California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Friday announced charges of violations of human rights, worker rights, tax evasion and possession of illegal weapons against the Gamos family-owners and operators of Rainbow Bright daycare facilities in the Bay Area, reports NBC Bay Area.
Kelsey Merritt
Kelsey Merritt has been chosen to walk in this year’s Victoria’s Secret fashion show, making her the first Filipina to join the highly coveted event (ABS-CBN News).
Xyza Cruz Bacani, Jam Acuzar, and Paul V. Rivera (Source: Asian Journal)
Three young Filipino professionals--Xyza Cruz Bacani, Jam Acuzar, and Paul V. Rivera--were selected for the 2018 class of the Asia Society “Asia 21 Young Leaders Program,” joining other young Asian Pacific Islander (API) leaders for the 13th Annual Young Leaders Summit in Manila this November (Asian Journal).
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) station in Cagayan de Oeo is bracing for the arrival of thousands of undocumented Filipinos from Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur ended its amnesty program, reports Inquirer.net.
Filipino engineer, Kyxz Mendiola, presenting his ground-breaking flying car, Koncepto Millenya, to the world predicted the new vehicle, which he plans to mass produce, will be a mainstream form of transport within just five years, reports Yahoo News.
The peso yesterday breached its 12-year low, hitting 53.56 to the dollar. This exceeded the P53.55 threshold that was set in July 2006. But the local currency ended the trading session at P53.55 to the dollar, reports Inquirer.net.
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV
A Philippine senator who is President Rodrigo Duterte's fiercest critic in Congress remained holed up in the Senate on Wednesday to avoid what he considers an illegal arrest after Duterte voided his amnesty for his role in failed coup plots as a former rebel military officer., reports AP/Yahoo News.
Inflation topped 6 percent in August to mark a fresh nine-year high, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday (GMA News). inflation clocked in at 6.4 percent in August, the fastest in over nine years since inflation came in at 6.6 percent in March 2009.
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