Miag-ao in Iloilo province is hosting the largest diorama of the Battle of Mactan to mark the 500th anniversary of the Victory of Rajah Lapulapu against Magellan in 2021.
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Fil-Aussie Mia Guillergan erases 1977 world record in 5km run for 11 yr-olds
Filipino-Australian athlete Mia Guillergan has erased the 1977 world age record in the 5-kilometer-run for 11 year-olds.
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LOOK: Iloilo’s Edgian Florida uses plants, natural materials in fashion art
Iloilo student Edgian James Florida is expressing his love for nature and fashion through his ‘green artwork’ which incorporates leaves, petals, and other natural materials found in the Philippines.
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Iloilo City streets adorned with murals ahead of Dinagyang festival
Iloilo City streets are being given a facelift with colorful murals painted by local artists ahead of the Dinagyang Arts Festival that opens on Sunday, January 26, 2020.
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Iloilo works towards being the Philippines’ model for traffic discipline
Iloilo in the Visayas, home of the January festival of Dinagyang, is gearing up to be known as the model of traffic discipline in the Philippines with its initiative to strictly enforce both local and national road and traffic regulations. The city government of Iloilo declared on January 16 the 14-kilometer stretch of the Senator […]
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Jhett Tolentino scores 10th win in Belarus for Pinoy rags-to-riches bio-docu “Life Is What You Make It”
Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino’s bio-documentary, “Life Is What You Make It”, capped the year on a high note after notching a 10th win at the KinoDUEL International Film Festival held in Belarus. The rags-to-riches story of the Grammy and Tony Awards-winning Filipino-American from the slums of Iloilo in central Philippines was given the KinoDUEL “Special […]
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Iloilo named ASEAN Clean Tourist City Awardee
Iloilo City on the island of Panay bagged the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Award for the Philippines
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Philippine Science High School-Western Visayas wins Silver at Young Inventors Challenge in Malaysia with device turning noise into electricity
While the world is still searching for an alternative source of energy that is dependable, cheap and sustainable, a group of young Grade 11 students from the Philippine Science High School-Western Visayas Campus decided to take a shot at the challenge by creating a simple device which they named The Sound – Light, “S-Light” for […]
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Jhett Tolentino’s Iloilo-to-Broadway bio-docu wins Russia’s New Harvest Film Festival
Multi-awarded Filipino Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino has picked up the 8th win for his biographical documentary “Life Is What You Make It” at the 2019 New Harvest Film Festival in Moscow, Russia. The 3-time Tony Awardee and Grammy winner’s self-written, produced and directed short documentary of his journey from humble beginnings in Iloilo province to […]
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Jhett Tolentino bio docu wins European Independent Film Bronze Award
Three-time Tony awardee Jhett Tolentino’s biographical documentary “Life is What You Make It” has again picked up another international award. The Filipino-American Broadway music producer announced on the short film’s Facebook page on May 23 his Bronze Medal win at the European Independent Film Festival (EIFA) in Germany. SEE Awards received by Jhett Tolentino. Tolentino’s […]
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Iloilo filmmaker Elvert Banares is Best Cinematography nominee in Alternative Film Festival Canada
Iloilo filmmaker Elvert Banares’ short film “No Flower in the Afternoon” bagged a Best Cinematography nomination from the Alternative Film Festival (AltFF) Canada. Banares, founder of CineKasimanwa film festival and Sandaan sa Visayas Festival Director, was shortlisted in the AltFF official nominees for the Spring Quarter Awards announced March 19. The Visayas film director posted […]
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Philippines tourism arrivals soars to record high of 7.1 million IN 2018
2018 was a record breaking year for Philippines as the archipelago welcomed a record 7,127,168 foreign tourists. The tally is the highest ever number in the country’s tourism industry and a vast improvement from to 6,620,908 tourism arrivals in 2017. This tourism milestone happened despite the six-month closure of the popular destination of Boracay island. […]
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