Dozens of Filipino organizations in British Columbia are urging Premier John Horgan of the ruling New Democratic Party not to pass over the only Filipino Canadian member of the legislative assembly, Mable Elmore, for a cabinet post again (See Inquirer.net for story).
The University of the Philippines (UP) Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) will be training the second batch of Filipino satellite builders in nanosatellite engineering under the Space Science Proliferation through University Partnerships or STeP-UP Program, at the core of which is the UP EEEI’s Masters in Engineering program (See UP Website for story).
Nearly a third of the nurses who've died of coronavirus in the US are Filipino, even though Filipino nurses make up just 4% of the nursing population nationwide (See CNN for story).
IKEA Philippines on Thursday, November 19, said it is looking to hire 496 workers as it prepares to open its online store ahead of its physical store in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (See Rappler for story).
Carvey Ehren Maigue
Carvey Ehren Maigue, 27, got the first-ever sustainability prize given by The James Dyson Award for his invention made of discarded fruits and vegetables that absorbs stray ultraviolet rays from the sun and turns them into renewable energy. Mapua said Maigue's invention won against nearly 1,800 entries from all over the world (See CNN Philippines for story).
Arielle Keil
Arielle Keil, a 26-year-old creative advertising student and who was crowned Miss Intercontinental New Zealand 2020 in early November is the first transgender woman and first Filipina to represent the country in the beauty pageant (See Yahoo News for story).
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).
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