Filipino chicken chain Jollibee is set to open 50 restaurants in the UK in the next six months, making it the latest international fast food chain to lay roots on British soil. Famous around the world for crispy fried chicken and fast-food classics with a tropical twist, the fast food giant will open its new … Read more
Moment Luffy the dog gives his owner a huge SMILE as he spots her through window of dog grooming salon Luffy the Shih Tzu received a trim and blow dry at a Philippines salon The footage has been viewed online by more than 12.9 million people The dog is so popular it has even appeared … Read more
Filipino nurse, 52, dies from Covid in the NHS hospital where she worked for 18 years as devastated colleagues pay tribute to ‘wonderful’ and ‘caring’ mother-of-two Estrella Catalan, 52, died on Friday after weeks in the critical care unit of hospital She was a staff nurse at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital since 2002 A … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on all healthcare workers, but perhaps none more so than those in the Filipino community. Almost one-third of all American nurses who have died of COVID-19 since January are Filipino – including men and women who immigrated from the Philippines or were born in the US. This is … Read more
A hipster Filipino restaurant which provided almost £50,000 of taxpayer-funded food to Matt Hancock’s civil servants has been driven out of business by the government’s Covid lockdown. Despite fulfilling ten orders worth thousands each from the Department of Health in the early weeks of the pandemic, Bong Bongs Manila Kanteen in Hackney, east London, was crippled … Read more
‘I begged the paramedic, but they left’: Husband of Filipino nurse, 50, who worked for NHS for 18 years tells how ambulance crew refused to take her to hospital… nine days before she died of coronavirus after he drove her himself Amor Padilla Gatinao was a nurse at St Charles Hospital in west London Her … Read more