Fil-Canadian Named President & CEO of Edmonton Elks Pro Football Team

Victor Cui

Canada born-and-raised Victor Cui, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Edmonton Elks, a professional Canadian football team that competes in the Canadian Football League. Cui helped build Asian-based ONE Championship mixed-martial arts organization, a multibillion dollar sports entertainment business (See INQUIRER.net for story).

Filipina Immigrant Wins a London Writers Award

Carla Montemayor

Filipino immigrant Carla Montemayor has won a London Writers Award (LWA) given by Spread the Word, a writer development agency championing the underrepresented and marginalized voices in the United Kingdom publishing industry (See GoodNewsPilipinas.com for story).

Imported Fish Likely from PH Waters -- Senator

 Sen. Francis Pangilinan urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to put in place programs that will inspire local fisherfolk to increase their production rather than import fish, as the agency is standing by its decision to import galunggong (round scad). “Think about it, most of the fish we import are from China so it’s not farfetched that they come from our seas,” he said (See Philstar for story).

Twitter Suspends Over 300 Accounts in Marcos Network

 Twitter has suspended more than 300 accounts from the supporter base of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for violating the company’s platform manipulation and spam policy (See Rappler for story).

NJ Mandates Teaching AAPI History in Schools

New Jersey now requires Asian American and Pacific Islander history as part of its public school curriculum, the second state in the nation to do so (See NBC News for story).

Marcos Skips TV Interview of Top Presidential Bets

Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has declined to participate in a GMA interview with fellow candidates regarding their position on pressing national issues, the network reported on Friday night (See INQUIRER.net for story).

Fil-Am Councilor Elected as Vallejo, California Vice Mayor Again

Rozzana Verder-Aliga

Vallejo’s City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 11, elected Filipino American councilor Rozzana Verder-Aliga as vice mayor for a second term.

Verder-Aliga will serve as the city’s vice mayor again in 2022 after the city council voted in favor of her 5-1. She served as vice mayor from January to December 2021. She first served as vice mayor from January to December 2016 (See INQUIRER for story).

Fil-Canadian Tapped to Lead Nat'l Arts Centre's English Theatre

Nina Lee Aquino

Nina Lee Aquino, an award-winning Filipino Canadian director, dramaturge and teacher, has been named artistic director of English theatre at the National Arts Centre. Aquino will take the reins at NAC English Theatre on Aug. 29 (See INQUIRER.net for story).