Angeline Flor Pua has been crowned Miss Belgium 2018, the first beauty of Filipino descent to win the national pageant. Pua, born in Belgium of Filipino parents, won the Miss Belgium pageant after winning the regional contest as Miss Antwerp. The 22-year-old beauty is a student airline pilot in Brussels who worked hard to afford […]
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Meet Asa Miller, PHL’s only representative to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Known as a tropical country, the Philippines has sent delegations to the Winter Olympics four times since 1972, the most recent of which was figure skater Michael Christian Martinez, who went to Sochi, Russia in 2014. Once again, the nation will have to huddle up and support the country’s only Olympian this year, 17-year old […]
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LIST: 63 countries and territories where Filipinos can travel Visa-Free
Wonderful news for Filipino travellers. Philippine passport holders can now travel to 63 countries and territories visa-free! This makes the Philippine passport the 72nd most powerful in the world out of 199 passports according to Henley and Partners’ latest Visa Restrictions Index for 2018. This is an improvement from last year’s rank of 75th. Here […]
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Filipino beauty queens Megan, Pia and Kylie on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam
Three of the Philippines’ most popular pageant titleholders today are featured on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam. Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach, Miss International 2016 Kylie Verzosa, and Miss World 2013 Megan Young are the cover girls for the recent issue of the world’s top fashion magazine. The three beauty queens are in stunning […]
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Wonder Woman & Justice League fight evil in new comic book set in Metro Manila
The latest Wonder Woman comic book published by DC Comics shows the heroine fighting a super villain in the Philippines. In Wonder Woman No. 37, the superhero can be seen battling Darkseid, who wants to conquer the world, along Ortigas Avenue in Pasig City. Fighting alongside Wonder Woman are Justice League members Superman, Green Lantern, […]
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World Bank: Philippines will continue to be Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy
The World Banks predicts the Philippines will continue to be the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to hit 6.7 percent this year and the next before moderating to 6.5 percent in 2020. The estimates, however, are all lower than the government’s 7.0-8.0 target. On average, The Washington-based multilateral […]
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21st Century learning methods made available nationwide
Philippine schools in the regions are now given access to 21st Century learning methods with the help of the Global Filipino School (GFS) program. GFS, with the partnership of the Department of Education and Globe Telecom, is expanding the program to 15 regions nationwide, just 2 regions short of a full coverage of the 17 […]
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Why an Eco-friendly Green Charcoal is Best for your Grill
Using green charcoal may soon be the “in” thing soon for top players in the country’s chicken roasting industry after a techno-demo of locally developed charcoal briquette. A Pampanga-based firm and technologies from the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) developed the bana grass briquette, a compacted mass of […]
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Filipino animator Gini Cruz Santos wins Golden Globe for ‘Coco’
Filipino and Filipino-American talents made a splash at the recent Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood. Filipino Pixar supervising animator Gini Cruz Santos was a co-recipient of the 2018 Golden Globe for Best Animation Motion Picture for “Coco.” “Coco” is the first Pixar film centered on a Mexican cultural festival. It bested other animated films […]
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How to stay positive and keep your New Year resolutions in 2018
At the heart of every New Year resolution is a promise to do better, love more, and improve one’s situation and relationships. We can all use some help to keep our resolutions, and what better way to stay on track than by heeding the advice of positivity mentors. GoodNewsPilipinas.com presents our favorite motivational authors/speakers […]
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ART ‘N’ Nature’s Inday Genius does business with a heart
The woman was clearly from a remote mountain village; her dress and demeanor gave her away. She was nursing a child and crying as she narrated how a middleman had shortchanged her.
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Palawan on Travel + Leisure top islands list of bluest water
Top New York-based magazine Travel + Leisure has chosen Palawan as one of the 13 places in the world where one can see the “bluest water.” The tropical paradise got the nod from Travel + Leisure for its “jungle-filled islands surrounded by stunning teal waters teeming with fish and coral reefs and an incredible […]
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