The Philippines secured double World Travel Awards (WTA) this year, including its 4th straight WTA as Top Leading Dive Destination – a title it first won in 2019 in the annual awards to celebrate excellence in the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries (See GoodNews Pilipinas.com).
Danny Bulanadi
Marvel Comics Filipino artist, Danny Bulanadi who died last Nov. 3 in San Francisco of heart failure at 76, drew well-known superheroes like Captain America, the Fantastic Four and the Transformers. But in a Canadian province, he is best remembered for illustrating Captain Newfoundland (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Paul Ong (Source: CBC Manitoba)
Filipino educator and renowned musician Paul Ong made it to CBC Manitoba’s Future 40—a list of 10 outstanding young Manitobans under the age of 40 who are making a difference in their communities (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Averie Bishop
Filipino American Averie Bishop, the first Asian American to win the Miss Texas title, placed second runner-up at Miss America 2023 on Dec. 15 at the Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Hawaii marked Tuesday, Dec. 20 as Sakada Day, to honor the contributions and sacrifices of the first wave of Filipinos who immigrated to the state as agricultural workers starting more than 116 years ago (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Filipino American Keziah Christie Ancheta, 18, who is still a senior at Waipahu High School in Honolulu, was elected head of the prestigious international honor society for community college students Phi Theta Kappa (See INQUIRER.net for story).
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria
California’s Big City Mayors selected San Diego’s Filipino American mayor Todd Gloria to lead the statewide coalition in 2023 and 2024 (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Winston Sayson (Source: Inquirer.net)
The provincial government of British Columbia, Canada awarded the 2022 Medal of Good Citizenship to Winston Sayson, a Richmond, BC lawyer who immigrated from the Philippines as a teenager (See INQUIRER.net for story).
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