PAL To Offer 2 Separate Flights to LA and San Francisco

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will mount next week two separate flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, to bring home American citizens stranded in the Philippines (See Inquirer.net for story).

House Grants ABS-CBN Temporary Permit to Operate

The House of Representatives on Wednesday convened to grant ABS-CBN the provisional authority to operate until Oct. 31, while Congress decides whether to renew its franchise, which expired May 4 (See ManilaStandard .net for story).

137 Filipinos in US Have Died of Coronavirus

At least 137 Filipinos in the United States, including 18 medical frontliners, have died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Philippine embassy in Washington reported yesterday (See Philstar.com for story).

Fil-Am Snapchat Cofounder Donates $5M to LA Pandemic Aid

Bobby Murphy, the Filipino American cofounder of Snapchat, and his wife, Kelsey Bateman, donated $5 million to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles for another 20,000 “Angeleno Cards” to be given to people who have been financially hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Eric Garcetti said (See Inquirer.net for story).

PH Economy May See Biggest Shrinkage in 3 Decades

The Philippine economy could face its deepest contraction in more than three decades, with the government now projecting it to shrink by 2% to 3.4% this year in the wake of the pandemic (See Yahoo News for story).

Over 40,000 OFWs Expected to Come Come Home Due to Virus

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) reported yesterday that over 40,000 more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the lockdown abroad due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are expected to return home (See Philstar.com for story).

Filipino Named Among 40 Best Portraitists By French Publisher

Jefferson Cablog

Jefferson Cawaon Cablog, a Baguio-based fine arts has been named one of the 40 best portrait painters today by a France-based art publisher.HE is the only Filipino to be included on the list of Diverti Editions, the publisher of Pratique des Arts Magazine based in France (See WowCordillera.com for story).

22 More Filipinos Abroad Die of Covid-19

Twenty-two more Filipinos have died of the coronavirus disease, raising total deaths to 244, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported. A total of 2,140 Filipinos overseas are afflicted Covid-19 (See Inquirer.net for story).