Filipino-British Chef Josh Boutwood’s The Test Kitchen has been listed on CNN Global’s Best New Restaurants in Asia in 2020 and its chef described as “dynamic” and “progressive”.
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Manila’s city libraries receive new Acer desk top computers to aid student research
Manila’s city public libraries received new desktop computers from Acer Philippines, enabling more students and residents to conduct online research.
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Manila is 8th World’s Most Dynamic City, notches best-ever ranking
Manila has been ranked Top 8 among the World’s Most Dynamic Cities, its best-ever showing since it first landed on the JLL Global Research list in 2014.
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Sarah Geronimo’s fans dance ‘Tala’ craze to raise funds for Taal Volcano victims
The Popster fans of Sarah Geronimo successfully organized a dance flash mob dubbed as “Tala para sa Taal” to raise funds for evacuees displaced by the Taal Volcano eruption.
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New “Nayong Pilipino” soon to rise as world-class cultural park, creative hub in Parañaque City
Nayong Pilipino welcomes 2020 with the good news that they will re-establish the Filipino cultural theme park in Metro Manila. The Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) are set to build a world-class Cultural Park and Creative Hub in Parañaque City. The previous Nayong Pilipino site, first established in 1970, gave […]
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Philippines welcomes 8-Millionth tourist Yachiyo Imamoto from Yokohama, Japan
Metro Manila today welcomed its 8-Millionth and 8-Millionth-and-1 tourists Yachiyo Imamoto and her husband, Tamio, from Yokohama, Japan. The 71-year-old Yachiyo is visiting the Philippines for the 8th time. The Japanese couple arrived at the at NAIA Teminal 3 at 120pm via All Nippon Airways Flight 869 and were welcomed by Assistant Secretary for Tourism […]
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Faster travel for Laguna and Manila commuters with new railway trains and routes
Commuters on the Laguna and Manila routes can expect faster travel time with the new railway trains acquired by the Philippine National Railways (PNR). The PNR announced Monday that they acquired 37 rail cars and 3 locomotives from PT Industri Kereta Api (PT INKA). The PNR announcement was made as two brand new Diesel Multiple […]
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Manila Dragon Boat Team wins 2 overall titles, 6 golds in Guam Festival
Manila-based SAG-1 DragonBoat Team bagged 2 overall championships and 6 gold medals in complete domination of the 4th Guam Thanksgiving Day Dragon Boat Festival in the United States. The Philippine team completely overpowered other international dragon boat teams from Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, sweeping all 6 competitions they joined and […]
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Rizal Memorial Coliseum’s elegantly restored art deco welcomes SEA Games athletes, spectators in Manila
La Madre Filipina pre-war statue reinstalled at Manila’s historic Jones Bridge
A pair of La Madre Filipina (The Filipino Mother) pre-war statues have been reinstalled, as promised, by the inauguration of the picture-perfect revitalized Jones Bridge in Manila held November 24, a hundred years after the historic bridge was originally commissioned in 1919. The highlight of the Jones Bridge inauguration ceremony led to the introduction of […]
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Philippines wins 4 golds, bags overall Silver at 2019 World Para Bowling Tour in Manila
Team Philippines won 4 gold medals and bagged the overall Silver podium finish at the 2019 World Para Bowling Tour leg held in Manila. The country’s para-athletes in bowling produced 4 golds, 3 silvers, and 3 bronzes for a total tally of 10 medals during the tourney held at the Sta. Lucia Bowling Centre of […]
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Centuries-old San Agustin Church in Intramuros gets free restoration cleanup with German technology
Centuries-old San Agustin Church inside the historic walled city of Intramuros in Manila is undergoing restorative cleanup with German technology – for free. Kärcher, a German firm that invented the cleaning technology, is sponsoring the cleanup of the UNESCO World Heritage Site’s facade which began November 15 and ends on November 21. Completed in 1607 […]
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