Philippines-born international actress Rachel Louise Grant De Longueuil a.k.a. Rachel Grant, has released a 12-part digital adventure series that showcases the country. Grant who played Bond girl “Peaceful Fountains of Desire” to Pierce Brosnan’s James in the film Die Another Day, released a video series titled “Fun in the Philippines” on Storia. A modern-day adventurer, […]
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Mayon Volcano eruption sparks Philippine tourism boom
With chili-flavored “lava ice cream” in demand and awestruck tourists packing onto viewing decks, the erupting Mayon volcano is sparking a local business boom in an impoverished region of the Philippines where tens of thousands of others have fled for their lives. Albay province has built its image around the picture-perfect, cone-shaped Mayon volcano whose […]
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Survivor South Africa Season 6 films in El Nido, Palawan
The Beauty of the Philippine islands will be showcased yet again to an international television audience very soon. The South African franchise of the popular American reality television show Survivor has started shooting its newest season at El Nido, Palawan this month. The shooting of Survivor South Africa, which is already in its sixth season […]
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Not Just In Baguio: Strawberry Farm Thrives In Bulacan
You don’t have to drive all the way to Baguio to pluck your own strawberries. A farm in Calumpit, Bulacan, is now growing strawberries in time for the 2018 holidays. Farmer Andre Borja is growing around 30,000 strawberry plants at the Reyes Strawberry Farm in Barangay Calumpang, which is fast becoming one of the province’s […]
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Journey to Cresta De Gallo, the Most Beautiful Island in PHL
Cresta De Gallo, a single strip of virgin island in Romblon, is gaining attention as the Most Beautiful Island in the Philippines. A video blog on Lost LeBlanc which commands over 750,000 members worldwide “in search of the island you never knew existed,” posted a 5-minute-and-a-half video showcasing the journey to Cresta De Gallo off […]
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Filipina student pilot Angeline Flor Pua wins Miss Belgium Crown
Angeline Flor Pua has been crowned Miss Belgium 2018, the first beauty of Filipino descent to win the national pageant. Pua, born in Belgium of Filipino parents, won the Miss Belgium pageant after winning the regional contest as Miss Antwerp. The 22-year-old beauty is a student airline pilot in Brussels who worked hard to afford […]
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Filipino beauty queens Megan, Pia and Kylie on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam
Three of the Philippines’ most popular pageant titleholders today are featured on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam. Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach, Miss International 2016 Kylie Verzosa, and Miss World 2013 Megan Young are the cover girls for the recent issue of the world’s top fashion magazine. The three beauty queens are in stunning […]
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Palawan on Travel + Leisure top islands list of bluest water
Top New York-based magazine Travel + Leisure has chosen Palawan as one of the 13 places in the world where one can see the “bluest water.” The tropical paradise got the nod from Travel + Leisure for its “jungle-filled islands surrounded by stunning teal waters teeming with fish and coral reefs and an incredible […]
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Liza Soberano picked Most Beautiful Face in the World
A Filipino topped the 100 Most Beautiful Faces List of TC Candler’s The Independent Critics for the first time in the world ranking’s nearly 3 decades of prestige-filled history. The 28th Annual Independent Critics List 2017 ranked Filipino-American actress and model Hope Elizabeth “Liza” Hanley Soberano as the top pick of the widely anticipated […]
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Filipino mother Jessica Eribal wins Mrs. International
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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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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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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