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Danilo Victoriano wins APEC Photo Contest and Popular Choice Award

Filipino photographer Danilo Victoriano is the 2019 winner of the APEC Photo Contest. He also won at the same time, the most votes for the Popular Choice Award. The APEC Secretariat said the photograph of...

Google Doodle honors Filipino banana ketchup creator Maria Ylagan Orosa

Maria Ylagan Orosa, the Filipino food scientist who created the iconic banana ketchup and over 700 recipes, is honored by Google Doodle today to mark her 126th birth anniversary. A cartoon likeness of Maria Orosa,...

Fil-Am beauty vlogger Bretman Rock wins at E! People’s Choice Awards

Bretman Rock, one of the most influential global beauty vloggers and social media personalities, was voted the "Beauty Influencer of the Year" by E! People’s Choice Awards. The Hawaii-based Filipino-American bested a tough field of...

Sorsogon’s love & courtship Filipino folk dance sets new Guinness World Record

The people of Sorsogon province danced a love and courtship dance on a five-kilometer stretch of the main street of its capital city to set a new Guinness World Record (GWR) for the Largest...

Valenzuela policeman Willy Quinto wins 1st Mister Working Men International in Thailand

Policeman Willy Quinto from Valenzuela City successfully raised the Philippine flag in Thailand after winning the first-ever Mister Working Men International 2019 title. Mister Philippines bested 14 other final candidates from all over the world...

Broadway’s Jhett Tolentino wins 9th award for bio-docu “Life Is What You Make It”

Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino's foray into filmmaking has given him a 9th award for his self-produced biographical documentary, "Life Is What You Make It", this time from the prestigious New Vision International Film Festival...

Filipino bamboo musical instruments given new life by UP-PNU-DOST collaboration

Filipino bamboo musical instruments are being given new life through a collaborative program that seeks to develop new technologies to improve the quality of locally-made instruments. The Bamboo Musical Instruments (BMI) Innovation Research and Development...

Talented New Jersey teener Ryan Ang trains Filipino, American basketball teams

New Jersey's upcoming and accomplished basketball trainer is only 16 years old and he is a Filipino American named Ryan Ang. Ryan and his sister Samantha were both born and raised in New Jersey. His...

Manny Jacinto to star alongside Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick

Manny Jacinto's hit American television series "The Good Place" goes into its 4th and final season today, September 26, but his fans can look forward to seeing him next on the big screen. Jacinto, whose...

Time Out picks L-A’s Historic Filipinotown World’s Top 5 coolest neighbourhoods to visit

Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles is the Top 5 among 50 Coolest Neighbourhoods picked by London-based Time Out Media Group as places "you should be exploring right now.” Historic Filipinotown, nicknamed HiFi by locals, is...

RESULTS: Over 300 Middle East OFWs are newest licensed Filipino engineers and professionals

Congratulations, New Licensed Overseas Filipino Working Professionals in the Middle East! A total of 338 OFWs passed the Special Professional Licensure Exam (SPLE) conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) last August 2019 in various...

University of the Philippines Symphony Orchestra to honor Filipino legendary heroes

The University of the Philippines Symphony Orchestra (UPSO), dubbed “The Fighting Maroons in music,” will honor Filipino legends and other iconic heroes in its upcoming anniversary concert on August 31. The UPSO concert, titled "Symphonic...
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