Security experts believe China is pushing the region to the “brink of miscalculations” in the South China Sea with its expansive land reclamation in disputed territories, reports Inquirer.net.
Nearly one out of every three Filipinos is now covered by insurance, as more than a fourth of the population has access to microinsurance, according to the Insurance Commission, reports Inquirer.net.
Employers are paying exorbitant amounts of up to $4,600 (about Dh17,000) to get a Filipina housemaid from the black market in the midst of a de-facto ban by Manila authorities on their deployment to the United Arab Emirates, reports Gulf News.
Xyza Cruz Bacani (Source: Inquirer.net)
Filipina domestic worker in Hong Kong and talented documentary photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani, has been awarded the prestigious Magnum Foundation Human Rights scholarship to New York University,” the foundation announced January 21, reports Inquirer.net.
Actor Robin Padilla with director Enzo WIlliams (Source: inquirer.net)
The director of the film "Bonifacio, Ang Unang Pangulo (Bonifacio, the First President)" is a young Filipino-American film student, Enzo Williams, who also helped write the script, reports Inquirer.net.
(Source: interaksyon.com)
Hours before the papal Mass in Luneta on Jan. 18, groups of men, who looked liked police officers and traffic enforcers, were seen roaming Rizal Park wearing diapers without their pants on. The men were neither from the MMDA nor the Philippine National Police but were part of “a social experiment of Project Awesome Philippines,” reports Interaksyon.com. The national police denounced the activity.
Victorino Chua (Source: telegraph.co.uk)
A Filipino nurse, Victorino Chua, 49, is being tried in the UK, accused of murdering and poisoning hospital patients. The father-of-two, who lived in Stockport, denies the offences but has yet to formally enter pleas, reports the Courier.co.uk.
Muslims lauded Pope Francis for indirectly defending Islam from the cartoons of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo purportedly ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad. Morie Guiam, a college professor and peace worker, urged the magazine’s editors to obey and learn from the Pope’s message, which he viewed as a consoling remark to every Muslim hurt by the magazine’s caricatures, reports Inquirer.net.
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