The 21 mostly Filipino crew members of the cargo ship Evolution, which has been detained off the tip of Charleston peninsula since late January 2020, want to be paid back wages from the proceeds of a proposed sale of the vessel (See Inquirer.net for story).
Midshipman First Class Mary Pauline Fornea
United States Naval Academy Midshipman First Class Mary Pauline Fornea, an original member of PMA Class 2019, received her diploma last May 9 at the USNA in Maryland, with two engineering bachelor's degrees with merit (graduation honors). The event will be streamed on May 22 (See Rappler.com for story).
Dr. Jasper Toralba
Dr. Jasper Tolarba, a Filipino Fulbright Scholar, has been named Director of Global Standards and Qualifications by CGFNS International, Inc., the world’s largest credentialing organization for foreign-educated nurses and health professionals (See Inquirer.net for story).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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