Philippine table tennis player Josephine Medina (Source: ABS-CBN News)
Table tennis player Josephine Medina handed the Philippines its first medal in the 2016 Rio Paralympics Monday, Sept. 12. Medina took the bronze medal in the women's singles class 8 division won by China's Mao Jingdian. France's Thu Kamkasimphou took home the silver medal. Medina's bronze win is the Philippines' first medal since 2000, reports ABS CBN News.
Director Lav Diaz (Source: Getty Images)
Lav Diaz’s new film, “Ang Babaeng Humayo” (Woman Who Left) won the prestigious Golden Lion award in the Main Competition of the 73rd Venice International Film, reports Inquirer.net. The Golden Lion (Leone d’Oro in Italain) is the highest prize given at what is considered the oldest film festival in the world.
Online employment marketplace Jobstreet.com reported that Filipinos are the happiest workers in Southeast Asia with 73 percent of them happy with their jobs. Behind Filipinos were Indonesians (71 percent), Thai workers (61 percent), Vietnamese (60 percent) and Hong Kong (57 percent). On the other end, Malaysians and Singaporeans were rated the least satisfied with their jobs at 47 percent and 48 percent, respectively, reports Asian Journal.
Domestic workers have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to demand a ban on them being asked to clean windows in high-rise buildings. The demonstration came after the deaths of several helpers in recent months. They also called for a pay rise, a limit on working hours and better accommodation, reports BBC.
Elaine Quijano (Source: cbsnews.com)
Filipino American broadcast journalist Elaine Quijano will moderate the 2016 vice presidential debate, the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, and her news organization, CBS News, announced. CBSN anchor and CBS News correspondent Quijano will be the first Asian American journalist to moderate a national debate in a general election campaign and the first anchor of a digital network to do so, reports Inquirer.net.
Luisa Blue (Source: SEIU521.org)
Filipino American Luisa Blue, 64, was elected executive vice president by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) during its Quadrennial Convention in May, making her the highest ranking Asian American official of an international union, reports Inquirer.net.
World peace may be a common aspiration among beauty queens in the Miss Universe pageant, but it’s not one shared by President Duterte—at least not where American TV host Steve Harvey is concerned, who infamously read the wrong name when he announced the winner in last year's pageant, is concerned, reports Inquirer.net. Duterte will block the decision of the Miss Universe organization to get Harvey as anchor of the prestigiouspageant that will be held in the country early next year, Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo said.
Fifteen Filipinas who were duped by illegal recruiters to enter Malaysia illegally were sentenced by a Malaysian court to 6 months imprisonment and fined RM 4,000 (P46,000), reports Rappler.
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