By Quay Evano, Contributor
INQUIRER.net

“MGA Iskolar ng Bayan na nasa ibang bayan, tumutulong para sa Iskolar ng Bayan at sa Inang Bayan.”

What’s the best way for “Iskolars ng Bayan” who work as overseas Filipino workers in the United Arab Emirates to escape from the fast-rising temperature of the summer desert heat? Not to mention the monotony, stress and pressures of everyday life and being away from their loved ones and their beloved home country, the Philippines?

How about raising funds for a fellow Iskolar ng Bayan, while at the same time having fun doing it?

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By TJ Burgonio
Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines–Despite his name, he is no potato patch mailman.

Floro “Pol” Camote is a modern-day postman who continues to make his job relevant in the age of the Internet.

Camote, a letter-carrier of the Quezon City Central Post Office, enters seedy slums peopled by pickpockets and robbers, and puts up with threats from thugs just to bring letters, checks and bills to the residents.

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By Tarra Quismundo
Inquirer

LEGAZPI CITY–Many of them have been away from the Philippines for several years and most have never even seen the majestic Mayon Volcano. But on a trip to the homeland they so missed, they are foregoing vacations and sightseeing to instead extend a helping hand to their countrymen in dire need.

This is what Filipino-Americans serving in the United States Navy are currently doing as part of a humanitarian mission called Pacific Partnership.

The four-month mission is carried out by 1,000 American sailors aboard the USS Peleliu, which is currently anchored in the Philippine Sea off Albay.

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By Kit Bagaipo
Visayas Bureau

TAGBILARAN CITY, Philippines–The tricycle driver who returned $17,000 left by a female passenger continues to reap rewards for his honesty from people and organizations here.

A business organization and Tagbilaran City Mayor Dan Lim expressed appreciation to Iluminado Boc.

On June 23, Boc found the money, left in the passenger’s seat of his tricycle, sparking an outpouring of tribute.

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By Christian V. Esguerra
Inquirer

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey–Filipino success has a lot to do not just with skills but the right disposition.

“Sometimes, it really depends on the person if he has the right attitude and the clarity of vision that should go with his skills,” Mila Mendez, 54, tells the Inquirer in an interview at the sprawling Tropicana Hotel and Casino here.

This was the formula Mila and her husband Fernando “Nanding” Mendez used when they first arrived in the United States in the 1980s. Mila has since moved from a clerical job at Dow Jones to a top marketing official at the American publishing and financial information firm. At one point she was earning more than $80,000 a year.

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