Filipino kid, Sean Patrick Villanueva, made history in the 2019 World Cube Association World Championship by becoming the youngest player to place in the Top 3. The 11-year-old bested more than 800 older and more experienced rivals to finish second in the 3x3x3 Cube competition held in Melbourne, Australia. The 6th-grade student from Ateneo de […]
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Makati’s Blackbird adjudged one of Monocle’s 50 Best Restaurants in the World
Blackbird, located at The Nielson Tower along Makati Avenue, has been chosen one of Monocle’s 50 favorite restaurants in the world for 2019. The Monocle Restaurant Awards published by the British magazine Monocle is one of the most sought after awards by food establishments around the globe as it is given by editors of the […]
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Bongga to Kilig Filipino-coined words in the latest edition of Oxford English Dictionary
A new set of Filipino-coined words are included among the 1,400 new words, senses, and subentries that have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary’s (OED) June update. The new quarterly update on the Third Edition of the OED includes Pinoy terms such as the popular shaved ice dessert “halo-halo” and the Philippines’ touted new […]
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Pinoy social enterprise HOME Plush Toys creates indigenous Lumad Dolls
Filipino social enterprise Handcrafters of Mary Enterprise (HOME) Plush Toys has created a Lumad Collection of their handcrafted dolls. The Lumad (Visayan word for native or Indigenous) tribes such as the Aetas, Bontocs, Ibaloi, Kalinga, Manobo, and Talaandig were the inspiration of the doll collection. HOME Plush Toys provides a sustainable livelihood for mother artisans […]
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Filipino-American Musical Comedy Film “Nanay Ko” soon to hit America’s big screens
A group of Filipino-American filmmakers in the United States led by Mallorie Ortega is working on “Nanay Ko (Filipino for ‘My Mother’),” a uniquely Filipino-American musical comedy film that aims to uplift diversity on the big screens in Hollywood. Nanay Ko, written and directed by Ortega, shows how a Filipina-American woman named Christine struggled with […]
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Filipino-Kiwi actor Leand Macadaan is the new face of New Zealand police
Filipino-Kiwi actor Leand Macadaan has a new role as the face of the marketing and education campaign of the New Zealand police for the newly launched 105 (10-5) non-emergency number. Leand Macadaan is a popular actor known for films such as Fresh Meat (2012), Power Rangers R.P.M. (2009), Legend of the Seeker (2008), among others. […]
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North Cotobato’s Christine Jodloman is PHL delegate to Youth Agricultural Summit in Brazil
Christine Jodloman from North Cotabato has been picked by the Bayer Agricultural Education Program to represent the Philippines in the forthcoming Youth Ag Summit 2019 in Brasilia, Brazil from November 4-6. Bayer selected 100 participants from 45 countries for the fourth edition of this global summit which brings together young change-makers aged 18-25 to tackle […]
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Kenneth Cobonpue-designed Ateneo chapel shortlisted in World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam
World-renowned designer Kenneth Cobonpue is again making a mark on the global stage with his design for Ateneo de Cebu’s chapel on the shortlist of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards in Amsterdam. Kenneth Cobonpue’s design for Ateneo de Cebu’s Cor Jesu Oratory with Buck Richnold Sia, Zubu Design Associates as lead architect, is competing […]
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Filipino soldiers receive Taegeuk Medal South Korea’s highest medal for bravery
Two Filipino soldiers received the coveted “Taegeuk Medal” (Medal for Valor), South Korea’s highest military decoration given to a soldier for bravery in combat during the Korean War. The recipients were retired Maj. Maximo Young and the late Capt. Conrado D. Yap, both members of the famed 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT) of the Philippine […]
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Hollywood’s top comedian Jo Koy celebrates Filipino heritage in new video
Hollywood’s top comedian Jo Koy continues to celebrate his Filipino heritage in a new video about freedom. The top 10 ranking comedian on The Hollywood Reporter Social Climbers Charts actually puts the spotlight on the unique cultural traits of Pinoys that are practiced in the United States. In the new video message that Jo Koy […]
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MEET: Nash Ang, Filipino actor on Song Joong Ki’s Arthdal Chronicles Korean drama
Meet Nash Ang, the Filipino actor seen in the ongoing Korean historical drama, Arthdal Chronicles, starring Halyu star Song Joong Ki. Nash Ang is currently in the Philippine news headlines after Filipino viewers of the TVN drama, touted as the Korean Game of Thrones, recognized a Philippine-sounding language being spoken by Korean actors. Nash Ang […]
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Biggest All-Filipino Book Fair happens this November
The Philippines’ biggest All-Filipino Book Fair is happening this November 20-21 at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City. The Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), organizers of the longest running annual Manila International Book Fair, announced on social media its presentation of the 2019 Aklatan: The All-Filipino Book Fair. The two-day event will feature the […]
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