Blockbuster Filipino film “Hello, Love, Goodbye” starring Alden Richards and Kathryn Bernardo received a nomination for Best Asian Film at the 2019 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA). The highest-grossing Pinoy movie of all time will be the sole representative of the Philippines in the competition that pits high-caliber films, produced by […]
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Atom L. Pornel is a social media manager and producer-writer who returned to GoodNewsPilipinas.com after working as a writer in Viva Communications Inc. for more than four years. He is a broadcast journalism graduate of DLSU-D, and a heritage and local culture advocate.
Maine Mendoza-Carlo Aquino “Isa Pa With Feelings” highlights love that transcends languages
Maine Mendoza and Carlo Aquino pair up in the cross-network collaboration “Isa Pa With Feelings”, a movie highlights how love can be expressed in languages other than speech. This is the first screen team up between YouTube celebrity-turned-TV-host Maine Mendoza of GMA Network’s Eat Bulaga and actor-rapper Carlo Aquino of ABS-CBN Network. The movie that […]
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The Philippines wins at 2019 World Travel Awards in Vietnam
The Philippines won two major awards for Asia’s Leading Tourism Board and Asia’s Dive Destination in the recently concluded 2019 World Travel Awards held in Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam. The Philippines was finally recognized for its efforts in promoting the island and marine sanctuaries, earning the country the “Asia’s Leading Dive Destination” title during the […]
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T’boli film K’na, the Dreamweaver is Gala Film at London’s Native Spirit Film Festival
Filipino independent film K’na, the Dreamweaver was screened as the Gala Film in the opening of the 2019 Native Spirit Film Festival on October 12 in London. The award-winning film of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival in 2014 represented the Philippines in this year’s Native Spirit Film Festival held at the Brunei Gallery Theatre of […]
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Gloria Diaz celebrates Golden Anniversary of winning Miss Universe, plays beauty queen legend on Insatiable
Beauty pageant icon and seasoned actress Gloria Diaz is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her winning the first Miss Universe crown for the Philippines which she won in 1969 in Miami Beach, Florida, and she fittingly marks the milestone as a beauty queen legend on the hit Netflix series, Insatiable. Gloria Diaz plays the Philippines’ […]
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Neil Etheridge reunites with Azkals brothers for FIFA World Cup qualifiers
Filipino-British football player Neil Etheridge will be reunited with the Philippine Azkals in a FIFA World Cup Qualifiers game to be held in Negros Occidental this October. The 29 year-old Cardiff City FC will serve as Team Philippines’ goalkeeper in a joint tournament qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian […]
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Filipino textiles, local weaving showcased at Likhang Habi Market Fair in Makati
The best Filipino textiles made from local weaving will be showcased at the Likhang Habi Market Fair at the Glorietta 3 Activity Center in Makati City this October. The market fair organized by the Philippine Textile Council with the theme “The Highlights of our HABI Journey” will put the Philippines’ wealthy collections of textile and […]
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Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo somersaults his way to 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Filipino gymnast Carlos Edriel “Caloy” Yulo has successfully secured a berth in the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. Yulo’s Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya confirmed on his social media the Olympics qualification of the Philippines’ top gymnast. “He (Carlos Yulo) is going to go finals all around and FX (floor exercise). And also we got […]
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Two Cavite-based folk dancing school groups rule World Folklore Competition in Korea
The Philippines’ delegation composed of folk dancers from Cavite schools successfully raised the Philippine flag on Korean soil after dominating the International Dance Organization (IDO) World Folklore Festival 2019. The Pinoy folk dance school groups bested other contingents from Asian countries at the international tilt held on October 4 to 6 at the Yeongdong Complex […]
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Igorot Hunks have a mission, save farmers and protect the environment
The Igorot Hunks, male members of the Tawid Cultural Performing Group from Cordillera, have joined the advocacy to save Filipino farmers and the protection of the environment in Palawan. The Igorot folk dancers planted tree seedlings while proudly wearing their traditional attire beside the stream at the Yamang Bukid Farm in Brgy. Bacungan, Puerto Princesa […]
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Tawi-Tawi vendors use coconut leaves basket as alternative to plastic
Vendors from Tawi-Tawi in the southern Philippines have come up with an alternative packaging to eliminate the use of plastics by using baskets made from coconut leaves. The fruits and vegetable vendors of Bongao use baskets made entirely of coconut leaves locally called “Sulingkat” to transport and to display their farm produce in the market. […]
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De La Salle University Dasmariñas umbrella mosaic is officially a Guinness World Record
The De La Salle University – Dasmarinas (DLSU-D) is now the official Guinness World Record holder for the Largest Umbrella Mosaic Formed By People. The Guinness World Record confirmed in September that the premier university in Cavite officially bagged the world title after its successful human formation using over 5,000 umbrellas. The Lasallian formation dubbed […]
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