Kryetn Boado
As Russian forces close in on Kyiv, a Filipina travel vlogger is among those holed up in the Ukrainan capital and has volunteered to help defend the city. University of the Philippines Diliman graduate Krysten Boado, 25, says she will not have a combat role as she has no military training, but will be involved in the preparation and distribution of supplies to frontline combatants (See GMA News for story).
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Communities living close to the Philippine railway tracks in the province of Quezon use makeshift wooden push-trolleys as a common mode of transportation. Samboy de Leon Niala, 27, a high school teacher at the Tagkawayan National High School and his students in Humanities and Social Sciences do an outreach educational project on a trolley classroom to help kids in their community (See ABS-CBN for story).
Mayor Ty Penserga
While Florida state senators in Tallahassee voted in favor of the controversial “don’t say gay” bill, the City of Boynton Beach elected Ty Penserga, an openly gay Filipino American high school teacher as its mayor (See INQUIRER.net for story)..
Gwendolyne Pascua
Gwendolyne Pascua is currently the ground controller and operations lead at one of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) user service and operations centers located at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland, the Biotechnology Space Support Center (BIOTESC) (See Manila Bulletin for story).
Dr. Melissa Borja, a Filipina American educator, has been named one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of women across the country who have made a significant impact (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Reaner Jacqueline Bool, Ghia Luwalhati and Nicole Elizabeth Tan
An all-women team from Batangas State University beat 124 other teams from around the world to win the top prize at UNESCO’s 2022 World Engineering Day Hackathon. Wonderpets, consisting of Reaner Jacqueline Bool, Ghia Luwalhati and Nicole Elizabeth Tan won the top prize for their solution to reduce water pollution (See Yahoo News for story).
Luella Costales
Hawaii’s Gov. David Ige on Wednesday, March 9 appointed Luella Costales to replace Ty Cullen, who resigned from the Hawaii House of Representatives last month after being caught in a bribery scandal (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Kene Brian Lazo
Kene Brian Lazo, of Norfolk, Virginia who was arrested for joining the siege of the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty on Monday, March 7, for his role in the Jan. 6 riot. Months after his arrest in May, he was also charged with sexual abuse of a child (See INQUIRER.net for story).
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