Amidst the Panagbenga Flower Festival of 2018, Baguio City also launched itself as a Creative City under the United Nations Creative Cities Network. As part of the launch, a Creative Baguio Exhibition Hub was opened at People’s Park. The hub showcased each of the main crafts that Baguio is famed for: weaving, carving and sculpture, silver craft, visual arts and …

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 …

Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach joins the United Nations family as Goodwill Ambassador on HIV/AIDS for the Asia Pacific. Pia will take the lead in awareness-raising and advocacy for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). In the launch program on May 3, UNAIDS Director for Asia and the Pacific Steven Krauss announced Pia’s new role. According to an …

The United Nations declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, with the first Day of the Girl celebrated in 2012. The international day of observance was established to put a spotlight on gender inequality that millions of girls face in the world, just because they are girls. Among the challenges that girls face are basic rights …

Pia Wurtzbach, Miss Universe 2016, has almost three million followers on Instagram. On September 21, Pia posted a photo on Instagram saying “This is my definition of fun Working with Fadil today!.” Moments after, an Instagram user made a comment that made everyone crazy! The user said, “Nagmodel ng nagmodel, wala mnlg post about humanitarian mission”.” In the thread of comments we see how Miss …