The Supreme Court has granted a child's petition to bear his mother's surname, ruling that the Philippine Civil Code did not say that a father's surname must be exclusively used by children (See Rappler for story).
In an unusual proposal the Philippines is asking the United Kingdom and Germany to provide hundreds of thousands of coronavirus vaccines in exchange for the deployment of Filipino nurses who have been in high demand globally as frontline workers during the pandemic (See Vice for story).
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton stood with the family of Christian Hall today, a suicidal teen gunned down by police in Pennsylvania with his hands up. The 19 year old was adopted from Shanghai, China by a Black father and Filipino American mother (See AsAm News for story).
Darwin Doloque
When Darwin Doloque, 35, a Filipino permanent resident in Canada, died in his home here on Jan. 28 from Covid-19 linked to his work at the city’s Olymel meat-processing plant, the plant’s officials told news media they planned to remain open only to reverse themselves three weeks later (See Inquirer.net for story).
Gregorio Galgana Villar
Gregorio Galgana Villar has been thrust into the spotlight for playing a key role in the Perseverance rover landing on Mars. But Villar, born to Filipino parents, wanted to make it clear — he wasn't the only Filipino who worked on the historic mission (See ABS-CBN for story).
Several Filipino seamstresses and tailors will personalize textile products at IKEA's Philippine branch once it opens under the Swedish furniture-maker's partnership with local firm Rags2Riches, IKEA announced (See ABS-CBN for story).
Christian Andrei Nuez Laplap
Christian Andrei Nuez Laplap of the University of the Philippines Cebu was one of the awardees chosen under the Editors’ Choice category in the 2020 Hammond House International Literary Prize from the University Centre Grimsby in the United Kingdom (See Sunstar for story).
Louise Mabulo (left) and Josefa Tauli
Two young Filipinas, farmer-entrepreneur Louise Mabulo and youth advocate Josefa Tauli, made it to the prestigious 2020 Young Explorer program of the National Geographic Society (See ABS-CBN for story).
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