Colma City Council: Left to Right: Helen Fisicaro, Mayor Joanne F. del Rosario, Joe Silva, Rae Gonzalez, Deputy Mayor Diana Colvin (Source: citizenaccess.tv)
Colma, California, may be tiny but its impact on the Filipino-American political and women's empowerment is huge. The city with a little over 1,500 residents boasts a town mayor, Joanne del Rosario, and her deputy, Diana Colvin, who both of Filipino descent, reports GMA News.
The peso is expected to continue to weaken in the coming months, with the dollar staying on its upward trajectory due to the sustained recovery of the US economy, reports Inquirer.net.
Alekhine Nouri (Source: ncf-phil.org)
Filipino chess prodigy Alekhine Nouri, eight years old, is making waves in the current 24th North American Open chess tournament at the Bally’s Resort Casino by scoring a series of victories, reports Inquirer.net.
Douglas Slade (Source: dailymail.co.uk)
Notorious British pedophile Douglas Slade has built a house in the Philippines overlooking an elementary school and allegedly lures pupils as young as eight into his home where he abuses them for the price of a pair of flip-flops, reports UK's Daily Mail.
The Philippines remained an investors’ darling in 2014, with markets pricing Philippine debt paper cheaper than its similarly rated peers, data from the central bank showed. Debt spreads—or the price difference between local sovereign bonds and their equivalent US Treasuries—across the region widened in the last 12 months as money flowed away from emerging markets in favor of advanced economies. Amid the exodus , Philippine debt paper still emerged as the strongest, reports Inquirer.net.
A 76-year-old Filipino man was named one of Canada's favorite crossing guards in a nationwide contest held by an injury prevention group. The Toronto Star reported last week that Peter Atienza received a $500 cash award, an engraved plaque, and a winter coat along with three others for the award.
Chocolates, candies and clothes top the list of favorite balikbayan box contents, with three in every five readers citing them as among their all-time favorites. The Inquirer’s “What’s in Your Balikbayan Box?” contest, which ran from Dec. 14 to Dec. 21, asked readers to name their all-time favorite items found inside balikbayan boxes sent through the years by family members living or working in other countries.
America's demand for foreign nurses has slowed down since 2008, a Filipino lawmaker said amid the rise in the number of Filipino nurses looking for greener pastures abroad. Cebu Rep. Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr., in a press statement, said there is now an oversupply of nurses in the US, reports ABS-CBN News..
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