Christina Mauser and her husband.
Christina Mauser, a Filipina American basketball coach at Gianna Bryant’s school died in the helicopter crash that killed Gianna and her father, Kobe Bryant, and six others (See Inquirer.net for story).
The Philippines' Bureau of Immigration will temporarily stop issuing tourist visas on arrival to Chinese nationals to help ensure the country remained free of the new coronavirus, its head said on Tuesday (See Yahoo News/Reuters for story).
Student Board Member Frances Suavillo
The Los Angeles Unified Board of Education on January 14 unanimously passed a resolution sponsored by Student Board Member Frances Suavillo, a Fil-Am, recognizing Filipino Heritage and History Month starting next October (See Inquirer.net for story).
Dr. Demetrio Aguila
People Magazine and CBS News are bringing attention to Dr. Demetrio Aguila, a Filipino American surgeon in Nebraska who is letting his patients pay off their medical bills with hours of volunteer work (See Inquirer.net for story).
The Philippines received a lower ranking in a global corruption index, dropping 14 places from its 2018 rank, the Transparency International said (See ABS-CBN News for story).
Fifty-four percent of Filipino families considered themselves poor during the last quarter of 2019 – the highest self-rated poverty recorded by the Social Weather Stations in five years (See ABS CBN News for story).
Marc Amon
The city of Oxnard, California now has its first Filipino American police commander, Marc Amon, who has been with the Oxnard Police Department for the past 24 years. He moved up the ranks on Saturday, January 11 and will be in charge of the East District of the city (See Asian Journal for story).
The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook is a surprise bestseller that was launched in time for the December 2018 holiday season. Yet, it’s no surprise it would be welcomed by Filipino and non-Filipino Instant Pot enthusiasts at a time when the “Filipino Food Movement” is on its steady rise (See Inquirer.net for story).
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