California OKs Highway Honor for Fil-Am Leader Alice Bulos→

A California highway will memorialize the beloved Filipina American leader Alice Pena Bulos who dedicated over 40 years of her life to community service until days before she died of heart failure on October 21, 2016 (See Inquirer.net for story).

PH-Born Trans Actress Gets Emmy Nod

Rain Valdez

Philippine-born transgender actress Rain Valdez has been nominated for an Emmy award for he role as Belle Jonas in “Razor Tongue,” a short-form comedy/drama in the YouTube series, which she also wrote and produced (See Inquirer.net for story).

Young Fil-Am Stars in New Disney Channel Show

Siena Agudong

Fil-Am actress Siena Agudong is starring in the new Disney Channel’s “Upside Down Magic,” where two female lead characters, best friends, begin their journeys at the Sage Academy for Magical Studies (See Inquirer.net for story).

Each Filipino Owes P83,239 in Public Debt

Each of the estimated 108.7 million Filipinos carries the burden of paying the national government’s growing debt, which amounted to a new record-high of P9.05 trillion as of June which means if we wanted to pay now, each of us must shell out P83,239 (See Inquirer.net for story).

52,153 Filipinos Are Dollar Millionaires

In the 2019 Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report and Databook, the international investment banking company reported that there are currently 52,153 Filipino dollar millionaires, or Filipino individuals each with a net worth exceeding $1 million (See Esquiremag.ph for story).

Black Fil-Am Hands Free Filipino Food at Anti-Racism Protests

Chef Channing Centeno (Eater-NY)

Channing Centeno, a Black Filipino American chef and beverage consultant, hands out anywhere from 80 to 150 servings of food a day to anti-racist protesters in Williamsburg, New York (See NYEater.com for story.)

Filipino Covid Death Rate Highest Among Asians in California

California’s Filipino Americans are dying at a higher rate from coronavirus relative to the state’s Asian American population.reports that while people of Filipino descent are one-fourth of the California Asian population, they represent at least 35% of Covid-19 deaths in that demographic (See Los Angeles Times  for story).

Overseas Filipinos Infected with Covid Now 9,300

The number of overseas Filipinos infected with COVID-19 has surpassed the 9,300-mark after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 24 new infections on Monday (See Inquirer.net for story).