A Filipino anti-child labor advocate received the first annual Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor given by the US Department of Labor.
US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenney presented the award to Maria Cecilia Flores-Oebanda of the Visayan Forum Foundation on Friday.
“It is a great honor to present the Iqbal Masih [...]

Another Filipino student was invited to attend the historic inauguration of US President-elect Barack Obama next week.
Sixteen-year old Luisa Kristabel “Abbey” Manliclic, a student of St. Theresa’s College in Quezon City, would also get the chance to witness the swearing in of the first black US president on Jan. 20.
Abel Manliclic, Abbey’s father, confirmed yesterday [...]

A 19-year-old college freshman cannot believe his luck: He is one of only two Filipinos to be invited to President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, an event that excludes even his country’s president.

“I couldn’t believe my eyes,” Paul Michael Pilares Cruz said, describing the moment the invitation arrived by mail from the Congressional Youth Leadership Council Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that has secured seats for students from around the globe.

A very young and Internet savvy Filipino American, Jose Antonio Vargas has at 27, won the Pulitzer Prize in the breaking news category.
He shares this award with other Washington Post reporters for a package of nine stories, two of which he wrote. His feet hardly touched the ground as he was interviewed at the Washington [...]

While the world’s largest flag may not be that of the Philippines, a Filipino woman is behind it.

Grace Galindez Gupana, founder of a Christian charismatic group that claims global reach, takes pride in setting two Guinness World records for the world’s largest flag and the world’s largest banner this year.

As of December 24, the live ranking in the website of the New7Wonders showed the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River is currently at the number 1 spot, followed by Ha Long Bay of Vietnam, Tubbataha Reef also located in Palawan, Cox’s Bazar Beach in Bangladesh, Chocolate Hills in Bohol, Al-hasa Oasis in Saudi Arabia, Ganges River in Bangladesh and India, Sundarbans Forest in the border of Bangladesh and India, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Vietnam and the Fansipan Mountain also in Vietnam.