The Philippines’ youth wrestling team has bagged nine medals in the 2021 United World Wrestling (UWW) Junior and Cadets World Grappling Championships in Ufa, Russia.
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Isabel Sandoval wins Best Actress for Lingua Franca in Russia
Isabel Sandoval has won the Best Actress award for her lead role in “Lingua Franca” at the 18th Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asian Pacific Countries in Vladivostok, Russia.
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Eumir Marcial bags Silver at AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Russia
Eumir Felix DS Marcial is the Top 2 World Middleweight boxer after bagging the Silver Medal at the AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The 23-year-old Eumir Marcial of Zamboanga City is the only boxer from Southeast Asia to win a medal at the event. The Philippine Air Force officer battled Bakshi Gleb […]
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WATCH: Nesthy Petecio beats Lludmila Vorontsove to capture World Featherweight GOLD in Russia
Nesthy Petecio is the new World Featherweight Champion after besting Russian champion Lludmila Vorontsove to capture the gold at the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships on October 13. The Filipina boxer from Davao won in points via split decision, 3:2, given by the five-member judge panel from Ireland, Australia, Korea, Japan, and Argentina. Petecio […]
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Filipino film Musmos tops Jury Prize in Russia Film Festival
The Filipino film “Musmos na Sumibol sa Gubat ng Digma” won the Special Jury Prize at the 2019 Baikal International Film Festival in Russia. Subtitled “Unless the Water is Safer than the Land”, the social drama was given the Special Jury Award For Poetical Problem Solution during the competitions held in Irkutsk last September. The […]
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Rizal’s Masungi Georeserve is Top 3 in United Nations World Tourism awards in Russia
Masungi Georeserve in Rizal province has been recognized as a Top 3 privately-led sustainable tourism project at the 2019 United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Awards for Enterprises in St. Petersburg, Russia. Masungi Georeserve and the Philippines’ Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced on Thursday the global finalist award given to the geotourism destination. […]
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Acapellago, Pinopela win Moscow Spring A Capella Festival
Homegrown Filipino a capella choir Acapellago won first prize, while Pinopela picked up the 3rd prize at the Moscow Spring A Capella Festival held in May. The two Filipino a capella singing groups won in the Medium Vocal Ensemble Category, hailed as best among 90 groups in competitions which ran for 12 days on 51 […]
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Rommel Lugada bags bronze in Moscow Int’l Foto Awards
With his modern take on Filipino sights and visuals in his portfolio, Filipino photographer Rommel Lugada was recognized and awarded the bronze prize in the prestigious Moscow International Foto Awards.
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Pinoy fighters bag 3 golds in Russian boxing championships
Eumir Felix Marcial, Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam scored big wins against their respective opponents to win 3 golds for the Philippines at the recently concluded, Korotkov Memorial Boxing Championships in Khabarovsk, Russia.
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Meet Asa Miller, PHL’s only representative to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Known as a tropical country, the Philippines has sent delegations to the Winter Olympics four times since 1972, the most recent of which was figure skater Michael Christian Martinez, who went to Sochi, Russia in 2014. Once again, the nation will have to huddle up and support the country’s only Olympian this year, 17-year old […]
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Miss Universe 2017 Candidates Fall for Bohol’s Natural Beauty
Three of the most beautiful women in the universe recently visited Panglao, Bohol to promote Philippine Tourism. Miss Universe Malaysia Samantha James and Miss Universe Russia Kseniya Alexandrova, together with our very own Miss Universe Philippines Rachel Peters posted photos of their visit last Friday: all smiles and undoubtedly having a great time. Tourism Philippines […]
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Pinoys bag 3 golds at Dragon Boat Worlds in Russia
The Philippines won 3 golds, one silver, two bronze medals at the ICF Dragon Boat World Championships despite the frigid conditions
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