As the Philippine economy becomes one of the fastest growing in the region, consumer affluence rises, according to global payments solutions firm Visa Inc. Top Visa officials said card usage in the country, an indicator of “electronification”of payments, added P4.6 billion and 3,460 jobs to the domestic economy from 2011 to 2015, reports Inquirer.net.
Geronimo de los Reyes (Source: wikipedia)
Anton Mari Lim (Source: wikipedia)
Forbes Asia magazine’s 2016 “Heroes of Philanthropy,” an annual list honoring the region’s noteworthy givers, includes Geronimo de los Reyes, 80, chair emeritus of Gateway Property Holdings Inc., a real estate company and the holding firm of industrial Cavite estate Gateway Business Park, and veterinarian Anton Mari Lim, 50, who started the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, reports Inquirer.net.
Dozens of workers denied minimum wage and overtime by the Filipino owners of nearly a dozen San Francisco Bay Area residential care facilities will get more than $1 million in back wages and damages as a result of two separate court rulings in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, reports Inquirer.net.
Allsha Almada (Source: Huffington Post)
Filipina American nurse Allysha Almada settled with a hospital in Southern California that she said fired her for trying to start a union. Just shortly before a hearing with the National Labor Relations Board, Almada and another fired nurse reached a settlement with Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, which agreed to pay them nearly $30,000 each in back wages, reports Inquirer.net.
Galen T. Chu
One of the two directors of "Ice Age: Collision Course” Galen T. Chu born in the Philippines, reports Inquirer.net.
Michael Cinco
Michael Cinco will be the first Filipino designer to present his collection at the renowned Paris Fashion week in July. The Dubai-based couture designer will be presenting his Autumn/Winter collection in July 3. Cinco describes his collection as an "homage to the beauty of nature," reports Manila Bulletin.
A Filipino tech start-up won seed funding from Microsoft Corporation with its idea to transform sari-sari stores, or small convenience stores that can be found in almost every corner of the Philippines, into a network of wi-fi hotspots, providing first-mile connectivity to consumers, reports Inquirer.net.
Cpl. Magdalena Estoista Leones (Photo by Emil Guillermo/Inquirer.net)
Filipino WWII veterans and her family members mourn the passing of Cpl. Magdalena Estoista Leones, 95, who entered the history books as the only Asian female to have been awarded the Silver Star in World War II for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States. She died Thursday, June 16, reports Inquirer.net.
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