Excited about the news circulating on the internet that Spain is extending citizenship to those whose last names appear on a certain list? Well, you can rejoice only if you're a sure descendant of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492, reports ABS-CBN News.
Two Filipino women are among the 25 “most influential” women in Asia-Pacific’s asset management scene, based on a list drawn up by financial publication AsianInvestor Magazine, reports Inquirer.net: Maria Theresa Marcial Javier, senior vice president and head of asset management and trust group at Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands, and Ramona Gertrudes Santiago, assistant governor and head of treasury at Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
A Filipino-Canadian teenager, 16-year-old Ann Makosinski, invented a flashlight powered solely by body heat—absolutely no batteries are needed to make it work, reports Inquirer.net. She says her project was inspired by a friend from Mindanao whose family could not afford to pay for electricity.
A crew of 19 Filipinos are on board the Norwegian ship Hoegh St. Petersburg, including a master with 27 years of experience, which is among the vessels searching for the lost Malaysian Airlines plane, reports TradewindsNews.com.
Two Filipino-American actresses are making a name for themselves in Hollywood, reports ABS-CBN News. For the past two years, Ellen D. Williams has been popping out on the hit CBS show "How I Met Your Mother." Another Fil-Am actress, Ashley Argota, announced that come June, she will be a part of the cast of the second season of ABC Family's "The Fosters".
A total of 4,034 Philippine-educated nurses took the US National Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for the first time in 2013, in the hopes of obtaining gainful employment in America, reports Interaksyon.com.
A European television series with two Filipino characters has won the Flemish version of the US Emmy Awards following cult success since its original run at the end of 2013, reports ABS-CBN News. "Eigen Kweek" is about a local farmer who tries to regain lost money by growing cannabis. It also features two Filipino characters, sisters Julita and Nenita Pineda from Caloocan City, who both ended up in Belgium is search of a better life.
MADRID—Spanish police said that they had broken up two drug trafficking rings specializing in crystal meth, arresting 42 people, almost half of them Filipinos, reports Inquirer.net. Police seized eight kilos (17.6 pounds) of the highly addictive drug -- known as “ice” or “shabu”-- and 15,000 ($21,000) in cash in raids across Madrid, Barcelona and Murcia, the police said in a statement. Police arrested 20 Filipinos, 19 Spaniards and three Africans—one each from Mali, Senegal and Togo.
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