London’s first Filipino ice cream parlor, Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream, won the Best Sweet Treat Award from The Golden Chopsticks Awards (GCA) in London. The iconic Pinoy dirty ice cream being enjoyed by Londoners in Camden Town bested 3 other finalists in the GCAs that celebrate the enormous contribution of Oriental cuisine to the UK […]
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Filipino chef Tom Cunanan of Bad Saint hailed Best Chef at James Beard Awards 2019
Filipino Chef Tom Cunanan has been named Best Chef at the 2019 James Beard Awards, one of the highest honors in the American culinary and hospitality world. Cunanan, of multi-awarded restaurant Bad Saint in in Washington, D.C., won the “Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic” title besting the best chefs in the United States region. The Pinoy chef, […]
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Atom Araullo’s GMA News Online feature earns finalist spot in Asia Publishers Awards
Award-winning Filipino broadcast journalist Atom Araullo has been named as finalist in this year’s Society of Publishers Asia (SOPA) Awards for Editorial Excellence. Araullo, who recently led the GMA Kapuso Network medal haul in the New York Festivals, has been included in the shortlist for the SOPA Awards for Excellence in Feature Writing for his […]
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In Photos: Celebrity Filipino Pride Advocates to Watch on GoodNewsPilipinas.com
What is the source of your Filipino pride? These celebrity artists see the good in the Filipino and the Philippines and want you to see what they see – a country of achievers, of excellent industry leaders; a nation of builders and believers who want a better Philippines. Good News Pilipinas presents these movers and […]
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TIME 100 Most Influential People lists Filipino journalist Maria Ressa
TIME Magazine has again honored Filipino journalist Maria Ressa by including her in the TIME 100 Most Influential People listing that includes culture icons, pioneers, artists, leaders, titans of industries. Ressa, the Chief Executive Officer of Rappler online news network, was listed among Icons with Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama, and 10 others. The […]
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Mishael Jacob Pueblas wins Top 3 design Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Medal Competition
Davao’s Mishael Jacob Pueblas made history by winning the Top 3 design for the Laussane 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Medal Competition. Pueblas’ design “Wings of a Champion” is one of the three submissions which stood out among nearly 300 entries from 60 different countries. Lausanne 2020 President Virginie Faivre and ERACOM (Lausanne Art School) Dean […]
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Illac Diaz speaks on Filipino social innovation at 4Gamechangers Festival in Vienna | GoodNewsPilipinas.com Exclusive
Edison-Awardee Illac Diaz was a speaker at the 4Gamechangers Festival in Vienna, Austria, the first Filipino to be invited to address the annual international gathering of digital innovators held in April 9-11, 2019. Diaz was presented at the 4Gamechangers as a social entrepreneur working to empower communities in the Philippines and around the world through […]
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Baguio City honors Igorot war heroes
The Philippines honored its Igorot war heroes as the country observed its 77th “Araw ng Kagitingan” or Day of Valor in Baguio City on April 9. The city government of Baguio spearheaded the “Araw ng Kagitingan” commemoration held at the Veterans Park as part of the nationwide events honoring the nation’s freedom fighters during World […]
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10 Filipino WW II veterans receive US congressional gold medal
The United States Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to Filipino World War II veterans on April 9, 2019, National Heroes Day in the Philippines. In ceremonies held at the Emiliana Hall, Barangay Tenejero in Balanga City, Bataan, the Filipino World War II veterans were awarded the U.S, Congressional Gold Medals, the highest civilian honor conferred […]
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Sustainability champion Janice Lao makes her mark as STEM Superhero
Global sustainability expert Janice Lao has been included as a STEM Superhero by noted author and educator Erin Twamley in her new book, “Everyday Superheroes: Women in STEM Careers.” The Hong Kong-based Filipina scientist and sustainability expert was earlier awarded in London with the Edie Award – considered the Oscars for Global sustainability – as […]
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Hollywood film genius Steven Spielberg praises, endorses Illac Diaz’s Liter of Light in Comcast Philadelphia event | GoodNewsPilipinas.com Exclusive
Liter of Light founder Illac Diaz tells Comcast Philadelphia the story of the Filipino technology lighting up the world with inexpensive solar lamps. Image credit to Illac Diaz.Filipino visionary innovator Illac Diaz yesterday met Hollywood film pioneer Steven Spielberg at the new Comcast Tower in Philadelphia and received an endorsement for his Liter of Light […]
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Intramuros Opens 9 Churches for Holy Week Visita Iglesia
When Intramuros reopened the walled city’s churches during Holy Week for the first time since World War II in 2018, it became the hub for over a million tourists and pilgrims who sought Manila’s century old structures. The Department of Tourism (DOT) made the event the focal point of its “faith tourism” program which anchors […]
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