The Philippines’ fourth Filipina Miss Universe, Catriona Gray, celebrated her birthday with a wish for people to help her get Filipino kids with cleft palate their needed surgeries.
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Hot Air Balloon Fiesta flies high over South of Manila in 2020
The Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, traditionally held in Pampanga, will fly high over the skies of South of Manila this 2020.
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Forbes recommends best places for Palawan holiday
Forbes magazine has recommended the best places to stay for a holiday in the paradise isles of Palawan in the Philippines
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Maymay Entrata, TV & Movie celebrities create Liter of Light solar lamps for Christmas season-typhoon-stricken areas
Solar light has been brought to the Typhoon Tisoy-stricken areas in Sorsogon which had suffered destruction amidst darkness during the Christmas season as power supply was cut during the stormy weather. Television’s G Diaries Share The Light program, started by Gina Lopez and now led by Ernie Lopez Jr., continued its mission to provide light […]
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European company IWG partners with Cebu’s AppleOne for 1st franchise partnership in Southeast Asia
IWG, the leading workspace provider that pioneered the coworking space concept in the Philippines. has signed a franchise partnership agreement with Cebu-based property developer AppleOne Properties, Inc. (API), the first in the Southeast Asian region. The IWG and AppleOne collaboration will expand IWG’s footprint in the Philippines, particularly the Visayas region. Under the franchise partnership […]
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Jophel Ybiosa wins in Chromatic Awards, 1st Filipino to bag 1st Prize
Multi-awarded Filipino photographer Jophel Ybiosa has bagged another recognition, this time from the 2019 Chromatic Awards International Color Photography Contest. Jophel Ybiosa, an 8-time Ani ng Dangal Awardee for Visual Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, won first prize in the Culture category of the 3rd Chromatic Awards announced on December […]
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Angono artists celebrate Filipino heritage on iconic Rebisco biscuit cans
Three young artists from Angono in Rizal joined well-known masters Dominic Rubio of Paete in Laguna and Aljo Pingol to showcase Filipino heritage in the 2019 edition of the iconic Rebisco biscuit Special Designer Tin Cans. Aljo Pingol celebrates Filipino heritage in his design for the Filipino biscuit company through painting Filipino family values and […]
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Philippines welcomes 8-Millionth tourist Yachiyo Imamoto from Yokohama, Japan
Metro Manila today welcomed its 8-Millionth and 8-Millionth-and-1 tourists Yachiyo Imamoto and her husband, Tamio, from Yokohama, Japan. The 71-year-old Yachiyo is visiting the Philippines for the 8th time. The Japanese couple arrived at the at NAIA Teminal 3 at 120pm via All Nippon Airways Flight 869 and were welcomed by Assistant Secretary for Tourism […]
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Condé Nast Traveller picks Siargao a Best Holiday Destination for 2020
Siargao, the surfing mecca of the Philippines, has again been picked by Condé Nast Traveller editors among its top choices for holiday travel in 2020. The teardrop-shaped island in Surigao del Norte was ranked Top 8 in the 20 Best Holiday Destinations for 2020 choices of CNT. The Philippine island is the only Southeast Asian […]
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Philippine Women’s Team wins Bronze in Asia-Oceania flying disc championships
The Philippine Women’s Team U20 won the Bronze Medal in their debut appearance at the 2019 Asia Oceania Flying Disc Federation (AFDF) Juniors and Masters Ultimate Championships (JUMC) held in December. The Pilipinas Ultimate U20 Women’s Team nicknamed the “Binibabies”, won a Universal Point to prevail over New Zealand, 14-13, in their first match on […]
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Actor Jek Jumawan, Aria movie win Lake City International Film Festival in India
Filipino filmmakers have won major awards at the just-concluded Lake City International Film Festival in India. “Aria” won the Best Film award in the International Category for Features in the festival which screened films from December 22-23 in Delhi. Aria, a movie directed by Carlo Enciso Catu and produced by Ferdinand “Ferdy” Lapuz for Holy […]
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Tubbataha’s Angelique Songco honored in Women Divers Hall of Fame 2020 in New Jersey
Tubbataha Reefs National Park’s very own “Mama Ranger” Angelique Songco will be honored as a new member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame in 2020. Angelique Songco will be one of the six new members to be inducted into the honor society whose member contributions span a wide variety of fields including in the […]
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