The graduating class of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) is led by a woman – Cadet First Class Dionne Umalla. This is the 5th time a female officer is the top graduate of the country’s elite military training school since it allowed women to join the PMA in 1993. SEE Top 8 PMA graduates are […]
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MEET: Noel Ferrer, Veteran Radio Broadcaster | Good News Pilipinas! TV Filipino Pride Advocates
Meet Noel Ferrer, the veteran #radiobroadcaster who has received multiple recognitions including the GEMS Hiyas ng Sining Award and the Gawad Tanglaw for Best Male Entertainment Radio Broadcaster. The award-winning popular radio show #announcer asks his guests the Good News Pilipinas question about their source of #FilipinoPride. Noel Ferrer goes on air in the following […]
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Cordilleran Joanna Cariño wins 2019 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights
Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) leader Joanna Cariño was awarded the 2019 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights (GPHR) – the first time a Filipino received the international prize. The main prize was given by the May 18 Memorial Foundation of South Korea to Joanna Cariño for championing the rights of indigenous peoples. LEARN ABOUT Philippine education curricula now including […]
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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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MEET: Pinoy-at-heart American YouTube sensation David DiMuzio loves original Pilipino music
Meet American singer-songwriter and recording artist David DiMuzio, the YouTube sensation who has been making sweet music in Tagalog. David has perfected singing in Tagalog as he sings original Pilipino music (OPM) solo and in duets with both Filipinos and non-Filipinos. DiMuzio has collaborated with a number of Filipino artists as he set up his […]
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MEET: Mark Justiniani, Filipino artist spotlighted at Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition 2019
Contemporary and multi awarded artist Mark Justiniani from Bacolod is the country’s cultural ambassador who has impressed artists and arts enthusiasts with his Philippine Pavilion art work in the ongoing Venice Biennale’s 58th International Art Exhibition that started last May 8. Known for his meaningful art pieces, Justiniani collaborated on an environmentally-themed art sculpture project […]
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Nurse Danny Favor elected first Filipino UK town mayor
Filipino nurse Danilo “Danny” Favor has again made history as the first Pinoy mayor of East Grinstead in West Sussex, United Kingdom. Mayor Favor was actually reelected as councilor of the town for the 3rd time since being voted into office in 2011 and again in 2015, and has been proclaimed town mayor to serve […]
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Parangal Dance Company showcases Philippines in Japan World Music and Dance Festival
California-based Parangal Dance Company will have their Asian debut as the Philippines’ representative at the World Music and Dance Festival (WMDF) in Hakodate, Japan. The Filipino folk dance group which has been showcasing Filipino culture through dance and music in various international festivals in the US, Europe, and in Colombia, announced on social media their […]
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Canada celebrates first Filipino Heritage month in June
Canada is set to honor its Filipino-Canadian community with the first Filipino Heritage Month this June, in the year that marks the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Philippines. The Filipino Heritage Month celebration will be observed throughout Canada for the first time in June 2019 after the Motion 155 bill authored […]
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Taste Atlas lists “Butsi” Filipino dessert among world’s most popular snacks
Taste Atlas has listed the Filipino snack “Butsi” balls as one of the most popular snacks in the world. The online food encyclopedia, which had previously highlighted Filipino dishes Crispy pata, Lechon, and Kare Kare as among the world’s best cuisine, and the Adobo as the closest thing to the Filipino national dish, gave the […]
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5 Inspirational Filipina Working Mothers
Filipina working mothers keep a balancing act between bringing up the children and earning income for the family or following their personal passion. The double burden is no small achievement especially in the Philippines where the traditional view of stay-at-home mothers persists. Through the years Filipinas have found the necessity to work outside the home […]
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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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