The peso fell to its weakest level in 12 years on Wednesday as traders digested dovish statements of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas officials that made financial markets uncertain about another interest rate next week to help cap consumer prices, reports Inquirer.net.
Jose Antonio Vargas
To honor a former Crittenden Middle School student who went on to become a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, Mountain View Whisman School District board members agreed last week to name a new school after Jose Antonio Vargas, reports the Mountain View Voice.
Fr. Richmond Nilo
A Philippines Catholic bishops group is demanding that police capture the “bloody murderers” responsible for the “brutal death” of one of their priests, Fr. Richmond Nilo, who was gunned down inside a chapel just prior to Mass Sunday, reports Fox News.
The Philippine president's office on Monday called Chinese seizures of fish caught by Philippine fishing boats near a disputed shoal unacceptable, and presented three fishermen who described their experiences, reports Yahoo News.
Filipinos feel safer nowadays than they felt back in 2014, walking alone at night in the streets, according to the recently released 2018 Global Law and Order survey, reports Yahoo News
Maria Ressa
Rappler executive editor and CEO Maria Ressa won a coveted Golden Pen of Freedom Award from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) in Portugal, a 70-year-old global network of news publishers seeking to uphold the rights of journalists worldwide, reports Rappler.
Wesley So has a post-match talk with Magnus Carlsen.
Fil-Am chess master Wesley So won his first-ever classical game against world champion, Magnus Carlsen, and shook up the standings at the Altibox Norway Chess tournament, reports Chess.com.
Ryan Dela Cruz
Ryan Dela Cruz, a senior at Franklin High School just weeks away from graduation, was fatally shot shortly after midnight on Saturday morning at Martha Washington Park by an unidentified assailant, reports the Seattle Times.
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