Cebu surfer Arjun Jimenez won two divisions while Eastern Samar surfer Roderick “Manoy” Bazar emerged third runner-up in the 10th Oktoberfest skimboarding tournament in Newport Beach, California, that ended Sunday, October 5, reports Inquirer.net.
Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves and wife Susan (Photo from estevesformayor.com)
Money magazine named this city in the Silicon Valley, with Filipino American Mayor Jose Esteves at its helm, the best small city to live in the San Francisco Bay Area and the 29th in the nation.
Japan has started its “substantial relaxation’’ of visa requirements for nationals from the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam to lure more tourists into the East Asian country, reports Inquirer.net. In addition to the relaxation of visa issuance requirements, the period of validity will be extended for up to five years.
Philippines' Princess Superal (Photo by USGA/Steven Gibbons)
Filipino golfer Princess Superal caused panic among Asian Games organizers when she was mistaken for a real royal, reports ABS-CBN News/Philippine Star. Philippines chef de mission Ricardo Garcia received an unexpected courtesy call from an Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC) official who apologized for what he thought was a diplomatic lapse.
Philippine Airlines will start flying to New York City in March next year, as it expands its network to the US East Coast, reports ABS-CBN News. PAL will fly the Manila-Vancouver-New York route four times a week.
The Sandiganbayan anti-corruption court ordered the family of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to surrender eight paintings by famous European artists such as Michaelangelo, Pablo Picasso and Francisco de Goya, declaring they had been illegally acquired with public funds, reports Interaksyon.com.
Rolando Maaba, a 55-year-old janitor at the Rockford Memorial Hospital in Rockford, Illinois, does not only keep the premises clean, he also provides calm to patients and visitors by using his daily 15- minute breaks to play the piano in the hospital lobby. He was featured on ABC News' "Good Morning America," reports Inquirer.net.
Over 3,000 people expressed support for Fred Buenavista, 32, a Filipino barman who was forced to return to the Philippines after he was threatened with deportation despite having lived and worked in the United Kingdom for 12 years, reports GMA News. Up to 3,000 people reportedly signed a petition on his behalf.
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