The Rizal Eco Center on Tayak Hill is the lone Philippine entry to make it to the finals of the 2019 Architizer A+ Awards in New York. The Rizal Eco Center’s interlinked pavilion, made of 30,000 recycled plastic bottles and bamboo as primary materials, was selected to compete in the Unbuilt Cultural Category. It is […]
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Steven Spielberg, Minecraft, Avengers: Endgame, and More! | Good News Pilipinas! TV Week In Review
Good News Pilipinas! TV Week in Review wraps the week with the 5 Best Filipino Pride stories of Pinoy triumphs, positive action, and inspirations. With Steven Spielberg’s new #Dreamworks film “Power of I” featuring Illac Diaz and the Liter of Light, #UniversityofthePhilippines Los Banos’ Minecraft version, UP Diliman archaeological find Homo Luzonensis, the Filipino snack […]
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Maine Mendoza, Forbes Gamechangers, DLSU-D Animosaic, and More! | Good News Pilipinas! TV Week In Review
Good News Pilipinas! TV Week in Review wraps the week with the 5 Best Filipino Pride stories of Pinoy triumphs, positive action, and inspirations. We have Maine Mendoza together with legendary “Mambabatok” tattoo artist Apo Whang Od, the Filipino innovators in Forbes 30 Under 30, Edison Awards recipient Illac Diaz and Liter of Light, SM […]
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Illac Diaz, Liter of Light teach media celebrities on International Day of Light at ABS-CBN
Filipino social innovator Illac Diaz and Liter of Light led the country’s celebration of International Day of Light (IDL 2019) with solar lamp creation workshops at ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center. Liter of Light, featured on the new Steven Spielberg Dreamworks film “Power of I,” taught solar lamp creation to media to mark the UNESCO-led International Day […]
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VPeepz, Pia Wurtzbach, UP’s Invisibility Cloak, and More! | Good News Pilipinas! TV Week In Review
Good News Pilipinas! TV Week in Review (WIR) wraps the week with the 5 Best Filipino Pride stories of Pinoy triumphs, positive action, and inspirations. In this WIR Episode 14 we have VPeepz from the NBC World of Dance stage, best entertainment radio broadcaster of the year Noel Ferrer on Radyo Katipunan and Radyo Inquirer, […]
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Illac Diaz, Liter of Light return to Philippines, share their award-winning Filipino social innovation at Manila FAME
Filipino social innovation Liter of Light founder Illac Diaz and Chief Strategist Ami Valdemoro have returned to the Philippines after their 100-Day Solar Lighting Mission on the Peace Boat and have rejoined their team in teaching Manila FAME exhibitors and participants how to create inexpensive solar lamps. The Edison Awards recipient and featured Filipino technology […]
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Illac Diaz speaks on Filipino social innovation at 4Gamechangers Festival in Vienna | GoodNewsPilipinas.com Exclusive
Edison-Awardee Illac Diaz was a speaker at the 4Gamechangers Festival in Vienna, Austria, the first Filipino to be invited to address the annual international gathering of digital innovators held in April 9-11, 2019. Diaz was presented at the 4Gamechangers as a social entrepreneur working to empower communities in the Philippines and around the world through […]
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Steven Spielberg features Illac Diaz’s Liter of Light solar lamp in new DreamWorks film | GoodNewsPilipinas.com Exclusive
Edison Award-winning social innovator Illac Diaz and his Liter of Light solar lamp initiative to light up the Philippines’ and the world’s poor communities have made it to the Dreamworks screen at the Comcast Tower’s Universal Sphere and will continue to be seen by the public visiting the new entertainment venue. Diaz, whose meeting with […]
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Hollywood film genius Steven Spielberg praises, endorses Illac Diaz’s Liter of Light in Comcast Philadelphia event | GoodNewsPilipinas.com Exclusive
Liter of Light founder Illac Diaz tells Comcast Philadelphia the story of the Filipino technology lighting up the world with inexpensive solar lamps. Image credit to Illac Diaz.Filipino visionary innovator Illac Diaz yesterday met Hollywood film pioneer Steven Spielberg at the new Comcast Tower in Philadelphia and received an endorsement for his Liter of Light […]
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Good News Pilipinas Exclusive: Filipino social innovation initiative Liter of Light wins Silver in Edison Awards in New York
Filipino social innovation Liter of Light championed the Philippines on the world technology stage and won the Silver at the Edison Awards at The Capitale in New York – the first recognition for the Philippines in the prestigious technology awards. Founder and Filipino Pride Advocate Illac Diaz led the Liter of Light team that included […]
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MEET: Illac Diaz, Liter of Light Founder | Good News Pilipinas! TV Filipino Pride Advocates
Meet Illac Diaz, Filipino innovator of the Liter of Light inexpensive solar lamp that was brought to remote communities around the world on the Peace Boat Voyage of Light in 23 solar lighting missions throughout its 100-day global journey. Diaz and his team are now continuing their mission on land while preparing to join the […]
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Illac Diaz Liter of Light 100-Day Global Voyage of Light on Peace Boat journey ends as world marks Earth Hour
Filipino innovator and visionary Illac Diaz brought his Liter of Light team aboard Japan’s Peace Boat in December and went on a 100-day journey around the world on a solar lighting mission, bringing inexpensive Filipino technology to remote villages without electricity. Illac and 1LL has managed to raise the Philippine flag in 19 ports of […]
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