Mormons Turn Over 4 Hundred Years of Digitized PH Catholic Records

Bishop David, Archbishop Valles, Jose, Ordinario (center) and other CBCP and Mormon officials (Source: inquirer.net)

 In a low-key but historic event, the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints (Mormons), through its Family Search arm, recently turned over digitized Philippine Catholic Church records spanning four centuries to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (See Inquirer.net for story).

Fil-Am Graphic Novelist Lynda Barry Wins MacArthur Genius Grant

Lynda Barry (Source: VT News)

Fil-Am graphic novelist and educator Lynda Barry is among 26 artists and scholars being given The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awards, better known as the “genius” grants for creativity and potentia (See Inquirer.net for story).

Jollibee Takes Over Coffee Bean & Tea for $350M

The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf

Philippine fast food giant Jollibee Foods Corp. has completed a $350-million takeover of American beverage and food retailer Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (CBTL), becoming the first Filipino firm to have a significant investment in the global coffee retailing space (See Inquirer.net for story).

Fil-Am Breakdancer Wins 'So You Think You Can Dance'

Bailey “Bailrok” Munoz (Source: ABS-CBN)

The multitalented, 19-year-old Fil-Am breakdancer from Las Vegas, Bailey “Bailrok” Munoz, won “So You Think You Can Dance” season 16 (See video in Balitang America).

Fil-Am Hockey Player Signs with NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs

Nick Robertson (Source: Asian Journal)

Filipino American hockey player Nick Robertson signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Toronto Maple Leafs (See Asian Journal for story).

Young Filipina Chef Wins UN Environmental Award for Helping Farmers

Chef Louise Mabulo (Source: ABS-CBN News)

Filipino chef Louise Mabulo, 20, won the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) prestigious Young Champions of the Earth Prize for the Asia and Pacific region for helping farmers in Bicol (See ABS-CBN News for story).

Of the 7 young entrepreneurs, 20-year-old was recognized as the winner for the Asia and the Pacific region.

Bicolana teen selected as speaker at UN event in Geneva

Zoyrel Barola

Zcyrel Barola, 17, a Bicolana child leader from Donsol, Sorsogon in the Philippines, arrived in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday to represent children in the Philippines and around the world at the UN event commemorating the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (See story in BicolStandard.com) .

 

Fil-Am Judge Sues New Jersey Township, Cops for Retaliation and Racism

Judge Carlia Brady

Carlia Brady, a Filipina American Superior Court judge in Middlesex County ,has sued the township and several police officers for allegedly retaliating and discriminating against her in a malicious conspiracy (See Inquirer.net for story)..