Jestony Pagdunzolan (Source: Inquirer.net and Surreynow.com)
A British Columbia news site cited Jestony Pagdunzolan, a Filipino manager of the Salmon Arm A&W, for the way the restaurant he runs treats homeless people, which has gained noticed from members of the public (Inquirer.net).
Rehana Lew Mirza, Lily Padilla and Ren Dara Santiago (Source: Inquirer.net)
Three Filipino American women playwrights have won top awards for their respective works reports Inquirer.net.
The latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey revealed that most Filipinos believed that some police officers are involved in the illegal drug trade, extrajudicial killings (EJKs), and are often planting evidence against drug suspects (Philstar.com).
Filipino sailors sent home a new record high of $6.14 billion or around P318.55 billion* in 2018, party-list group ACTS-OFW announced on Sunday, March 3 (Rappler).
Metropolitan King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles (second from right) with Martin Luther King, Jr. Medal of Distinguished Service recipient Cindy Domingo (second from left) and her family. (Source: King City Council)
Filipino American human rights activist Cindy Domingo received the prestigious Martin Luther King Jr. Medal of Distinguished Service from King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles for her work in District Four and throughout the region (Inquirer.net).
Actress Giovanni Espiritu
Filipino American actress and filmmaker Giovannie Espiritu was named one of the 40 Best Audition Coaches in Los Angeles by the Hollywood Winners Circle, an organization founded by top talent manager Wendy Alane Wright (Medium.com).
The Social Weather Stations, in its latest survey, reported that 78 percent of adult Filipinos are worried about being victims of EJK. This is up by 5 points from the 73 percent reported in the last survey conducted in June 2017 (CNN Philippines).
President Rodrigo Duterte and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday he would discuss U.S. concerns about Chinese actions that threaten freedom of navigation in the disputed South China Sea with Philippine officials during an overnight visit to Manila (Yahoo News/Associated Press).
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