Simone Biles — One of Filipino-Am Fashion Designer's Favorite Clients

Gymnast Simone Biles and designer Alexis Monsanto

When Simone Biles pulled out of the Olympics competition for gymnastics, Hollywood fashion designer Alexis Monsanto was one of many who wished her well and cheered her on. Biles was one of Monsantos’s favorite clients (See Inquirer .net for story).

Fil-Am Helped US Team Win Its First-Ever Olympic Gold

Justine Wong Orantes, a professional volleyball player widely regarded as one of the world's best female return specialists, helped Team USA to win its first gold medal in Olympic indoor volleyball (See Inquirer.net for story).

PH Team Leaves Tokyo with Best Olympic Bid Ever

Team Philippines missed a double gold but is nonetheless breaking camp in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics soaring high with a great, great breakthrough highlighted by a historic first gold on top of two silvers and one bronze (See Philstar.com for story).

Fil-Canadian Makes Filipino-Themed Hearing Aid Accessories to Raise Funds

Ruzzelle Gasmen

Ruzzelle Gasmen, a Filipina Canadian speech pathologist in Vancouver, B. C., makes and sells custom-made, Filipino-themed hearing aid cuffs to raise money for people who can’t afford hearing aids (See Inquirer.net for story).

Liberals Tap Filipina Canadian for Parliamentary Run

Virginia Austria Bremner,

Federal Liberals have acclaimed Virginia Austria Bremner, program coordinator for the World Trade Centre Vancouver, as the party’s parliamentary candidate for Vancouver Kingsway riding (See Inquirer.net for story).

Fil-Canadians Hail Triumphant Olympic Swimmer Kayla Sanchez

Kayla Sanchez (lower right) and teammates (Source: Facebook)

Filipinos in Canada brimmed with pride when swimmer Kayla Sanchez and her team won silver and bronze medals in women’s freestyle and medley at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (See inquirer.net for story).

Tagalog Is 3rd Most Spoken Language in 3 US States

Tagalog is the third most widely spoken language in New Jersey, Nevada, and California. Ilocano is the third most commonly used language in Hawaii (See Esquiremag.PH for story). 

Pottery Barn Selling Bilao Home Decor for P15,000

It's actually happened. Pottery Barn, the go-to for all things modern and rustic, went too far with the home decor. It is selling bamboo wall art that you'll probably recognize as a bilao. That's not even the craziest part of it all... the P15,000 price tag attached to it is (See Esquiremag.ph for story).