Legendary Boxing Referee Carlos Padilla Inducted into Nevada Hall of Fame

Carlos “Sonny” Padilla

Legendary boxing referee Carlos ‘Sonny’ Padilla was recently inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame.Famous for serving as the third man in the ring when Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier rumbled in the Thrilla in Manila in 1975, Padilla was included in the 2020 batch of inductees (See Tribune.net, ph for story)..

PH Peso at Its Weakest: P56.77 to a US dollar

The peso plunged to an all-time low of P56.77 to the US dollar on Friday, data from the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) showed, (See Manila Standard for story).

Pope Grants First Fil-Am Catholic Knighthood

Grace Mercado-Ouano

A philanthropist from Los Angeles is the first Filipino American to receive the pontifical order of knighthood in the Catholic Church. Pope Francis named Grace Mercado-Ouano to the Order of St. Gregory the Great, which is one of five orders of knighthood of the holy see, reported Yahoo.

Harvard Invites Robredo to Be a Hauser Leader

Former Vice President Leni Robredo

The Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at the Harvard Kennedy School has selected former Vice President Leni Robredo to become a Hauser Leader, where she will have a series of engagements  with students and other members of the Harvard community (See INQUIRER.net for story). 

Fil-Am Randy Ribay Wins Spalding Prize for Young Adult Novel

Author Randy Ribay

Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky awarded Fil-Am Randy Ribay the Spalding Prize for his young adult novel Patron Saints of Nothing, published by Penguin Random House in 2019 (See GoodRiverReview.com for story).

Popular LA ‘Isaw’ Grill Dollar Hits Opens a Spot in Queens, NY

Pinoy Barbeque at Dollar Hits (Source: Instagram)

Dollar Hits, a restaurant in Los Angeles popular for its isaw street food and other skewered Filipino delicacies, has opened a branch in Little Manila (Woodside), Queens, New York, the Sunnyside Post reported.

Tagle Named Pope’s Special Envoy in Asian Bishops’ Meet

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (Source: Philstar.net)

Pope Francis has designated Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as his special envoy to the 50th general conference of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference (FABC) slated on Oct. 30 (See Philstar.net for story).

Simon & Schuster to Publish First Filipino Picture Book

Holding On, by author Sophia N. Lee and illustrator Isabel Roxas, is the first Filipino American picture book to be published by big 5 publisher Simon & Schuster in the US under its Atheneum division famed for publishing literary titles for younger readers (See INQUIRER.net for story) .