The inexpensive solar lamps developed by Illac Diaz and the Liter of Light team has lit up many communities in the Philippines and around the world since they first started with the mission to give light to Yolanda-stricken areas. This is the story of the mission. Watch the Good News Pilipinas! TV Exclusive Interview with […]
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Philippine National Bobsled Team wins Top 3 in Alberta Cup Championship
The Philippine National Bobsled Team made a strong debut in North America, finishing in the Top 3 of the Alberta Cup Provincial Championship held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. The two-man bobsled team of Rolando Isidro and Jerby Deriada from the Philippine National Bobsled, Luge, and Skeleton Association, Inc. (PNBLSA) won 3rd place […]
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Land Bank named Asia’s Most Inclusive Bank for digital account opening web app
Land Bank of the Philippines has been named Asia’s Most Inclusive Bank at the 2019 Financial Insights Innovation Awards (FIIA) held in March at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Center in Singapore. The Philippine bank earned the Asia Pacific regional award for its Digital Onboarding System (DOBS), a web application launched in 2018 that allows […]
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APPLICATION CALL: Globe Future Makers seeks innovation startups using technology for social good
The application for inclusion in the Globe Future Makers (GFM) program is now open to innovation startups that are using technology to wield social good. The GFM search is open to Philippine-based individuals, groups, or organizations which utilize technology such as device, platform, hardware, or software, to achieve wide-scale positive impact in its solutions to […]
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Mikey Bustos, Marvel’s Pinay Wave, Manny Villar, and more! | Good News Pilipinas! TV Week In Review
Good News Pilipinas! TV Week in Review wraps the week with the 5 Best Filipino Pride stories of Pinoy triumphs, positive action, and inspirations with Mikey Bustos influencing his followers to love the Philippines, Leinil Yu’s design for the new Marvel Pinay Superhero Wave, Jej Vinson earning 4 chair turns on The Voice, self-made billionaire […]
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Good News Pilipinas asks award-winning radio broadcaster Noel Ferrer, Agot Isidro, Pia Hontiveros about Filipino Pride on All Kaps! Radyo Katipunan
When award-winning radio broadcaster Noel Ferrer aired the pilot episode of his new “All Kaps: Oh Well, It’s Noel Ferrer” on Radyo Katipunan 87.9 FM – the veteran broadcaster asked his celebrity guests Agot Isidro and Pia Hontiveros a question from Good News Pilipinas. Ferrer, an Ateneo de Manila University alumnus, went on air on […]
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Pia Wurtzbach’s Madame Tussaud’s wax figure big reveal happens at SM Megamall
The Philippines’ 3rd Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach is making history again as the country’s first wax figure at Madame Tussaud’s Hongkong. The Filipina beauty queen, who gave the country its first Miss Universe crown after a 42-year wait during a drama-filled pageant in 2015, will be immortalized in the world-renowned Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. The […]
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Good News Pilipinas showcases BaraBara font to support It’s More Fun in the Philippines campaign
GoodNewsPilipinas.com, the go-to site for news and information about the good in Filipinos and the Philippines, on March 20 modified the website’s headline font into the BaraBara font created by the Department of Tourism (DOT) for the refreshed It’s More Fun in the Philippines campaign. The DOT’s BaraBara font was inspired by the Pinoy signages […]
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BPI Direct BanKo opens new branch for micro-entrepreneurs in Laguna
BanKo Los Baños Branch is now open to help self-employed micro-entrepreneurs (SEMEs) in Laguna grow and expand their businesses. BPI Direct BanKo, Inc., the microfinance arm of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), formally opened its 200th Branch in Los Banos, Laguna.
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1st state-of-the-art Planetarium in Mindanao breaks ground in El Salvador City
Mindanao’s first planetarium has broken ground to present an immersive experience in a science theater and classroom in El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental. The new Planetarium which will be added to the existing Planetariums in the Philippines, will be built with a state-of-the-art full dome projector, featuring a 3D view of stars, planets, and other […]
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Woven by Samar women artisans collaborate with Global fashion brand Charles & Keith
Global fashion brand Charles & Keith are collaborating with Woven Philippines in a new collection of handwoven bags made by women artisans from Basey, Samar. The Charles & Keith and Woven special capsule collection was introduced to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, and “aims to eradicate and reduce gender discrimination, inequality, and violence.” […]
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Sitel to open 1,500 BPO jobs in Central Luzon
Sitel is opening 1,500 jobs for its new and third site in Tarlac. Good News Pilipinas learned that Sitel’s expansion in Central Luzon is actually the 16th site of the global BPO company in the Philippines since it set up shop in the country in 2000. The new Central Luzon site of the Apolinario Mabini […]
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