Jessica Cox is a Filipino-American professional motivational speaker. Cox was born without arms, a rare birth defect. She is also a fourth degree Taekwondo black belter, plays the piano, and has licenses to be a scuba diver, driver, and pilot.…
Marvin Lee Balaoro Tolentino, who proudly hails from Abra, is the first Filipino Bar topnotcher, having placed fifth in the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) in London, United Kingdom (UK) in December 2020. On July 7, 2015, Atty Tolentino graduated with…
She is the first female president in the history of this state university in the United states A Filipina who grew up in slums in the Philippines has just been selected to become the first female president of the Utah…
MANILA - An experimental inter-island vessel being built by Metallica Shipyard in the town of New Washington, Aklan will use sea waves to generate electricity and reduce operating costs, according to the engineer in charge of the project. The trimaran,…
MANILA—At 64 years old, Dr. Gisela Concepcion is just a year shy of retiring from university work, and perhaps several years away from finding a cure for cancer or another disease. At her lab at University of the Philippines’ Marine…
Capt. Ronald Ravelo relieved his brother-in-law, Capt. Karl Thomas, as commander of the USS Abraham Lincoln — a change of command considered unprecedented for the U.S. Navy. Ravelo also became the first Filipino-American to take command of a carrier. Thomas, the…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jordan Clarkson (@jordanclarksons) on Jul 4, 2019 at 1:53pm PDT Jordan Clarkson has Filipino blood, and he's obviously proud of it. In a series of photos posted on Instagram,…
This Lady Scientist From Iloilo Made A Remarkable Discovery About Aratiles Fruit ILOILO SCIENTIST – This young scientist from Iloilo went viral after discovering the properties of Aratiles fruit that can cure diabetes. Layson was one of the declared winners…
MANILA, Philippines – A medical doctor recently went viral after also passing the Bar Exams and becoming a lawyer, mostly because the feat is difficult to do. After all, the passing rates for the Bar Exams and the Physician Board…
Isn’t it strange how a potential solution for rising fuel costs and the chronic problem of plastic waste management in the Philippines isn’t getting enough attention from most major media outlets? Jayme Navarro, a Filipino inventor from Bacolod, has discovered…