Saipan Resort Abruptly Fires 80 Filipino Construction Workers

A casino resort that a few months ago was hiring hundreds of foreign workers to finish a construction project abruptly fired 80 Filipinos who are asking why their contracts were suddenly terminated, reports Inquirer.net.

Fil-Am Suspect Nabbed in Mail-Bombs to Trump Critics

Cesar Sayoc

Federal authorities took a Florida man, Cesar Sayoc, into custody Friday in connection with the mail-bomb scare that earlier widened to 12 suspicious packages sent to prominent Democrats from coast to coast, reports AP/Inquirer.net.

Filipina Journalist Shortlisted for Reporters Without Borders Awards

Inday Espina-Varona

Filipino journalist Inday Espina-Varona is included in the shortlist for international organization Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) Press Freedom Awards, reports ABS-CBN News.

SF Agrees to Change Dewey Plaque to Include PH-American War

After nearly half a century of persistent efforts by well-meaning Filipino Americans to correct the Union Square monument plaque honoring Commodore George Dewey’s 1898 naval victory in Manila Bay, the city finally approved the posting of a corrective text (Inquirer.net).

Filipino Elected President of California Medical Assn

Dr. Peter Bretan

For the very first time in its history, a California medical organization will have a Filipino-American physician to serve as its president. Dr. Peter Bretan, a urologist and kidney transplant surgeon, has been elected as president for the California Medical Association, reports Balitang America.

Inflation for Poorest Filipinos Surged to 8% in August

The poorest Filipinos continue to suffer a faster rise in prices of basic goods and commodities in August, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Monday. Inflation for the poorest 30 percent households accelerated to 8 percent in August, reports Philstar.com.

Int'l Parliamentarians to Probe Cases of De Lima, Trillanes

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) will send an official mission to the Philippines to investigate the political persecution of opposition Senators Leila de Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV, reports Inquirer.net.

Flow of Dollar Remittances Slowing Down

The amount of dollars sent home by expatriate Filipinos rose further in the first eight months of the year, but data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas also showed a worrisome trend of tapering growth in recent months for remittances, a key leg of the country’s economy (Inquirer.net).