In the fourth season of the The Crown, which is now streaming on Netflix, none other than Imelda Marcos gets a special shout out in a brilliant scene where Princess Margaret, played by the immaculate Helena Bonham Carter, imitates—and lightly mocks—the infamous former first lady (See EsquireMag.PH for story.)
The City of Watsonville officially apologized to the local Filipino community for the 1930 anti-Filipino race riots, in which a Filipino farm worker was shot dead during several days of violence directed at Filipinos by white males (See Inquirer.net for story).
Matea Smith
Filipino American Matea Smith, “Miss Coral Springs Teen USA,” will represent Coral Springs at the Miss Florida USA®/Miss Florida Teen USA® Competition in April 2021 (See Inquirer.net fr=or story)
Police sargeant Joseph Luistro
Family, friends and colleagues tearfully honored Filipino American police sergeant Joseph Luistro on his retirement, wishing him well after 27 years of service, in which he was credited with helping diversify the township’s police force (See Inquirer.net for story).
San Diego Mayor-elect Todd Gloria
Filipino American Todd Gloria, a former member of the California Legislature, was elected Mayor of San Diego, becoming the first openly LGBTQ+ person and first person of color elected to that position in the state’s second-largest city and the US’ eighth-largest. He is also the first Democrat to win the post since 2005 (See Inquirer.net for story).
The University of the Philippines has been ranked among the world’s best universities for medical studies in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR) 2021 (See Good News Pilipinas for story).
Nikki Villavicencio
A Filipino-American with a disability appears to be on her way to a city council seat in Minnesota state. Disability rights advocate and community organizer Nikki Villavicencio has won 28 percent of the votes for a seat in the Maplewood City Council (See ABS-CBN News for story).
The number of people catching COVID-19 in Metro Manila is steadily declining, according to the latest report of the OCTA Research Group (See Philstar.com for story).
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