Through their collective efforts, Cebuanos won against the proposed coal-powered plant in Sawang Calero, Cebu City. Residents of Sawang and its neighboring barangay Pasil handed white flowers to members of the City council to celebrate the junking of Ludo Power Corporation's 300 megawatts coal power plant project, reports Rappler.
The incoming Duterte administration would bring some uncertainty among investors, but it stands to gain from the economic reforms introduced by President Aquino, according to Washington-based Institute of International Finance (IIF), reports Inquirer.net.
Geraldine Roman, Bataan representative-elect (Source: Rappler.com)
In a country where Manny Pacquiao described couples in same-sex unions as "worse than animals," or where members of the LGBT community are told to go to another planet, Geraldine Roman made history. Roman won the first legislative district of Bataan on Monday, May 9, to become the first transgender to ever be elected in the House of Representatives, reports Rappler.
The case of the 11 Filipino bakery workers who claimed human trafficking and labor abuses against a prominent Filipino family doing business in America was revived this week with a multimillion dollar judgment in favor of the workers, reports Inquirer.net.
Roy Lawagan (Source: inquirer.net)
Drinking buddies of Roy Lawagan, the security guard who passed the 2015 bar examination, now consider him their inspiration. “Every time we feel our workload and schedules are in conflict with our law studies, we think of Roy,” said Rocky Jake Ngalob, a law student working at Benguet State University, reports Inquirer.net.
RED DEER, Alberta – Her instinct told 51-year-old Filipina Canadian Flor Connors to grab her family photos before the massive wildfire now engulfing a northern Alberta town could reach her house, reports Inquirer.net.
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that a Silicon Valley electronics manufacturer brought 18 computer engineers from its subsidiary in the Philippines to work in the U.S. and paid them the same wages they earned in the Philippines and in pesos, reports Inquirer.net.
The Philippines may have its first ever transgender lawmaker in its lower house elections on Monday. Geraldine Roman blew kisses to the crowd and serenaded them with a love song as she proudly campaigned in the mainly Catholic Philippines. If the 49-year-old candidate wins, it would be a remarkable breakthrough for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, reports the UK Daily Mail.
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