Filipina artist Isabel Santos has won first place at the 15th edition of Uniqlo’s UT GRAND PRIX (UTGP) design competition held in collaboration with MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York City.
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Filipino food is Top 10 World’s Most Popular Cuisine on Instagram
Filipino food is the 10th most popular cuisine on Instagram, according to recent research by New York’s food magazine, Chef’s Pencil.
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UP historian Dr. Ros Costelo receives highest academic honors in Spain
University of the Philippines (UP) historian Dr. Ros Costelo received the mark of sobresaliente cum laude, the highest possible recognition that can be bestowed by the Spanish educational system when she graduated with a doctorate degree in Contemporary History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain’s most prestigious academic institution which counts Jose Rizal and Antonio Luna among its distinguished alumni.
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Philippines’ Walled City of Intramuros reopens to visitors
The famous Walled City of Intramuros in the Philippines has reopened selected sites to the public with health and safety protocols in place amid the new normal in tourism.
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Baguio City Rizal Park’s Golden Blood monument honors Filipino frontline workers
Baguio City has erected a stone marker to honor Filipino frontliners in the battle against the coronavirus disease pandemic.
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YouTuber Mikey Bustos gifted with Homer Simpson’s Ants Canada tribute
Filipino-Canadian YouTube sensation Mikey Bustos has been gifted with a Homer Simpson artwork tribute to his Ants Canada channel.
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Disney’s “Us Again” showcases choreography by Fil-Am dance couple Keone & Mari
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ new theatrical short “Us Again” features dances choreographed by the Filipino-American husband-and-wife dance team of Keone and Mari Madrid.
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Filipina leaders Louise Mabulo, Josefa Tauli named NatGeo Young Explorers
Filipina youth leaders Louise Mabulo and Josefa Tauli, both University of the Philippines alumni, have been named 2020 Young Explorer recipients of the National Geographic Society which awards funding to young people engaged in impact-driven efforts to address global issues.
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James De Los Santos breaks record with 4th straight gold in Katana Moscow
Filipino e-Kata World champion James De Los Santos has pocketed his fourth straight gold medal of the year in record-breaking fashion.
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UP Cebu student Christian Andrei Laplap wins Literary Prize in UK
University of the Philippines Cebu student Christian Andrei Nuez Laplap has won the United Kingdom’s International Hammond House Literary Prize for his short story, “The Oddity that is Them”.
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Free online tutoring for students and parents offered by DepEd
A free online tutoring platform facilitated by expert educators to support students and parents navigating distance learning from home has been launched by the Department of Education (DepEd).
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Fil-Am actress Laya De Leon Hayes earns Artists of Color nod as Doc McStuffins
Filipino-American actress and singer Laya De Leon Hayes has been nominated in the 52nd National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards as the voice actor of the lead character in Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins.
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