What do you get when you cross the iconic Filipina beauty with the legendary nurturing Filipino mother? Answer: Pinoy royalty. As the natural beauty of the Filipina is celebrated around the world with the nation’s young ladies picking up one beauty pageant title after another, a Filipina mother picked up another beauty royalty title for […]
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Try This Unconventional Farming for a Better Yield
In places where deep-seated traditions have been handed down from one generation to the next, introducing innovation may not always work. But this isn’t the case with some farming communities in Marinduque. Averiel Rosales, from the Napo farming community in the province, had been planting rice the conventional way for over 20 years. In June […]
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Boracay picked top winter escape destination
The resort island of Boracay has been chosen as the top winter escape destination in the world by an international travel magazine. Conde Nast Traveler recently ranked the 30 “Most Beautiful Winter Escapes in the World,” which included Boracay. “Voted the world’s top island in our 2017 Reader’s Choice Awards, this itty-bitty speck (just under […]
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Jacob Ang is Asia’s best in Karting Championship in Macau
Jacob Ang of the Philippines beat the best of Asia and won the overall crowns in the Formula 125 Sr. Open and the X30 SR classes of the Asian Karting Open Championship at the Kartodrome de Coloane Circuit in Macau. Ang compiled 142 points after four legs held in Macau (June 10-11), Philippines (August 26-27), […]
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7 Pinoy Christmas recipes recommended by Chicago food blogger
Christmas recipes for the Filipino Noche Buena, Media Noche and more Pinoy dishes for the holidays are being offered online for fans of Filipino cooking. Chicago-based food blogger Vanjo Merano posted recipes of traditional Filipino dishes for the holidays that can be easily prepared in home kitchens, with step-by-step instructional cooking videos – all for […]
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Diwata satellite exhibit urges kids to discover Filipino invention
The Philippines’ first microsatellite, DIWATA-1, can be viewed beginning December in an exhibit made for kids at the Museo Pambata. The display at the Museo Pambata’s I Love my Planet Earth Room allows kids to explore outer space through the images recorded by the Filipino microsatellite. The Discover DIWATA-1 museum display shows a life-size model […]
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Philippine Airlines makes history, 1st Filipino carrier to cross the Polar region
Philippine Airlines achieves another milestone. The country’s flag carrier had its 1st ultra-long polar flight from Toronto, Canada non-stop to Manila – the first-ever crossing of the Polar region by a Filipino airline. Flight, PR 119, left Pearson International Airport at 12:53 a.m. on Dec. 17 and arrived in Manila 16 hours later at […]
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DLSU College of Law wins Int’l Moot Court Competition in Boston
De La Salle University College of Law (COL) placed 3rd Highest Ranked Team in the Global Finals of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) International Arbitration Moot competition held in Boston, Massachusetts. The DLSU team’s oralists Julia Therese Pineda and Edwin Roberto Concepcion also ranked 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in the Top 50 Advocates of the […]
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El Nido perfect 10 from top travel professionals worldwide
El Nido in Palawan has been ranked as one of the World’s 50 Best Beaches by the globe’s top travel professionals. The list of the World’s 50 Best Beaches released by FlightNetwork, the largest travel agency in Canada, ranked the Philippine island as having the 14th “hottest beach” in the world. Travel professionals scored El […]
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AKABA: Weaving a brighter future for poor Filipinos
AKABA Ltd. Design Co. seeks to not just promote indigenous peoples’ culture but also help alleviate poverty by promoting loom-weaving. Forty-year-old Liwayway Caparas from Ilocos Norte is witness to the noble work that the two-year-old Filipino travel bag and accessories brand is undertaking, being one of the 102 weavers from across the Philippines that AKABA […]
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DMX Comvalenoz, Neil Rey Garcia Llanes star in Asia’s Got Talent Grand Finals
The Philippines’ shines once again on the Asian entertainment stage. Filipino dance crew DMX Comvalenoz finished runner-up in this year’s edition of Asia’s Got Talent. During the grand finals held in Singapore, Indonesian illusionist The Sacred Riana won the public vote and walked away with a US$100,000 prize (Dh367,000). DMX Comvalenoz, a 10-member group, was […]
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6 Ways to Cut Down on Holiday Trash
With the enjoyment of the Christmas season comes great responsibility. This is the reminder brought forward by EcoWate Coalition, as it urged the public to cut down on holiday trash (Holitrash) with 3Rs and more. The waste and pollution watch group drew attention to what each and every person or household can do to lessen […]
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