Fil-Am Regina Aquino Wins '19 Helen Hayes Best Actress Award

Regina Aquino

Filipino American actor Regina Aquino has won the 2019 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play for her work in Theater Alliance’s production of “The Events,” reports Inquirer.net. 

Trillanes Says He Ignored Whistleblower's Offer

Bikoy Advincula (Source: Inquirer.net)

In a privileged speech delivered at the Senate, opposition Sen. Sonny Trillanes said that self-proclaimed drug Bikoy Advincula sought his help in August 2018 because the latter said his life was threatened by members of a drug syndicate. However, Trillanes said he ignored Advincula because he thought there were loopholes in his story, ABS-CBN News reported.

Bipartisan Push in Congress to Hasten Filipino WWII Vets' Family Visas

Lawmakers in both the Senate and House of Representatives last week introduced new legislation to expedite the visa process for children of Filipino World War II veterans, reports Inquirer.net.

Two Filipinas Graduate Summa Cum Laude from Wharton and NYU

Lara Andrea Montales (Source: Inquirer.net)

Janelle Micaela Panganiban (Source: Inquirer.net)

Lara Andrea Montales, 21, graduated summa cum laude with a BA degree in economics, major in finance and business analytics from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Janelle Micaela S. Panganiban also graduated summa cum laude from the New York University with three majors: global public health, public policy, sociology (honors), reports Inquirer.net.

Filipina from Leyte Wins Int’l Science Award

Hillary Andales (Source: Hillary Andales)

Hillary Andales, an 18-year-old resident of Palo, Leyte was awarded this year’s Breakthrough Junior Challenge prize. A student in Philippine Science High School’s Eastern Visayas campus, Andales competed against more than 10,000 students from 178 countries all over the world, reports GMA News.

Filipina Teen Wins Prestigious US Research Award

Alyssa Marie Rivera 9Source: Inquirer.net)

Alyssa Marie Rivera, a 19-year-old Filipino immigrant student, is one of the 2019 Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation awardees.Rivera was among the 496 undergraduate students across the US who won the highly competitive and prestigious national research award, reports Sunstar.com. 

Fil-Am Set and Costume Designer Clint Ramos Wins '19 Obie

Clint Ramos (Source: Inquirer.net)

Filipino American costume and set designer Clint Ramos has won the 2019 Obie Award for Set Design for his work on The Public Theater’s production of “Wild Goose Dreams,” reports Inquirer.net.

Gina Ortiz Jones to Run Again for Congress Next Year

Gina Ortiz Jones (Source: twitter.com)

Gina Ortiz Jones, a Filipina American Air Force veteran announced this week that she is seeking another bid for Congress in 2020, after losing in the 2018 midterm election by only 926 votes (Asian Journal).