passport Act requires the Department of Foreign Affairs to establish an online application portal and electronic one-stop shop that is “readily accessible on its official website to facilitate convenience of application and ease in gathering and submission of the requirements”(See Spot.ph for story).
Ella Mayor (left) (Source: AsAmNews)
Ella Mayor, a senior at Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley, California won a $25,000 National Honors Society Scholarship and trip to Washington, D.C. (See AsAmNews for story).
University of the Philippines, Ateneo De Manila, De La Salle University
Three institutions from the Philippines made it to the latest global ranking of universities based on subjects. The 2024 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world university rankings by subject included the University of the Philippines (UP), De La Salle University (DLSU) and Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) (See Philstar.com for story).
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The University of the Philippines College of Law has etched its name in history once again, clinching the prestigious title of World Champions at the 2024 Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington, DC (See UP College of Law Website for story).
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