Three Filipino singers made it to the audition phase of Australia's “X-Factor,” earning standing ovations not only from the audience but also from the four judges as well, reports GMA News.
The three were self-described shy girl Marlisa Punzalan; Tiny Justin Vasquez, who has won a singing competition in Manila; and pop-rock fan Mary Ann Van Der Horst.
Singapore has warned maid employment agencies in the city-state against “undignified” advertising following complaints by rights groups that domestic workers are being marketed as commodities, reports Inquirer.net/AFP.
Two Filipinos—social worker Alberto Rodil of Toronto, Ontario, and doctor Anna Wolak of Vancouver, British Columbia—were named among the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants for 2014, a prestigious contest organized by Canadian Immigrant magazine and sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), reports Inquirer.net.
A Filipino student, Dr. Nassef Manabilang Adiong, was named one of 10 outstanding PhD students this year in Turkey, reports Journal.com.ph. The award was conferred by Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Emrullah Iþler during the recent International Students Graduation Ceremony in Ankara.
President Aquino received profuse praise from visiting World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, who declared that the Philippines would be the next Asian “miracle,” reports Inquirer.net. Kim, who was in Manila for a two-day visit, also announced that the World Bank was providing $119 million for the construction of new roads, bridges and irrigation systems in Muslim Mindanao.
The US Senate passed July 10 a bipartisan resolution reaffirming US defense treaty obligations with the Philippines and Japan, which are in a separate dispute with China over unoccupied islands in Asian seas, reports Inquirer.net. Meanwhile, the US State Department proposed that Asian nations not build new outposts or expand existing ones in the South China Sea to help lower the risk of a conflict as tensions mount in its resource-rich waters.
Despite the Department of Health's advice to defer Hajj due to the risk of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, a group of Filipino pilgrims is pushing through with its pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, reports GMA News.
An official from the Department of National Defense assured that there are no Islamic Filipinos who joined Jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and Al Sham, reports Inquirer.net. Speaking on condition of anonymity as he is not authorized to speak to media, the official said there are no validated reports that 200 Muslim Filipinos went to Iraq to join ISIS. He added that the figure of 200 Muslims are not Filipinos, but Australians.
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