Eight-Year-Old Filipino Golfer Wins San Francisco Junior Championship

Race Phoenix Manhit

Race Phoenix Manhit, 8, captured his first-ever title on foreign soil when he topped the boys’ 7-9 division of the 92nd San Francisco Junior Championship at the Lincoln Park Golf Club in San Francisco, California Thursday, July 22 (See Inquirer.net for story).

Filipinos Must Earn P 1.3 Million a Year to Be Happy -- Study

A new study by consumer website Expensivity has revealed the price of happiness in every country. Filipinos each need $28,264 a year (approximately P 1.3 million), or at least P110,000 of earnings each month to be happy (See EsquireMag.ph for story).

Fil-Am Fencer's Olympic Gold for US a Historic First

Lee Kiefer

Filipina American Lee Kiefer on Sunday, July 25, became the first American woman to win a gold medal in the women’s individual foil event and earned Team USA’s first fencing medal of the Tokyo games (See Inquirer.net for story).

Weightlifter Diaz Wins PH's First Olympic Gold Medal

Hidilyn Diaz

Hidilyn Diaz is expected to pocket a cash windfall of more than P35 million for her historic gold medal performance in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition at the Tokyo Olympics (See Inquirer.net for story).

Fil-Canadian Lawmaker Named to Manitoba Cabinet

Jon Reyes

Jon Reyes, the Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly for Waverley, was named minister of economic development and jobs on July 15. Reyes is one of two Filipino Canadians in the Manitoba Legislature (See Inquirer.net for story).

Former Hawaii First Lady Vicky Cayetano May Run for Governor

Vicky Cayetano

Former Hawaii first lady Vicky Cayetano is mulling a run for governor next year as a Democrat. Mail-in voting for the Aug. 13, 2022 primary election will begin more than a year from now. Cayetano, 65, is the wife of former Gov. Ben Cayetano, who was Hawaii’s first Filipino American governor (See Inquirer.net for story). 

Alex Eala Takes Italy Doubles Title with Madison Sieg

Alex Eala

Tournament top seeds Eala and Madison Sieg of USA proved to be the toughest pair in Trofeo Bonfiglio in Milan, Italy, an International Tennis Federation JA tournament (See Spin.ph for story).

Filipino Student Bags Prize at Asia Young Designers Awards

Wellness cocoon exterior of Bagasse Mountain Resort by Margaret Therese Hagad

Philippine representative and interior design student Margaret Therese Hagad bagged the Best Sustainable Design title at the regional finale of the prestigious Asia Young Designer Awards (Ayda) (See Inquirer.net for story).