Quezon National High School in Lucena City has started to use banana leaves supported by Manila paper in serving hot meals to students. The alternative eating plate is part of the school canteen’s measure to comply with the no-plastics rule. Around 50 food stalls in QNHS switched to the banana leaves plates in serving meals […]
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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.
Pampanga’s Taipan Paule wins Mister Tourism Globe – Eco Tourism 2019
Mister Tourism Globe Philippines Taipan Paule of Pampanga successfully raised the country’s flag after winning the Mister Eco Tourism title at the first Mister Tourism Globe 2019 pageant held in Legazpi City, Albay. The aspiring model and actor represented Lubao, Pampanga in the Mister Grand Philippines 2019 in Ilocos Sur on the third week of […]
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Marvelous lights and sound show heralds holiday season at Cultural Center of the Philippines
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) welcomed the holiday season in the country with a spectacular lights-and-sound show titled “Sinag: Festival of Radiance”, showcasing Filipino traditional arts and modern technology. The CCP festival of lights, created in partnership with the country’s lantern-makers from the City of San Fernando in Pampanga, turned the building’s facade […]
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Reel Time story of 12-year-old volunteer teacher in Sorsogon bags Gold at Cannes, France
The story of 12-year-old volunteer teacher “Dagul”, presented in a documentary on GMA Network’s Reel Time, won the Gold Dolphin at the 2019 Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards held on September 26 (September 27 PH Time) in France. The Reel Time episode titled “Batang Maestro (Little Teacher) won the Gold Award in the Current […]
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Gloria Diaz makes queenly entrance on Insatiable Season 2
Filipina Miss Universe winner Gloria Diaz showed the world her queen’s walk as she made a cameo appearance on “Insatiable”, the hit Netflix series now on its second season. The first Pinay to win the Miss Universe title in 1969 was shown in the Insatiable new season teaser video wearing a white suit, pearl necklace, […]
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Para-swimming champ Ernie Gawilan joins Toyota coastal cleanup, mangrove planting
Para-swimming champion Ernie Gawilan and Palarong Pambansa medalist Edwin Villanueva took a break from their training to join the 2019 International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) over the weekend. The two Filipino swimming medalists participated in the Toyota Motor Philippines’ (TMP) mangrove planting and coastal clean up drive together with volunteer employees, environmental groups, and the Philippine […]
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Cebu’s Emilia Hann crowned Mrs Globe International Queen
The Philippines’ bet Emilia Vergara Encabo-Hann of Cebu raised the country’s flag in the world of pageantry after winning the 2019 Mrs. Globe International Queen title. The newly-crowned Pinay beauty queen bested 25 other candidates from all over the world in the classical category (40 years old and above) to win the title during the […]
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Filipina Miss Universe winners reunited on an SM Artwalk mural by U-P artist Peterich Chiu Wan
The four Filipina Miss Universe winners, Gloria Diaz, Margie Moran, Pia Wurtzbach and Catriona Gray, were reunited in a mural painting at the SM North Towers Artwalk in Quezon City. The artwork titled “The Four Crowns” was painted by Peterich Chiu Wan and is now on display alongside other mural paintings which feature Filipino arts […]
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U-P’s Ang Gerilya artists paint Filipino legends Manda and Luyong to welcome motorists on Shaw Blvd
Manda and Luyong, the two characters from the legend of the city of Mandaluyong, are now greeting motorists and commuters along the Shaw Boulevard Flyover in EDSA. The young artists of Gerilya, from the College of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines (UP CFA), painted the mural of the two early Filipinos on […]
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Mactan-Cebu International Airport is PHL’s 1st plastics-free airport
Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) achieved another milestone in its sustainability program as the first plastics-free airport in the Philippines. The award-winning resort airport in Cebu announced on September 11 its progress towards efforts to be a plastics-free airport in line with the “Going Green Campaign”. Andrew Acquaah-Harrison, Chief Executive Advisor of GMR Megawide Cebu Airport […]
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Baybayin and early Filipino images greet riders on LRT-1
Light Rail Transit-1 (LRT-1) passengers were welcomed today with new signages written in Baybayin, the pre-Hispanic form of local writing. The Baybayin signages were accompanied by images of 16th century Filipinos and Pintados-inspired art design displayed in selected windows and train walls. Three LRT-1 coaches of the Light Rail Corporation were designed with Baybayin, riddles, […]
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Nueva Ecija’s Joanne Ayrra Averilla captures Miss Polo International 2019 1st runner-up in Dubai
Miss Philippines Joanne Ayrra Averilla made the Filipinos proud in the Middle East after winning the Miss Polo International 2019 1st runner-up title. The Novo Ecijano beauty bested 27 other candidates from all over the world to win the 1st runner up spot in the international pageant held on September 15 in Dubai in the […]
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