A Filipino Canadian from Surrey, British Columbia, has made history by winning the largest lottery prize ever awarded to an individual in British Columbia—and in all of Canada. Be inspired by another Filipino giving back—read how basketball fan Harold Mortel was honored by the Boston Celtics for his charity work. Justin Simporios won the record-breaking […]
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Filipino-German beauty Sabrina Merlina Binder crowned Miss Supranational Germany 2022
Filipino-German Sabrina Merlina Binder’s victory in the Miss Supranational Germany 2022 is being celebrated by pageant fans as a back-to-back win for the Philippines in the Western European country’s national pageant.
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New York City street petitioned to be named “Little Manila Avenue” to honor Filipinos
A New York City street in Woodside, Queens has been petitioned to be co-named “Little Manila Avenue” to honor its Filipino community.
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UAE’s Burj Khalifa lights up with Philippine flag on Independence Day
The world’s tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is set to once again feature the Philippine flag on Independence Day 2020.
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JUST IN: Pinoy-made app in California brings Filipino community together online as U.S. state goes on lockdown
Filipino innovation “Pinoy California” mobile application went live today, April 1, 2020, with features that address the needs of communities in the face of the recent California statewide lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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Time Out picks L-A’s Historic Filipinotown World’s Top 5 coolest neighbourhoods to visit
Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles is the Top 5 among 50 Coolest Neighbourhoods picked by London-based Time Out Media Group as places “you should be exploring right now.” Historic Filipinotown, nicknamed HiFi by locals, is a district of the city of Los Angeles in California that makes up the southwest portion of Echo Park. It […]
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Taste of Manila to showcase Filipino streetfood in Canada
Taste of Manila, the largest street food festival outside of the Philippines, is all set to showcase Filipino streetfood in Canada. The annual Filipino food festival comes just after Canada celebrated its first Filipino heritage month in June with a new Jose Rizal monument. Linofiel Eroma, chair of Philippine Legacy and Cultural Alliance (PLACA) and […]
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World’s tallest building in Dubai displays Pinoy colors on Independence Day
The world’s tallest building in Dubai lit up with Pinoy colors to celebrate the 121st Philippine Independence Day. The 160-storey Burj Khalifa skyscraper shined in white, blue and red lights accentuated with the Philippines’ three stars and a sun at 9:40 PM on Wednesday, June 12. The Filipino community in Dubai erupted in cheers when […]
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SOMA Pilipinas reveals thriving Filipino community in San Francisco
A cultural district in California called SOMA Pilipinas is revealing the thriving community of Filipinos who have lived in the South of Market (SOMA) for over a century.
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Pinoy lead massive coastal cleanup in Al- Khobar
Overseas Filipino workers and their families banded together to hold a massive coastal cleanup drive at the Corinche and along the city’s beach
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