Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, we knew of the bittersweet stories of returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Often, they go abroad for high-paying jobs so that they can save and send money to their families back home. But migration stories don’t always guarantee a happy ending, and they need help when they are forced to return home.
Read more →Author: The Good News Pilipinas Team
The Good News Pilipinas Team is a group of Filipino journalists who advocate putting more good news stories about the Philippines and Filipinos on the media.
LOOK: Restored UP Chapel seen this Holy Week in virtual tour
You can see the restored University of the Philippines (UP) Chapel this Holy Week in a virtual tour hosted by DMCI Homes.
Read more →
Plant-based packing material developed by MSU-IIT, DOST
Plant-based packaging material have been developed by researchers from the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT).
Read more →
Filipino experts urge businesses to mitigate environmental risks
Filipino environmental experts called on businesses to adopt more comprehensive risk management plans and check environmental risks in their place of business to avoid disasters in the future.
Read more →
Treat pandemic as disaster that needs preparedness, UP scientist says
“Let’s think of pandemics and even localized epidemics as disasters for which we need preparedness and mitigation strategies,” academician, Emeritus Prof. Michael Lim Tan of the University of the Philippines said during his presentation on “COVID-19, Circularity and Better Normal: Recovery and Rebuilding,” at the Annual Scientific Conference and 88th General Membership Assembly of the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP).
Read more →
Digital Doc program: Send me your QR code
The next time you look to pay your doctor, you may want to ask for his or her QR code – cashless transactions are safer for the patient and doctor alike.
Read more →
UP student Mark Francis Plaza wins International Hotel Challenge
University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) student Mark Francis Plaza has won the 2021 International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) Hotel Challenge that tested participants’ skills in managing a simulated hotel.
Read more →
Globe innovates with life-enabling service beyond call, text, data offers
Globe has innovated with life-enabling service beyond call, text, and data offers to reinvent its customers’ everyday experiences.
Read more →
Anne Curtis’ baby Dahlia birthday UNICEF fundraiser raises 1.8 M for Filipino children
Anne Curtis’ UNICEF fundraiser to celebrate her baby Dahlia’s first birthday has raised PHP 1.8 Million for Filipino children.
Read more →
Safe contactless food delivery available 24 hours from foodpanda PH
Safe and contactless food delivery available 24 hours even amid the stricter community quarantine is being guaranteed by foodpanda Philippines.
Read more →
YouTube equips teachers at “Creator Day: Education” online event
These YouTube content creators are teaching educators how to make the most of the video platform.
Read more →
Philippine travel amid pandemic made easy with DOST-developed S-PaSS
Philippine travel is now made easy with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-developed Safe, Swift, and Smart Passage or S-PaSS, an innovative travel management system for local travelers who are returning to or visiting different localities in time for the holidays, for vacation or for business.
Read more →