A 10-year-old Filipina singer has fulfilled her dream to sing a duet of “Here’s Your Perfect” with British singer Jamie Miller.
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Philippines’ Boracay hailed World No. 2 Most Instagrammable Place
The tropical island paradise of Boracay has secured back-to-back No. 2 world ranks for the Philippines in the annual 50 Most Instagrammable Places in the World ranking released by travel website, Big 7 Travel.
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Jollibee Group-owned Smashburger opens new resto in New York City
Jollibee Group-owned Smashburger recently opened its new branch at 669 8th Avenue near Times Square New York City in the United States.
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Filipino restaurant Purple Yam named in Michelin Bib Gourmands list
Filipino restaurant Purple Yam in Brooklyn, New York City, has been included in the 2021 Michelin Bib Gourmands list of affordable, standout establishments.
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New York City street petitioned to be named “Little Manila Avenue” to honor Filipinos
A New York City street in Woodside, Queens has been petitioned to be co-named “Little Manila Avenue” to honor its Filipino community.
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Cagayan de Oro’s “Pinyapel” specialty paper wins D&AD Future Impact Awards in New York
Cagayan de Oro’s “Pinyapel”, a specialty paper made of discarded pineapple leaves from Bukidnon plantations, has won the 2019 D&AD Future Impact Awards. The Filipino innovation called “Pinyapel”, a combination of local words “pinya” (pineapple) and “papel” (paper), was hailed winner in the Environment and Sustainability category and will be given the Wood Pencil award […]
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Tsismis NYC a rising star in New York City’s food circuit
Tsismis NYC, a Filipino American restaurant and wine bar situated in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is a rising star in New York City’s food circuit – judging by the positive customer feedback and several press acclamations it has received since it launched last month. The New York Times recommended Tsismis NYC for its “innovative Filipino […]
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Catriona Gray showcases Tagakaolo tribe inspired skirt in Miss U HQ New York
Miss Universe Catriona Gray continues to showcase Filipino heritage and art in her fashion, this time with a skirt inspired from the art of Tagakaolo group in Mindanao. In her Instagram post during a visit to the Miss Universe headquarters, the 2018 GNP Filipino Pride Icon wore a Nino Franco denim skirt hand-embellished with mother-of-pearl […]
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Times Square’s iconic New Year’s Eve celebration spotlights Maria Ressa, journalists & press freedom
The iconic New Year’s Eve Ball Drop at Times Square in New York City is all set to give the spotlight to Maria Ressa and leading journalists in a unique setting to celebrate press freedom. Ressa, one of the four featured international journalists in the collective recognition of the 2018 TIME Person of the Year […]
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Filipino-American journalist wins the prestigious Pulitzer Prize
Mariel Padilla has won the coveted Pulitzer award for her work on a Cincinnati Enquirer article titled “The Seven Days of Heroin.”
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Ateneo students win UN social venture award in NY
A group of Ateneo de Manila University students bagged a major social venture award in New York City.
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