Philippine films “Signal Rock” and “Mamang” won major awards at the 17th Dhaka International Film Festival in January. Signal Rock, directed by Chito S. Roño from a screenplay by Rody Vera, won “Best Script” in the Asian Competition Section” in the Bangladesh festival. Mamang, written and directed by Denise O’Hara, won “Best Feature Film” in […]
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Good News Pilipinas! TV Express: Filipino firefighters, flight attendants praised for assisting childbirth
Filipino firefighters and flight attendants are praised for safely delivering babies on two separate cases of emergency childbirth. Polomolok fire station officials and Philippine Airlines (PAL) attendants assisted the women while on duty. Watch the full story on Good News Pilipinas! TV Express. Like, Follow, Subscribe to GoodNewsPilipinas.com social media, notifications, e-mail newsletters, and Good […]
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James Diño overcomes poverty with education to become a French chef for Alain Ducasse
Meet James Diño, a young Filipino chef in France who is thanking his lucky stars for having a wonderful experience in the City of Lights working for one of the world’s greatest French chefs. James was personally chosen by Chef Alain Ducasse to work for the famous Le Jules Verne restaurant in Paris. James’ story […]
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Filipino-Canadian Team Baisas wins snow sculpting tilt in Canada
The four Filipino-Canadians of Team Baisas bested other international competitors to win the first prize in the International Snow-Sculpting Competition held as part of Snow Days Festival in Banff, Alberta in Canada held from January 17-19, 2019. Team Baisas composed of couples Ross and Marites Baisas, and Antonio and Maria Elena Baisas, won both the […]
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Paete carver Rogel Cabisidan wins King of Ice Sculptors title in France
A Filipino wood carver who hails from Paete, Laguna – the Woodcarving Capital of the Philippines – emerged with the top prizes in an international ice carving competition in France, earning him the moniker, King of Ice Sculptors. Now a sculptor and kitchen artist in France, Rogel Cabisidan bagged the jury’s prize in the 28th […]
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ABS-CBN News lands in world’s top 25 web publishers on Facebook
The ABS-CBN News website is in the world’s top 25 web publishers list released by social media analytics platform, NewsWhip. NEWS.ABS-CBN.COM ranked 22nd on “The top 25 publishers of December 2018,” a digital analytics report by NewsWhip released on January 15. Fox News led the list at no. 1, while the Philippine network edged out […]
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World renowned chef Alain Ducasse teaches Filipino street children how to cook
One of the world’s most famous chefs, Alain Ducasse, regularly visits the Philippines to teach Filipino street children how to cook. Chef Alain’s mission is coursed through the “Youth With a Future” scholarship program through the Ducasse Education Philippines. Ducasse’s program aims to provide street children an opportunity to change their lot in life by […]
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Honest Ninoy Aquino International Airport employee turns over dollar-filled envelope
An honest Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) building attendant was praised for turning over a dollar-filled envelope. The janitor demonstrated his strength of character by immediately reporting the US dollars that he found while he was working. Jeffrey Almoguerra, chanced upon an envelope containing a significant amount of US dollar bills. He quickly reported the […]
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School In A Bag educates poor children across the country
The year 2018 was a great year, and people were trying their very best to help the world! How about you help the world to be part of the millions, or even billions of other people having the same job to help this world? The School-In-A-Bag Project delivered the 100th unit of educational material and […]
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400 Filipino nurses jobs in Germany open for application
Good news for Filipino nurses! The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has announced that they are now accepting applicants for 400 nurses under the Triple Win Project of Germany. This project is a joint initiative of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) and POEA which aims to send professional nurses to different parts of Germany. […]
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U-S online education firm to hire 100,000 home-based Filipino English teachers
New York-listed 51Talk is hiring 100,000 home-based Filipinos to teach English to Chinese students. Jack Huang, founder and CEO of 51Talk, revealed in a press conference at the Shangrila Hotel in Taguig city their vision to expand and develop their current home-based online Filipino English teachers from 16,000 to 100,000 in the next few years. […]
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Staying Positive in 2019! Tips from Vision Board Coach Trixie Esguerra
How do you keep yourself positive? It’s all in the mind. Find out in this Episode of Positivitrix, your 2-minute show that gives you tips and tricks to keep you positive! Positivitrix Trixie Esguerra’s positivity tips and tricks and her Made-for-GoodNewsPilipinas videos are seen Mondays on GoodNewsPilipinas.com (Trixie Barretto Esguerra is the Philippines’ Vision Board […]
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