by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Mar 31, 2025 | Good Balita
“Lumpia” and “Gigil” are now officially in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), leading a group of 11 Filipino words added in its March 2025 update. The latest OED update includes nearly 600 new words, phrases, and senses. Eleven of these reflect the unique Filipino...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Jun 30, 2021 | Good Business
The Philippines’ viral RC Cola ad has won a Bronze Lion at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France, widely regarded as the most prestigious awards event for advertising and film industries. GIGIL, the Filipino independent ideas agency behind...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Jun 21, 2021 | Good Business
The agency co-founders also represent Asia Pacific at the worldwide Social Media Week Viral video ad maker Gigil’s founding partners Badong Abesamis and Herbert Hernandez have been named in Adweek’s Creative 100, the first from the Philippines to ever...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | May 27, 2021 | Good Show
The Philippines’ RC Cola soft drink ads which went viral last year owing to their bizarre twists have won in the 42nd Australasian Writers and Art Directors (AWARD) Awards, considered the most important regional recognition for creative work in New Zealand,...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Jan 25, 2021 | Good Show
The viral soft drink television advertisement from RC Cola Philippines that shocked audiences across the country has made its way to American TV’s The Ellen Show. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres together with DJ and hip hop dancer Stephen “tWitch”...
