Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP)
Metro Manila, the country’s economic and political center, prefers Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte —who is known for his tough stance on crime—as the next President.
The upper and middle classes, as well as the poor, gave Duterte the highest scores among presidential aspirants in a survey conducted by Pulse Asia Research Inc. two weeks ago. Read more in Inquirer.net.
The Philippine government is appraising the dazzling jewelry collection seized three decades ago from Imelda Marcos, the former first lady famous for her massive stash of shoes, as it decides what to do with the jewels one expert compared to those owned by royalty.
The jewelry was seized when dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his family fled to Hawaii in 1986 following a popular revolt that ended his two decades in power. The pieces include a barrel-shaped diamond worth at least US$5 million and a Cartier diamond tiara that's likely multiple times more valuable than the previous estimate of $30,000 to $50,000. More on CTVNews.ca.
Led by Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, the Philippines’ powerhouse team against China is back in The Hague on Tuesday, November 24, to defend Manila’s historic case against Beijing over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
Philippine Solicitor General Florin Hilbay and the Southeast Asian country’s lead counsel, Paul Reichler, said the Philippine team is “fully prepared to present” the country's case to the arbitral tribunal in The Hague.
The arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration is hearing the merits of the Philippines’ case beginning Tuesday. More in Rappler.com.
The Golden State Warriors wear the Philippine tri-star sun logo on their warm-up shirts during the shoot-around on Filipino Heritage Night last November 14, 2015 (Source: BalitangAmerica.tv)
Filipino food trucks, cultural performances, and lots of faithful Filipino fans were all part of the Pinoy invasion of Oracle Arena when the Golden State Warriors celebrated the annual Filipino Heritage Night as they defeated the Brooklyn Nets in overtime win.
This year there was clearly more to be happy about as the Warriors are returning from their first NBA championship in 40 years. More on BalitangAmerica.tv
Chris Crisostomo (center) (Source: Rappler.com)
Chris Crisostomo, a Filipino-American karate teacher from Diamond Bar, California, recently bested martial arts athletes worldwide by winning five medals for Team USA.
Held in Benidorm, Spain, the WKA WTKA World Unified Championships on November 5 to 8 brought together 3,000 competitors from around the world. Chris won in five performance divisions: Traditional Weapon (gold), Musical Weapon (gold), Musical Form (gold), Creative Form (gold) and Creative Weapon (silver). More in Rappler.com
U.S. President Barack Obama (center) with Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma and SALt founder Aisa Mijeno at the APEC CEO Summit in Manila, Philippines (Photo by Seong Joon Cho/Bloomberg)
Until this week, Aisa Mijeno was yet another entrepreneur struggling to raise money for her startup in the Philippines. Then she got a call from the White House.
Now the 31-year-old engineer is getting global attention after President Barack Obama offered to play matchmaker for her company, which builds lamps that run on seawater. Mijeno, the co-founder of SALt, shared a stage Wednesday with Obama and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Jack Ma at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Manila. More in Bloomberg.com.
The Metropolises of Manila and Cebu ranked low in terms of livability against 26 other cities among the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies, especially in the areas of connectivity, environmental sustainability and health and welfare. The Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) study, “Building Better Cities,” showed Manila ranking 22nd and Cebu 26th among the 28 APEC cities surveyed, reports Inquirer.net.
At least 14 overseas Filipino overseas workers were killed and scores were injured on Nov. 16 when the coaster van they were riding collided with a delivery truck in Saudi Arabia, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. Philippine embassy in Riyadh had received a sketchy information about the accident, reports Inquirer.net.
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