The Winnipeg School Division is starting a Filipino bilingual program initiated by the Manitoba Association of Filipino teachers and shepherded by the division’s newly elected Filipino Canadian trustees. The program is expected to begin in Sept. 2023 starting with kindergarten and Grade 1 students at Meadows West School (See INQUIRER.net for story).
HER and Josh Groban
Award-winning Filipino American artist H.E.R. and Josh Groban are playing the lead roles in the TV adaptation Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration, airing Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC, and streaming on Disney+ the following day (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Dolly De Leon (Source: “Triangle of Sadness”/ABS-CBN News)
Filipino actress Dolly de Leon, who won Best Supporting Performance award in the 2022 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for her widely praised performance in the Palme d’Or-winning “Triangle of Sadness,” has nabbed a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress in the 80th Golden Globe Awards, which will be held on January 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California (See ABS-CBN for story).
Hidilyn Diaz (Source: Rappler)
Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz finally breaks through in the World Weightlifting Championships as she reigns in the women's 55kg with a sweep of all three gold medals (See Rappler for story).
Philippine National Robotics Team (Photo by FELTA)
Students of the Philippine national robotics team won gold and bronze medals in this year’s World Robot Olympiad (WRO) in Dortmund, Germany (See GoodNewsPilipinas.com for story).
Nikko Cagalanan (Photo contributed to Charlton City Paper)
Charlestonians may have noticed a familiar face on the Food Network Channel’s Chopped November 22. Nikko Cagalanan, local chef and owner of pop-up Mansueta’s Filipino Food, competed on the high-intensity food competition show — and won (See Charleston City Paper for story).
Awardee Mary Jean Silva (center) in Washington, D.C., with U.S. Coast Guard Commander Admiral Linda Fagan (left) (Source: US Coast Guard)
A Philippine-born Mary Jean Silva, deputy director at the Base Kodiak Child Development Center of the United States Coast Guard, was named 2021 Coast Guard Civilian Employee of the Year for exemplifying “the work ethic of the highly trained civilian employees who have contributed to the achievements of Coast Guard operational mission readiness in 2021” (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Filipino immigrants are the biggest group of newcomers who moved to Alberta, Canada, making up about one quarter of recent immigrants to the province. Statistics Canada data shows about 47,600 people have moved to Alberta from the Philippines since 2016, (See INQUIRER.net for story).
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