The live shows on America’s Got Talent kicked off on Tuesday, with 36 acts making it to the quarter finals. Among the talents who performed on the first night of the live shows is Filipino-American Angelica Hale. This 9-year old girl chooses a big song, Clarity, for her performance. She has performed on stage twice before, both with equally big …

It is with great pride to know that this year, two out of the six awardees of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards are from the Philippines. Lilia de Lima, former Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director-General, and Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) were both awarded on July 27. This honor is considered Asia’s premier prize celebrating greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in …

Two days ago, in the heat of public discussion about the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s actions against ride-sharing networks Grab and Uber, a young netizen named Renier Louie Benesa Bona decides to share his thoughts on the issue. His Facebook post which he posted on July 18 at 3:55 p.m. is based on his personal experience with public …

The singer behind the viral song Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen (PPAP), Pikotaro, has a new role to play. No less than Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has approached the singer to perform a new version of the PPAP song at the United Nations (UN) in New York. The new version incorporates the promotion of sustainable development goals as set by the UN. According …

Twenty-year-old Filipino-Malaysian Evita Delmundo makes headlines as she auditions for Miss Universe Malaysia 2018. Delmundo breaks stereotypes of the most prestigious pageant in the world. She proves that being different is not a hindrance for her to become part of the rosters of the most beautiful ladies in the world. Evita is born with a number of moles all over …

Maureen Wroblewitz has done it. As the first Filipina ever to win Asia’s Next Top Model, the dark horse has crushed bullies everywhere. She says to them, “You shouldn’t have underestimated me.” This is perhaps one of the most unexpected turnouts in reality TV. Out of 14 contestants throughout Cycle 5, the Philippines prevailed. She won as Cycle 5’s Topmodel on …

Ferdinand Cacnio, a visual artist and scupltor, created quite a stir recently after he posted a photo of UPLift, his recent sculpture of a female nude that seems to be rising up, hands outstretched and held up in mid-air by a column of long hair. After netizens and some members of the academe criticized that his work was copied from …

A famous video blogger, Nuseir Yassin, also known as Nas, has made a 1-minute tourism for the Philippines for less than $100. He posts the video on his Facebook page, while commenting how governments spend millions of dollars for promotional videos such as this. Nas creates the video days after a controversial tourism ad was pulled out by the Department …

More gorgeously known as “The Trinity,” Miss World 2013 Megan Young, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach, and Miss International 2016 Kylie Verzosa,  graced the Philippine Independence Day Celebration in a parade in New York City on June 4, Sunday. The parade ran along Madison Avenue, 25th and 26th Streets and Park Avenue. The Philippine Star states that this event was …

Spoken word artist Beverly Cumla has done it again. Her newest work entitled Sertipiko ng Tayo, comes just in time for this season of graduations and new beginnings. But there is more to it than just celebrating new beginnings. After she posted the piece on Facebook, it has been viewed over 9,900 times and shared 260 times. In this Pilipinas …