by Alyssa Leyda-Aldemo | Sep 14, 2020 | Good Pinoys
Broadway royalty Lea Salonga and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao are leading 100 honorees of The Outstanding Filipinos in America (TOFA) who made promising contributions in their respective fields over the past decade. The Filipino-American organization marked its 10th...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Mar 8, 2020 | Good Pinoys
Philippine President Corazon “Cory” Aquino and investigative journalist Maria Ressa, two of the most prominent Filipino women in contemporary times, were honored in TIME Magazine’s “100 Women of the Year” Special Issue listing the most...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Dec 12, 2019 | Good Pinoys
Irish rock band U2’s first Manila concert had a special treat for Filipinas – a special dedication of the song “Ultraviolet (Light My Way)” to iconic women of the Philippines including Lea Salonga, Maria Ressa, and Cory Aquino. In the Manila...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Oct 21, 2019 | Good Balita
The Philippines’ investigative journalist Maria Ressa is the winner of the 2019 Shorenstein Journalism Award given by Stanford University in California. Ressa, the CEO and executive editor of Rappler news network, is receiving the award from Stanford...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | May 27, 2019 | Good Balita
Filipino journalist Maria Ressa received the Columbia Journalism School Award in New York during the institution’s commencement ceremonies for the class of 2019. Rappler’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer received the award in New York during ceremonies...