PAMILYA Ordinaryo (Ordinary Family) starring Hasmine Killip and Ronwaldo Martin bagged the Best Actress and Best Actor awards, respectively, for their roles as a teenage couple at the 2017 Harlem International Film Festival in New York, reports BeyondDeadlines.
March was a record month in reported new cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with 968, the highest number recorded in a month since 1984, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Based on the HIV/AIDS Registry of the Philippines, the latest figure was 32-percent higher compared to the same period last year which had 735 cases, reports Inquirer.net.
The US Embassy issued an advisory for American citizens to avoid travel in Puerto Princesa City and other parts of Palawan, citing the potential kidnapping activities targeting foreigners, reports ABS-CBN News.
Food and cuisine bloggers and participating eating establishments on launched this year’s Filipino Restaurant Week, which will be from May 15 to 22 at 18 participating restaurants in New York and New Jersey, reports Inquirer.net.
Rachelle Arizmendi (Source: Sierra Madre News)
Filipino American Rachelle Arizmendi was sworn in as the mayor of Sierra Madre, California, becoming the first Asian American to lead the city, reports Inquirer.net.
Ramil Comendador (Source: Inquirer.net)
Ramil Comendador, a 35-year-old husband and father of two who worked as a janitor and then legal researcher at the Commission on Elections (Comelec), said he could not believe how lucky he was to pass the 2016 bar examination, reports Inquirer.net.
Three of five Filipinos are distrustful of China and Russia while 80 percent trust the United Nations, the latest Pulse Asia survey showed. The nationwide poll was taken from March 15 to 20 with 1,200 adult respondents, reports Inquirer.net.
Staff. Sgt. Joana Chris Arpon
Staff. Sgt. Joana Chris Arpon isn’t Israeli, or even Jewish. Her service in the Israel Defense Forces is personal. Arpon, 20, the daughter of Filipino parents who came to Israel to find work, said she enlisted as a combat soldier because an Israeli army team rescued her grandmother in the aftermath of the 2013 typhoon that devastated [Leyte towns in the Philippines], reports the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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