Breech Asher Harani (Source Instagram)
A young Filipino filmmaker, Breech Asher Harani, won an international award during the 2019 International Emmys in New York City for his 1-minute video about a displaced Muslim student survivor of the Marawi siege in the Philippines in 2017 (See ABS-CBN News for story).
PAL Cabin Crew (Source: Twitter)
Members of the cabin crew of Philippine Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing at the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday are back in the country (See GMA News).
The SEA Games cauldron (Source: AFP)
A cauldron costing nearly $1 million that will hold the Southeast Asian Games flame has drawn anger in the Philippines, sparking comparisons to the excesses that epitomised the Marcos era (See AFP/Yahoo News for story).
Stephanie Comilang
Filipino Canadian filmmaker Stephanie Comilang was named winner of Canada’s top contemporary art prize, the C$100,000 Sobey Art Award (See Inquirer.net for story).
The estimated number of Filipinos, or Americans with Filipino ancestry, in the United States has grown to approximately 4,089,570, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2018 (See Inquirer.net for story).
Aqua Fortis Dragon Boat Team (Source: Facebook)
The Aqua Fortis Dragon Boat Team of Filipino men and women rowers scored two medals at the 2019 Kaohsiung City Cup International Dragon Boat Championship on November 8 to 10. The team won the gold medal in the DB22 Traditional Open Standard 500m and bagged the silver medal in the DB22 Traditional Mixed Standard 200m (See VirtualPinoy.com for story).
Humboldt University (Source: facebook)
The Embassy of the Philippines in Berlin, Germany recently announced that one of the leading Germany universities, Humboldt University, would be offering a Filipino language course for the first time (See Philstar.com for story).
Rogel Cabisidan
Rogel Cabisidan is a Filipino from Paete, Laguna who recently has brought honor and pride to his name and that of the Philippines after he won in the 28th Edition of the International Ice Carving Competition in Valloire, France (See Daily Sentry for story).
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