The Japanese government is looking into the possibility of relaxing its restrictive hiring rules for Filipino health care workers who would attend to its graying population. Masato Ohtaka, deputy press secretary of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, confirmed that since his government opened the hiring of Filipino nurses and caregivers, the required number of health care workers had not been achieved, reports Inquirer.net.
Captain Ronald Ravelo
USS Abraham Lincoln, the largest aircraft carrier of United States is undergoing intense overhaul for the past two years. The operations, previously headed by Captain Karl Thomas, have been transferred to a new leadership under his brother-in-law Captain Ronald Ravelo, reports ProudPinoy.tv.
Chef Rickey Estrellado (Source: www.thechefsconnection.com)
Nobu New York Executive Chef Ricky Estrellado comes to Nobu Manila to collaborate with the latter’s Head Chef Michael De Jesus for a gastronomic feast that Nobu-fies timeless Filipino recipes with Japanese-Peruvian influences, for a special engagement on August 18 and 19, reports Cook Magazine Philippines.
Vice Admiral Raquel Bono
US President Barack Obama has nominated Rear Adm. Raquel C. Bono, granddaughter of a Filipino veteran of World War II, for promotion to vice admiral in the US Navy and the position of Defense Health Agency (DHA) director. If her nomination is approved, she will become the highest ranking Filipino American naval officer in the United States, reports Inquirer.net.
Hans Campbell and Chriselyn Bedolido (Source: gofundme.com)
A Dallas police officer was scheduled to be taken off life support on the day he was supposed to marry his fiancée, according to friends. Hans Campbell, 28, had traveled to the Philippines to celebrate his birthday and marry Chriselyn Bedolido. But tragedy struck when he was hit by a boat while scuba diving and declared clinically dead, reports Yahoo news.
"La Pieta" (Photo by Raffy Lerma/Philippine Daily Inquirer)
The murder of Michael Siaron last month would ordinarily not have raised much comment. The tricycle driver’s body was found July 23 on the streets of Manila; next to it a cardboard sign with the words “I am a drug pusher, don’t emulate.” Raffy Lerma, a photographer with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, took a picture now dubbed "La Pieta" that has drawn international attention to the rise in extrajudicial killings following President Rodrigo Duterte’s election in May and the human cost of those killings, reports TheAtlantic.Com.
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz handed the Philippines its first medal in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games early morning on Monday, Manila time. Diaz, who is competing in her third straight Olympics, took the silver medal in the women's 53-kg division won by Chinese Taipei's Hsu Shu-Ching. Her silver is the Philippines' first medal since 1996, reports ABS-CBN News.
Hidilyn Diaz (Source: Reuters)
The Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) is bringing in about 100 new foreign players planning to either set up their own operations or tap local outsourcing providers as the country continues to be the most preferred destination globally for contact center services, reports Inquirer.net.
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