Amin Hataman
Fifteen-year-old Amin Hataman, a student at the Fountain International School in San Juan City, Metro Manila, is now a certified international award-winning inventor of made from nata de coco, a byproduct of coconut, reports Philstar.com. Last May, Hataman won a bronze medal in the 2015 International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering and Environment Project (I-SWEEP) Olympiad held in Houston, Texas.
Rear Admiral Raquel C. Bono (Source: wikipedia.org)
President Obama has nominated Navy Rear Admiral Raquel C. Bono, the granddaughter of a Filipino veteran of World War II, for promotion to the rank of vice admiral in the United States Navy and for the position of Defense Health Agency (DHA) director, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday, September 17, reports Inquirer.net. If her nomination is approved, Bono will become the highest ranking Filipino American naval officer in the US.
The Philippine economy is on the brink of a structural shift, with revenues from call centers and other outsourcing firms expected to soon match the contribution of cash transfers from migrant workers, reports Inquirer.net.
The US Embassy in Manila on September 16 categorically dismissed speculation that any US military personnel were involved, much less killed, in Oplan Exodus that bagged Malaysian terrorist Marwan but led to the death of 44 Philippine police commandos on Jan. 25, 2015, reports Interaksyon.com.
Rain (Lorraine Crystal Lapus) (Source: pinterest.com)
Rain (Lorraine Crystal Lapus) is one of the female surf icons in the Philippines, an archipelago blessed with a number of surfing spots in its every nook and cranny. She has paddled her way into winning various surfing competitions here and abroad and was ranked among the top 10 women surfers in the Asian Surfing Championships in 2014, reports ChoosePhilippines.com.
Xyza Cruz Bacani (Source: gmanetwork.com)
Xyza Cruz Bacani, a Filipina maid in Hong Kong, has published stark photographs of burned and beaten domestic workers to highlight the "modern slavery" she says has long been the city's shameful secret,” reports MSN News. Bacani's black and white portraits won her a scholarship from the Magnum Foundation to start studying at New York University.
Fewer remittance-receiving families want to save money, a new Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) survey showed, presenting a setback to the regulator’s efforts toward financial inclusion. The number of savers among households that rely on cash from migrant workers suffered the sharpest drop since 2010 as those favoring major purchases remained steady, a BSP survey on family income showed, reports Inquirer.net.
Axel van Trotsenburg
Emerging economies across the globe can learn from the Philippines’ success in providing social safety nets aimed at uplifting the lives of the marginally poor, Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank vice president for East Asia and the Pacific, said. Investing in quality education and providing social protection for the poor stand out among the key policies to address rising inequality in the Asia-Pacific region, Inquirer.net.
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