A cargo ship, British-owned and operated by a Japanese company, has been seized in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthi armed group, the Israeli military and other sources said Sunday (See ABS-CBN for story).
File photo of FA-50 (Right, Source: Public Affairs Office)
Two of the Philippines’ FA-50 aircraft joined the days-long joint patrols of the Philippines and the United States in the vicinity of Batanes and the West Philippine Sea. The joint patrol, come at a time of heightened tensions between Manila and Beijing (See Rappler for story).
Senator Leila de Lima granted bail and released from prison (Source: reuters.com)
Former Senator Leila de Lima, 64, a fierce critic of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody "war on drugs" walked free on Monday after a court granted her bail nearly seven years after she was jailed on criminal charges she always denied (See Reuters for story).
The Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) in Southern California was able to retrieve $2 million in unpaid wages for Filipino workers by helping them file and win wage theft cases against abusive employers, according to PWC executive director Aquilina Versoza (See Inquirer.net for story).
Arielle Jacobs in “Here Lies Love” (Source: Rappler)
After 33 previews and 149 regular performances, the Broadway musical Here Lies Love will be ending its run on November 26 due to low ticket sales, the production announced on Wednesday, November 8 (See Rappler for story).
On Oct. 31 World Cities Day, Iloilo City, cited for Gastronomy, joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), following their designation by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay (See UNESCO.org for story).
Joseph Alvarico (Source: Youtube)
Joseph Alvarico, a high school robotics teacher at Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord, has just been named as one of the winners of California's Teacher of the Year award (See CBS News Bay Area for story).
JR De Guzman (Source: jrdeguzman.com)
JR De Guzman was born in the Philippines and now lives in San Diego. What’s different about him is he tells jokes with an instrument. H has nearly 600,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram combined (See CBS8.com for story).
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