Marielle Descalsota.
Marielle Descalsota

Junior visual features reporter

Marielle Descalsota

    Marielle is a photojournalist and the junior visual features reporter at Insider's Singapore bureau, where she covers travel and features on Asia. She first joined the bureau as a visual features fellow in 2022. She has since reported independently from six countries for Insider.

    She has a bachelor's degree in English literature and communications from the Nanyang Technological University and a master's degree in Asian Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.

    Selected stories:

    Real Estate 2023-09-05T00:14:00Z

    Step inside the Beverly Hills of the Philippines, where homes rarely change hands, access is nearly impossible if you don't know a resident, and inequality is on full display

    Homes in the Beverly Hills of the Philippines are rarely sold to outsiders, as many who live there are regarded as the "Old Money" of Cebu.
    Transportation 2023-07-28T09:03:32Z

    Frontier is the worst US airline in 2023, and Spirit isn't far behind, according to recent study — see the list of the top 10 airlines

    One passenger who flew Frontier in July said it was a "horrible experience" and that the "seats are uncomfortable".
    Transportation 2023-06-12T06:14:01Z

    A moose was killed after wandering onto a Connecticut airport, and people are asking why it wasn't relocated instead

    A video posted by WFSB showed the frail-looking moose wandering about on a road. There are only 100 moose in Connecticut.
    Tech 2023-06-12T02:19:39Z

    New Yorkers are wearing Dyson's $1,000 'air purifying' mask-cum-headphones in the haze, but TikTok users are skeptical that it works

    New Yorkers are wearing the Dyson Zone headphones as masks in the haze, but some TikTokers say just wearing an N95 mask is more effective.
    Transportation 2023-06-05T05:44:41Z

    A Carnival cruise passenger was arrested by the FBI for sexually abusing his 9-year-old daughter

    Justin Sigmon, an ex-captain at a sheriff's office, was charged with abusive sexual contact of a minor under 12, per a criminal complaint.
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    Transportation 2023-06-03T07:00:00Z

    Air New Zealand has been ranked the best airline in the world, a study found. See which others made the top 10.

    Air New Zealand beat out Qatar Airways, which held the title in 2021 and 2022, to secure the top spot.
    Transportation 2023-05-31T18:56:46Z

    Air New Zealand is asking passengers to volunteer to be weighed before boarding and reassures them that details will not be shared: 'No one can see your weight, not even us'

    Air New Zealand is asking its passengers to volunteer for its "passenger weight survey" and says the results are completely anonymous.
    Transportation 2023-05-26T08:44:36Z

    A Southwest pilot crawled in through the plane's window after being locked out of the cockpit before takeoff

    A passenger captured a hilarious photo of a pilot crawling through the window of a Southwest Airlines plane after being locked out of the cockpit.
    Transportation 2023-05-25T05:07:27Z

    Take a look inside one of the private jets used by Ron DeSantis, a $20 million business plane that costs $4,000 per hour to charter

    Ron DeSantis flies on a Florida-government-owned private jet, the Cessna Citation Latitude, which costs $2.1 million to operate for 450 flying hours.
    Transportation 2023-05-23T05:10:01Z

    An empty station, a burning countryside, soot raining from the sky: This is what it's like to ride Laos' gleaming new $6 billion railway in April

    I rode a train on the Lao-China Railway for $12 and it showed why the country was so smoggy: forest fires have left acres of land burned.
    Travel 2023-05-18T08:48:21Z

    A video captured a Carnival cruise passenger climbing between balconies. Other people on board cheered him on.

    The man could be seen reaching his hand out to retrieve an item from another passenger standing in the balcony of the stateroom above.
    Transportation 2023-05-18T05:33:30Z

    Watch the world's biggest plane take off into the sky, as the Stratolaunch Roc successfully completes its first drop test

    The Stratolaunch Roc — the world's biggest plane — recently took off from the Mojave Desert and completed its first-ever drop test for the Talon-A.
    Transportation 2023-05-11T06:22:10Z

    A Missouri man says American Airlines lost his suitcase and his $26,000 prosthetic leg — but the airline only paid him $600 for his lost clothing

    Michael Williams claims American Airlines doesn't want to compensate him for his prosthetic leg. He hired a lawyer and now refuses to fly.
    Transportation 2023-04-27T06:47:32Z

    Southwest is the worst airline in the US, according to a new study — take a look at how the 11 biggest US airlines rank

    Southwest Airlines was ranked 2023's worst US airline by WalletHub, while Delta took the top spot once again as the best airline in the country.
    Transportation 2023-04-14T08:43:34Z

    Tesla is discounting its cars in Singapore by $3,000 to $3,800 to make them 'more affordable' — but they still cost upwards of $57,000

    Singapore is the most expensive country in the world to own a car, with vehicle licenses costing more than a Tesla car.
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    Military & Defense 2023-04-14T03:28:01Z

    The world's first supersonic trainer jet is on the market for just $800,000 — take a look inside the T-38 Talon

    Aircraft maintenance company Thornton Aviation put up a T-38 — a jet that trains astronauts and pilots — for sale for under a million dollars.
    Transportation 2023-04-13T06:31:30Z

    You could fly the 11 hours from San Francisco to Tokyo for as little as $100 this summer, thanks to a budget airline's new route

    One-way tickets on Zipair start from just $91 for children aged six and under. But those who are older will have to pay at least $325.
    Finance 2023-03-28T18:11:24Z

    Meet Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao, the CEO of Binance, which is being sued by the CFTC over claims the exchange lacked 'basic compliance to prevent terrorist financing'

    Changpeng Zhao worked at McDonald's in his teens, then became the richest person in crypto. Now he faces a CFTC complaint over trading violations.
    Transportation 2023-03-08T10:04:57Z

    Antigua and Barbuda is preparing to auction off an 'abandoned' $81 million superyacht linked to a Russian oligarch, reports say

    The Alfa Nero has been linked by the US to Andrey Guryev, a Russian oligarch said to be a "close associate" of President Vladimir Putin.
    Real Estate 2023-03-02T08:31:37Z

    Late oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens' massive Texas ranch just sold at a $60 million price cut after 5 years on the market — take a look inside

    In 2017, T. Boone Pickens' made headlines for listing the 100-square-mile ranch for a whopping $250 million — but no one coughed up the money.
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