Filipino Restaurant 2nd Best in US -- Bon Appetit

The hip dining crowd of Washington D.C. just loves the dishes at Filipino restaurant Bad Saint as it claims the second spot of Bon Appétit’s list of Best New Restaurants, reports Inquirer.net.

Fil-Am Pioneer Monty Manibog Passes Away at 86

Monty Manibog (Source: twitter.com)

Ilocos-born Monty Manibog, a Filipino American Olympian and pioneer, passed away over the weekend of August 13 at age 86. The former Philippine national team gymnasts, also wrestled, representing the Philippines at the 1952 games in Helsinki. One of the first Filipino American lawyers to practice in the U.S., he became one of the first Filipino Americans elected to a city council in 1972, eventually serving as mayor of Monterey Park, reports Balitang America.

Japan May Ease Hiring Rules for PH Care Givers

The Japanese government is looking into the possibility of relaxing its restrictive hiring rules for Filipino health care workers who would attend to its graying population. Masato Ohtaka, deputy press secretary of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, confirmed that since his government opened the hiring of Filipino nurses and caregivers, the required number of health care workers had not been achieved, reports Inquirer.net.

Fil-Am In Charge of Operations of Largest US Aircraft Carrier

Captain Ronald Ravelo

USS Abraham Lincoln, the largest aircraft carrier of United States is undergoing intense overhaul for the past two years. The operations, previously headed by Captain Karl Thomas, have been transferred to a new leadership under his brother-in-law Captain Ronald Ravelo, reports ProudPinoy.tv.

Nobu NY Exec Chef to Be in Manila for Special Event

Chef Rickey Estrellado (Source: www.thechefsconnection.com)

Nobu New York Executive Chef Ricky Estrellado comes to Nobu Manila to collaborate with the latter’s Head Chef Michael De Jesus for a gastronomic feast that Nobu-fies timeless Filipino recipes with Japanese-Peruvian influences, for a special engagement on August 18 and 19, reports Cook Magazine Philippines.

Obama Taps Fil-Am for Top Defense Health Agency Post

Vice Admiral Raquel Bono

US President Barack Obama has nominated Rear Adm. Raquel C. Bono, granddaughter of a Filipino veteran of World War II, for promotion to vice admiral in the US Navy and the position of Defense Health Agency (DHA) director. If her nomination is approved, she will become the highest ranking Filipino American naval officer in the United States, reports Inquirer.net.

Fil-Am Cop Taken Off Life Support in PH on Day of His Wedding

Hans Campbell and Chriselyn Bedolido (Source: gofundme.com)

A Dallas police officer was scheduled to be taken off life support on the day he was supposed to marry his fiancée, according to friends. Hans Campbell, 28, had traveled to the Philippines to celebrate his birthday and marry Chriselyn Bedolido. But tragedy struck when he was hit by a boat while scuba diving and declared clinically dead, reports Yahoo news.

Photo of Alleged Drug Pusher -- A Picture 'Heard' Around the World

"La Pieta" (Photo by Raffy Lerma/Philippine Daily Inquirer)

The murder of Michael Siaron last month would ordinarily not have raised much comment. The tricycle driver’s body was found July 23 on the streets of Manila; next to it a cardboard sign with the words “I am a drug pusher, don’t emulate.” Raffy Lerma, a photographer with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, took a picture now dubbed "La Pieta" that has drawn international attention to the rise in extrajudicial killings following President Rodrigo Duterte’s election in May and the human cost of those killings, reports TheAtlantic.Com.