Some 200 Filipinos turned out in the neighborhood of Woodside, Queens, New York on Sunday, June 12 to celebrate the official co-naming of the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street “Little Manila Avenue” (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Carlos Yulo (center)
Carlos Yulo was crowned as king of the men’s floor exercise in the 9th Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships on Friday at Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar (See INQUiRER.net for story).
Alex Eala
Alex Eala may not have gotten her first-ever career W60 title after she fell short in the women’s singles finals of the Open ITF Arcardis Brezon Osuna in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, June 19, but her runner-up finish proved more than enough to catapult her further up the world rankings (See Rappler for story).
Seven Filipino Siblings adopted by Chris and Jessica Milam (Source: Fox News)
North Texas couple Chris and Jessica Milam of Denton County adopted seven Filipino siblings, making it official on Wednesday, June 8, after an eight-month process (See INQUIRER.net for story).
“A Thousand Cuts,” FRONTLINE’s 2021 documentary by filmmaker Ramoa Diaz on the escalating war between the government and the press in the Philippines, won a George Foster Peabody Award in the Documentary category (See INQUIRER.net for story).
John Laylo (Source: twitter)
A Filipino attorney, identified as 35-year-old John Laylo, who was visiting family in Philadelphia was shot to death as he got into a rideshare vehicle, along with his mother on Saturday morning, June 18 (See Fox News for story).
Alberta CEOs Shelvie Fernan, left, and Lourdes Juan (Source: Inquirer.net)
Alberta CEOs Shelvie Fernan, left, and Lourdes Juan earned thousands of dollars in investment for their companies as two of the four winners of the 2022 HerStory pitch competition (See INQUIRER.net for story).
The Neptunes: Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
Filipino American music artist Chad Hugo was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday, June 16 as part of the multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning music crafting duo The Neptunes, along with his songwriting partner Pharrell Williams (See INQUIRER.net for story)
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