The surging dollar struck another blow to the peso, which closed at the 58-level for the first time ever as the world braces for another outsized rate hike from the US Federal Reserve. The peso’s finish on Wednesday was weaker than its previous close of P57.48 to $1, marking a new record-low.
Disney Junior’s “Firebuds” (Source: Disney Junior)
Filipino American Krystal Banzon is bringing to life a new Disney cartoon character. Not only that, the character is Filipino American. Banzon is a staff writer on Disney Junior’s “Firebuds,” an animated comedy-adventure series featuring Fil-Am Bo Bayani and his best friend, firetruck Flash (See INQUIRER,net for story).
Baldomero Oliva and Lourdes Cruz (with cone snail, center) (Source: Esquiremag.ph)
Two Filipino biochemists Baldomero Oliva and Lourdes Cruz, along with their colleagues Michael McIntosh and the late Craig T. Clark, are recipients of this year’s Golden Goose Award for their groundbreaking studies on venom in cone snails that led to the discovery of a compound called peptides, which may be useful in blocking pain without causing paralysis (See Esquiremag.ph for story).
Archeologists from UP Diliman (Source: Inquirer.net)
A team of archaeologists from UP Diliman (UPD) and the National Museum unearthed proof of human occupation of Pilanduk Cave in Palawan 20,000 to 25,000 years at the height of the last Ice Age (See iNQUIRER.net for story)..
Jenny Ann Barretto (Source: vismin.ph)
Geologist Jenny Anne Barretto in 2014 discovered a large volcanic crater (caldera) formed by a major eruption, the Apolaki Caldera, in Benham Rise (Philippine Rise) in the northern part of Philippines. It is the world’s largest caldera (See Vismin.ph for story).
King Charles III (Source: Getty Images)
A photo on the Getty Images shows King Charles III, then just heir to the throne occupied by his mom Queen Elizabeth II, riding a speedboat named “Imelda” while on a holiday trip in the Isles of Scilly in Great Britain.
The caption of the photo taken by Tim Graham tagged the boat as a “gift from the First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos” (See Rappler for story).
The Philippine government on Thursday officially rejected a request by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to resume an investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, which left thousands of people dead (See The New York Times for story).
Taiwan announced on Wednesday afternoon, September 7, that Filipinos will not yet be eligible for its latest round of visa-free entry to the island starting September 12 (See Rappler for story).
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