Multi-awarded Filipino film “Dagsin (Gravity)”, starring Benjamin Alves and Janine Gutierez, has been shortlisted as the Philippines’ possible entry to the 2020 Oscars. Dagsin’s screenplay writer, Anne Prado-Magadia, announced on social media the Film Academy of the Philippines’ (FAP) selection of the movie as a potential representative of the country to Hollywood’s Academy Awards. Dagsin, […]
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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.
Filipino jins snag 6 golds at Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam
Filipino jins successfully raised the country’s flag in Vietnam by winning a total of 13 medals, including 6 golds, from the 2019 Asian Taekwondo Open Championships. The Philippine Taekwondo Team harvested 6 golds, 3 each in kyorugi (free sparring) and poomsae (forms), 1 silver and 6 bronze medals in the international tourney held from August […]
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KathDen’s Hello, Love, Goodbye soars to Top 2 highest-grossing Filipino films
The Kathryn Bernardo-Alden Richards movie, “Hello, Love, Goodbye,” has soared to the Top 2 spot of the highest-grossing films in Philippine box office history within weeks of its release. The debut movie of the local film industry’s newest tandem, dubbed KathDen, was released on July 31, 2019 and has since raked in gross sales of […]
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MEET: Filipino violinist Ruth Livioco-Tumpalan, American Protege Awardee
Meet Ruth Joana Livioco-Tumpalan, the Filipina violinist who bagged 1st place at the 2019 American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition. The award-winning Filipina violinist competed against musicians from 17 countries and emerged as one of the 1st place winners under the College Students and Professional Musicians Category of the competition held in June. The […]
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2019 SEA Games Torch inspired by Philippines’ national flower Sampaguita
The 2019 South East Asian (SEA) Games Ceremonial Torch for the biennial regional sports tournament to be hosted by the Philippines is inspired by the country’s national flower, the Sampaguita. The new design for the torch that will be lit up to signal the start of the 30th SEA Games was revealed on August 22 […]
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Philippines’ Team Bagsik bags 3 golds at Muaythai Championships in Hong Kong
The Philippines’ Team Bagsik Muaythai fighters successfully raised the national flag in Hong Kong after reaping 3 golds at the 2019 East Asian Muaythai Championships. The 10-member Philippine delegation secured a total of 10 medals in Muaythai competitions held from August 15 to 18 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Wan Chai in Hong Kong […]
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International gold medalist EJ Obiena soars to Top 15 in new Pole Vault World Rankings
Filipino pole vault gold medalist Ernest John “EJ” Obiena made it to the Top 15 of the latest Vault World Rankings of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The 23-year-old Pinoy pole vaulter clinched the 13th spot in a tie with French athlete Valentin Lavillenie in the world rankings as of August 20. The […]
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Paralympian Josephine Medina wins table tennis gold in Bangkok Open
Filipina table tennis Paralympian Josephine Medina bagged the gold medal at the 2019 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) – Para Bangkok Open. The Pinay table tennis athlete played strong throughout the tournament and emerged winner of the Women’s Single Class TT7 event in the international tilt held from August 8 to 10 held at the […]
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Quezon City Football Club bags Gothia Cup championship in China
The Philippine colors are raised high in China after the Quezon City Football Club won the championship trophy at the 2019 Gothia Cup in Qingdao. The Laos FC Quezon City bested teams from China and Taiwan in the group category for Playoff B Boys 13 of the international tilt held in Qingdao, China from August […]
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Cebu gets tourism boost as World’s Arnis Capital
Cebu is getting a promotion boost as the World’s Arnis Capital after martial arts school, Doce Pares, forged a partnership with the Department of Tourism (DOT)-Region 7. The Central Visayas island of Cebu, renowned worldwide as a popular travel destination for its natural beauty and tourist spots, will now also be promoted as a sports […]
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4 Best Reasons to Watch PETA’s “Rak of Aegis”
The Philippines’ longest-running jukebox musical, Rak of Aegis (RAK), is back! It was around 2014 when the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) had its first run of Rak of Aegis and since then it has been rolled out every year. Now on its 7th season, RAK never gets old and is absolutely perfect for the […]
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Philippines victorious in pyrotechnic battle in Canada
The Philippines won the 2019 “Living Skies Come Alive” international pyrotechnic battle held in Moosomin, Saskatchewan in Canada. Platinum Fireworks Inc., the country’s representative in the annual competition, bested Team Canada in the annual fireworks tilt held on August 3 and 4. The Platinum Fireworks team has been raising the Philippine colors in international pyrotechnic […]
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