PH Gets First Female Jet Fighter Pilot

First Lt. Jul Laiza Mae B. Camposano-Beran  has qualified to join the ranks of the Philippines’ elite jet fighter pilots, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) announced on Thursday (See PNA for story).

IOC Awards Scholarships to 9 PH Athletes in Build-Up to Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded scholarships to nine athletes from the Philippines in the build-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics (See for Inside the Games for story)..

Retiring Filipino Officer in US Navy Honored

Chief warrant officer (CWO) Jules R. Amores (right)

Chief warrant officer (CWO) Jules R. Amores was honored on his  retirement from the U.S. Navy. during a ceremony Friday at the Naval Air Station in Lemoore, California. He was among the last of the U.S. Navy's recruits from the Philippines in the program that ended in 1992 (See the Hanford Sentinel for story).

Some 600 Families Evacuated as Taal Volcano Shows Unrest

Evacuees from Agoncillo and Laurel, Batangas (Source: Rappler)

Around 600 families or 2,000 individuals have been evacuated from at least six barangays in Agoncillo and Laurel towns in Batangas when the Taal Volcano showed signs of unrest Saturday morning, March 26 (See Rappler for story).

PH Students Win Int'l Debate Competition

Ateneo Debate Team (Source: Manila Bulletin)

A debate team from the Ateneo Senior High School (ASHS) won the championship at the 2022 Cambridge School Finals, marking the first time in history that an Asian institution has emerged victorious in the prestigious debate tilt (See Manila Bulletin for story).

Filipina Traveler in Kiev Helping Defend the City

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).

Teacher and Students Use Makeshift Railway Trolley as Roving Classroom

(Source: ABS-CBN)

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).

PH-Born Openly Gay Teacher Elected Mayor of a City in Florida

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)..