Th Philippines is the latest foreign government to book rooms or host events at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C., riling critics who say such bookings are nothing more than attempts to curry favor with President Donald Trump, reports Inquirer.net.
Recently announced changes to Canada’s immigration rules have reignited hope for some caregivers whose family members’ disabilities have stalled their applications for permanent status, reports Inquirer.net.
Astrid S. Tuminez (Source: Deseret News)
Astrid S. Tuminez, who was raised in poverty in the Philippines and went on to earn graduate degrees at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been selected the next president of Utah Valley University, reports Deseret News/Inquirer.net.
Isa Briones (Source: IMDB)
Fil-Am Isa Briones has joined the cast of one of the two national touring productions of the hit musical “Hamilton,” reports Inquirer.net.
Sister Patricia Fox (Source: Inquirer.net)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he ordered the investigation into a 71-year-old Australian nun for "disorderly conduct", justifying it as a legal move against "undesirable" foreigners, reports Business Insider.
The Philippines may lodge a protest with China against the reported presence of two military aircraft on a Chinese-built island in the South China Sea, the top Philippine diplomat said, amid concern that China is militarizing the waterway, reports Reuters.
Joseph Manuel Hunter, center, is escorted by Thai police after being arrested in Bangkok, Thailand (Source: CNN)
A former US soldier described as a "ringleader of trained assassins" is facing life in jail after being found guilty Wednesday of organizing the killing of a woman in the Philippines in 2012 for cash, reports CNN.
Manuel Mogato (Source: academia.edu)
The Pulitzer international reporting prize hen to Reuters reporters Clare Baldwin, Andrew R.C. Marshall and Manuel Mogato "for relentless reporting that exposed the brutal killing campaign behind Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs," the Pulitzer board said (report by GMA News).
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