People commit to their New year’s resolutions after evaluating their lives and resolving to make a fresh start. The time calls for reconciliation, the healing of broken relationships, correction of past mistakes, and generally adjusting mindsets to look forward to the beautiful and positive plans for a more productive new year. Setting goals at the […]
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Good Pinoys are outstanding people who show the best of the Filipino spirit
MEET: 2 Lasallian Engineers are PH’s Youngest Millionaires
Rising from the challenges of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, proudly Lasallians Edgar Saavedra and Michael Cosiquien emerged as the Philippines’ youngest millionaires as founders of Megawide Construction Corporation. Engr. Saavedra and Engr. Cosiquien together formed the company that started as a construction firm then quickly evolved into an engineering and infrastructure conglomerate with airport, […]
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Bohol’s Karen Gallman wins press awards at Miss Intercontinental
Binibining Pilipinas-Intercontinental 2018 Karen Gallman snagged two special awards in the Miss Intercontinental official press presentation in Sofitel Philippine Plaza on January 10. The Filipino-Australian beauty, who has roots in Bohol and Brisbane, walked the runway along with other 86 candidates from all over the world, wearing Ray Bien Maglonzo’s modern Filipino terno. Gallman bagged […]
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MEET: Josephine Santiago-Bond, Filipina engineer at NASA
Ever heard of a Filipina engineer at the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)? Mind you, she is the boss of a department – her job description being the Head of Advanced Engineering Development Branch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It means that she is the one who gets to choose the wonderfully intelligent people who […]
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MEET: WWE’s TJ Perkins proud to represent the Philippines, trains with Manny Pacquiao
Filipino wrestling fans have another WWE wrestling hero to watch out for and be proud to claim as their own. WWE’s TJP, also known as TJ Perkins, is on a journey to fulfill his goal to be the first Filipino intercontinental champion. Perkins was spotted in social media making time to train with fellow Filipino […]
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Gallup International Poll: PH in Top 10 nations expecting more peaceful world
Gallup International says Filipinos are staying positive this 2019, ranking in the top 10 nations expecting a more peaceful world. The Gallup International’s 42nd Annual Global End of Year Survey conducted in October-December 2018 revealed that the people of the Philippines are still hopeful and optimistic about the prospect of world peace despite increasing pessimism […]
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Nurse Joy Ongcachuy receives British Empire Awards New Year Honours 2019
Filipino nurse Joy Ongcachuy has received the 2019 New Year’s Honours list of the Office of the British Empire Awards. Ongcachuy, who works as a robotic lead nurse for the Royal London, was awarded for her efforts in caring for patients who were victims of the 2017 London Bridge attacks. In a media statement released […]
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Carina Dayondon 1st Filipina to climb Seven Summits, inspires youth and women
Carina Dayondon has now claimed the distinction of being the first Filipina to reach all of the world’s seven highest peaks. Dayondon successfully ascended Vinson Massif in Antarctica on December 16, the last of the Seven Summits – a grouping of the world’s seven highest mountains on seven continents. The Filipina mountaineer and Philippine Coast […]
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100 Most Handsome Faces names James Reid, Daniel Matsunaga in global list
TC Candler’s annual 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2018 ranked Filipino actor-models James Reid and Daniel Matsunaga in its list of male celebrities with the best standard of world beauty. The Independent Critics’ choice for male faces is a partner to the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2018 list which included Filipina actresses Liza Soberano, […]
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9 of every 10 Filipinos welcome year 2019 with hope, says SWS survey
More than 9 out 10 of Filipinos have positive outlook while welcoming the year 2019, according to the Social Weather Station (SWS) survey in the last quarter of 2018 released on December 31. In the SWS survey conducted from December 16 to 19 last year 1,440 adult Filipinos were asked to answer the question: “Is […]
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Times Square’s iconic New Year’s Eve celebration spotlights Maria Ressa, journalists & press freedom
The iconic New Year’s Eve Ball Drop at Times Square in New York City is all set to give the spotlight to Maria Ressa and leading journalists in a unique setting to celebrate press freedom. Ressa, one of the four featured international journalists in the collective recognition of the 2018 TIME Person of the Year […]
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GNP Yearender: Top 10 Triumphs by Filipinos
We saw triumphs and successes of Filipinos in the Philippines and around the world marking the year of 2018.
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