Shattering Records: Filipina Coast Guard Lieutenant Reaches Peak of Kilimanjaro After Conquering Everest

Shattering Records: Filipina Coast Guard Lieutenant Reaches Peak of Kilimanjaro After Conquering Everest

Lt. Carina Dayondon of the Philippine Coast Guard shattered a world record back in 2007 when she became one of 3 Filipino women to ever summit Mt. Everest. Now she's tackled Mt. Kilimanjaro. Dayondon made it to Africa's highest mountain at 4:40 AM on Saturday, October 3rd after journeying across Africa for 10 days. Among her completed summits are Australia’s Mt. Kosciuszko in 2014, Russia’s Mt. Elbrus in 2013, and North America’s Mt. Mickinley in 2006. She's already planning her 2016 expedition to South America to complete her 7th summit.

Story from TheRappler.com.

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San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve Comfort Women Memorial

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San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve Comfort Women Memorial

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution calling for a memorial to "comfort women" abused by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.

Introduced by Supervisor Eric Mar (D1), the resolution is aimed at honoring some “200,000 women who were kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery the Imperial Japanese Army during its colonial and wartime occupation” of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War. 

News story from TheInquirer.net

Title II's Negative Effects on Minority Populations and Small Businesses

Title II's Negative Effects on Minority Populations and Small Businesses

Recent Pew research shows that Asian Americans are enthusiastic users of the Internet and rely on broadband more so than other groups. When it comes to broadband adoption, 97 percent of English-speaking Asian Americans use the Internet compared to 78 percent of blacks, 81 percent of Hispanics, and 85 percent of Whites. Embracing policies like Title II will only lead to the deterioration of a resource that has become indispensable to so many people.

The Internet is an essential tool especially for those who live in remote areas where educational and professional opportunities may not be as widely available as in other parts of the country. Broadband is an important resource for people in rural areas to excel through online education and career development programs. When overbearing regulations threaten access to Internet innovations, those who rely on that access the most also stand to lose the most.

News story from AsianJournal

Filipina Expat in Dubai Lands Dream Photography Gig

Filipina Expat in Dubai Lands Dream Photography Gig

Dubai-based Filipino expat Debbie Fortes says she is now chasing her dream after a picture that she clicked with her iPhone 6 was selected by Apple for its global ad campaign.

Apple launched the global #ShotOniPhone6 campaign in March this year. “People take incredible photos and videos on iPhone 6 every day,” Apple says, sharing the images of 77 photographers from 70 cities and 24 countries.

Debbie is one of them, and her breath-taking shot of the Liwa desert is now being to be featured in magazines, newspapers, billboards, transit posters and more.

News story courtesy of 24/7 Emirates

Asian American Voters Likely to Punish Candidates with Anti-Immigrant Views

Asian American Voters Likely to Punish Candidates with Anti-Immigrant Views

Last week, Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina came under fire for their offensive comments on Asian immigrants. Bush noted in his visit to border city McAllen, TX, that the phenomenon of so-called “anchor babies” was “frankly, more related to Asian people,” while Fiorina called in Le Mars, Iowa for the urgent resolution of “festering problems” like the Chinese birth tourism industry in the United States.

This brings up an important question of whether anti-immigrant rhetoric could hurt candidates among Asian American voters. 

News story courtesy of AAPI Data.

Congrats, Judge Jessica “Jinky” Arong O’Brien

Congrats, Judge Jessica “Jinky” Arong O’Brien

Nearly 20 years ago, First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton wrote a best seller believed to be about an African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.”

On June 4, Cook County, Illinois Circuit Court Judge Jessica “Jinky” Arong O’Brien told a packed Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel ballroom in Chicago, Illinois during her installation as the first Filipino and first Asian American president of the 101-year-old Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) for 2015-2016 by U.S. Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit how seven middle-income families in far-off Cebu in the Philippines showed the village people’s random of act of kindness and caring (bayanihan in Filipino) when they took turns in taking care of her from third grade up to high school until her mother was ready to take her to America.

News story courtesy of The Filipino Express

Filipina Students Win Medal In Genius Olympiad 2015

Filipina Students Win Medal In Genius Olympiad 2015

Four high school students, Annicka Koteh, Anjeli Panis, Tiffany Lao, and Melissa Cheng, representing the Philippines went home triumphant as they won gold and bronze medals for their research projects in this year’s Global Environmental Issues and Us (GENIUS) Olympiad 2015 held last June 14 to 19 at the State University of New York in Oswego.

News story courtesy of GMA News Online

Palawan Voted Most Beautiful Island In The World

Palawan Voted Most Beautiful Island In The World

Palawan, an island in the Philippines, was voted the No. 1 island in the world by Condé Nast Traveler. Traveler readers rated it an 88.750. Writer and traveler Lindsay Talbot traveled there to take photos and enjoy the exotic island’s natural, wondrous beauty, capturing sites like the Twin Lagoon, Coron Island, and the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River. 

News story courtesy of Asian Journal