UFO Sightings - December 14, 2011

What: Pinoy CNN Bureau Chief
Where: Beijing, China
When: December 14, 2011


For our UFO Sighting for today, I should not miss making a feature about this top UFO. He is the CNN’s Beijing Bureau Chief and correspondent, responsible for strategic planning of the network’s news coverage of
China.


Our top Pinoy of the day is no other than Mr. Jaime FlorCruz.

FlorCruz has studied, worked and travelled in China for more than 35 years, and he has reported extensively on the country as a journalist since 1980, when he started his journalistic career in China and worked as a reporter for Newsweek Magazine. In 1982, he joined TIME magazine’s Beijing bureau, and served as Beijing bureau chief from 1990 to 2000.


Our Top Pinoy feature has witnessed and reported the most significant events of China’s past three decades, including the country’s economic and social reforms, the crackdown on Tiananmen protests in 1989, the death of Deng Xiaoping and the 1997 Hong Kong handover. He has also covered cross-Straits relations, the Sichuan earthquake, the 2008 Beijing Olympic and ethnic unrest in Tibet and Xinjiang.


FlorCruz has contributed regularly to CNN.com and is the writer of a weekly online column “@Jaime's China” offering analysis about Chinese society and politics in addition to his on-air reporting, .


FlorCruz is termed as the dean of the foreign press corps in Beijing, for him being the longest-serving foreign correspondent in China to date. He was a two-term president of the 200-member Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (1988-90 & 1996-1999). He was also the Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.


Let us all salute to our UFO Sighting for today.

UFO Sightings - December 13, 2011

What: Pinoy Nurse
Where: New York City, NY, USA
When: December 13, 2011


For our UFO Sighting feature for today, we travel to the United States of America. Recently a Filipino-American nurse received the "New York Times 2011 Tribute to Nurses Award" for innovation and leadership at the New York Times headquarters in Manhattan.

Our UFO, Nurse Manager Michael Tagadaya, of New York University (NYU) Hospital, was nominated in three different categories.

He has unique contributions to the nursing field and he was nominated to "the Innovation and Leadership Award", a new award the organizers created for the Filipino nurse. 

“For me, to come from the Philippines and out of the almost a million of Filipino nurses here sa buong America, it’s a huge honor, napakalaking karangalan,” Tagadaya said.

As a nurse manager at the Ambulatory Surgery unit of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Tagadaya created paddle pagers to ease the family members’ concerns about their loved ones’ surgeries. He also created new staff positions to bridge the gap between operating room and recovery room.

Tagadaya’s superiors at the NYU Hospital said patient satisfaction soared, thanks to those innovations.

“It’s no surprise that a lot of our nurses are of Filipino background and we really have a lot of respect for them. And they’re wonderful colleagues and they really make our medical center special, It’s a pleasure to have them,” said Joseph Basco, vice-chairman of the Orthopedic section of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases.

“Congratulations on achieving this honor. It’s a beginning of your path in nursing leadership and we are very proud of you,” said Ann Vanderberg, Vice President for Nursing and Patient Services.

From all Filipinos, we salute you. 

UFO Sightings - December 9, 2011

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What: Pinoy Top Artists
Where: Dubai
When: December 9, 2011


Let us find our UFO sighting for today. Searching thru the net we find this two UFO's. They are featured in Time Out Dubai Magazine's "Top Ten Artists in Dubai".


Ella Orencillo, 28, Filipino

"One of the first things an art collector will often reveal when talking about breaking into the market is the degree of ownership you feel when you discover a hot artist, especially when that artist goes on to do 
great things. Dubai is developing a taste for art and culture that is forging ahead at a rapid pace, and some big names have already been made right here in our city. Here, we look at the Dubai-based artists that we believe will dominate the scene in the future."


You can see more of Ella in www.ellaorencillo.com.


Kristy Anne Ligones, 28, Filipino

"I mostly produce digital art and am more of a vector artist, but I also love traditional forms, such as painting with acrylic and ink sketching."


You can see more of Kristy in www.kdlig.com.