PH Gov't Debt Rises Further -- P7.17 Trillion in Oct.

As the national government continued to borrow heavily from domestic sources, its debt stock further rose to P7.17 trillion in October (Inquirer.net).

Fil-Am Democrat TJ Cox Wins House Seat

TJ Cox

Filipino-American Democrat TJ Cox has defeated three-term Republican incumbent David Valadao to represent California’s 21st Congressional District, giving Democrats its 40th House seat gain this election cycle (Asian Journal).

Fil-Am Becomes Only Woman in City of Artesia, California Council

Melissa Ramoso (right) with First Lady Michelle Obama (Source: Twitter)

Filipina American Melissa Ramoso on Wednesday, November 21, declared victory on winning a seat as the only woman on the Artesia, California City Council (Asian Journal/Inquirer.net).

Fil-Am Elected to Harvard Alumni Board of Overseers

Geraldine Acuña Sunshine (Source: Resolution Project)

Geraldine Acuña Sunshine is the first Filipino American to be elected by some 26,000 Harvard University Alumni to the six-member Board of Overseers, to serve for a six-year term, reports Inquirer.net.

Pinoy, 23, Wins £50K Prize for Bamboo House of the Future

Earl Forlales

Earl Forlales, the creator of a house made of bamboo that can be put together in four hours to solve the chronic shortage of affordable accommodation in the Philippines has won a Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) £50,000 top prize to develop cities for the future, reports The Guardian.

Filipina 'ASEAN Prize' Winner to Use the Money for PH Autism Program

Erlinda Uy Koe

Erlinda Uy Koe, chair emeritus of Autism Society Philippines (ASP), who won the first $20,000 ASEAN Prize, will use the P1 million award to enhance autism programs in the Philippines, reports ABS-CBN News.

84% of Filipinos Oppose Gov't Inaction vs. China Incursions

The majority of Filipinos (84%) think it is “not right” that the government is simply letting  China expand its military presence in the West Philippine Sea, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed (Inquirer.net).

War Trophy Balangiga Bells To Be Returned to PH

(Source: Inquirer.net)

After over a century, the church bells taken as war trophy by the US Army from Balangiga, Eastern Samar in 1901 may soon find their way home to the Philippines ABS-CBN News.