Giovannie Espiritu
Giovannie Espiritu, filmmaker and acting coach for HollywoodActorsWorkshop.com, has won a prestigious Award of Merit from The Best Shorts Film Competition in three categories: Social Justice, Women Filmmakers and Script/Writer. The award was given for her satirical film, Ally 3000, which highlights micro-aggressions and bias in the contemporary office setting (See DigitalJournal.com for story).
A record-high 83% of Filipinos believe their quality of life got worse in the last 12 months, beating the previous 62% recorded in June 2008, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey (See GMA News for story).
Maria Ressa
“A Thousand Cuts,” a film that chronicles how Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte uses social media to spread disinformation, was named the best international feature at New Zealand’s Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival. The conviction of Rappler editor Maria Ressa is the core subject of the film (See story in Variety.com).
Some 300 modern jeepneys were given the green light to start plying Metro Manila roads, but a think tank warned that the news might not be the reprieve commuters had been clamoring for since COVID-19 transportation in the capital ground to a halt months ago (See Inquirer.net for story).
Filipino breakfast meats longganisa and tocino are now being offered as a healthy nitrite/nitrate-food option in California’s market under the Magnolia premium brand of Ramar Foods, a Filipino Food company in the US (See Goodnewspilipinas.com for story).
Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto
Pasig’s young Mayor Vico Sotto has save the city P150 million in the first five months of his office by imposing transparency on bidding, curbing corruption (See Esquiremag.ph for story).
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign (See Inquirer.net for story)
Jesson Cawaing Peñaflor
A Filipino cadet, Jesson Cawaing Peñaflor, 24, from Bukidnon has earned a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point (See Inquirer.net for story).
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