Maita Santiago (left), Ramon Bandong and Lina Vargas are running for city council seats in Burnaby, Surrey and Vancouver (Source: Inquirer.net and facebook)
Three Filipino Canadians are running for city council seats in three cities in British Columbia, Canada, in a quest for better community representation in local governance. The elections are set for October 15 (See INQUIRER,Net for story).
Global food website Eater.com named the "juicy-licious, crispy-licious" Chickenjoy “the best chain fried chicken in America," edging out more than 15 global brands in the process (See Esquiremag.ph for story).
Aida Cruz Del Rosario (Source: Interaksyon)
Aida Cruz Del Rosario, who made history the first registered female architect in the Philippines, turned 100 years old on August 11, 2022. Del Rosario was also the first female graduate of UST’s architecture school in 1947 and placed 7th in the licensure in a field dominated by men (See Interaksyon for story).
BRP Antonio Luna
The BRP Antonio Luna placed third out of 17 warships that participated in gunnery exercises in the recent RIMPAC naval exercises. The P8-billion missile-guided destroyer is the sister ship of the BRP Jose Rizal, the flagship of the Philippine Navy (See Esquiremag.ph for story).
SB19
SB19 announced their return to the music scene and said that they will hold a world tour and release a new single next month. WYAT [Where You At] Tour will kick off on September 17 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, followed by a series of shows in Clark, Cebu, and Davao, among others. The group will fly to the United States, United Arab Emirates, and Singapore, to name a few (See Interaksyon for story).
Janelle Mae Frayna (Source: Philstar)
Janelle Mae Frayna and Kylen Joy Mordido continued their stellar play as they powered the Philippines to a 3-1 bashing of bitter rival Vietnam and on the brink of claiming its best finish in the World Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India (See Philstar.com for story).
The Philippine economy expanded less than expected in the second quarter, but at pace still in line with the official 2022 growth target, giving the central bank leeway to further tighten monetary policy to curb red-hot inflation (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Nearly three million Filipinos in the labor force were unemployed in June 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Monday, (See INQUIRER.net for story)..
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