Emmy-winning ‘Adobo Nation’ on TFC marks 5th anniversary

The popular TFC weekly magazine show “Adobo Nation” is celebrating its fifth anniversary, a duration marked by an Emmy award last year and a new Emmy nomination for 2013.

The popular TFC weekly magazine show “Adobo Nation” is celebrating its fifth anniversary, a duration marked by an Emmy award last year and a new Emmy nomination for 2013.
Manila FAME International, the Philippines’ Design and Lifestyle Event showcasing design-forward and high-quality Philippine-made artisanal products, will take place on March 14-17, 2013 and October 17-20, 2013 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Manila.

Norway is the happiest country in the world and the United States the 12th. The Philippines ranks 67th.

The tourism campaign “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” hopes to compel foreign tourists and investors to take a closer look at the things that make life in this country genuinely fun and exciting. Is it the cuisine, traditions or festivals? Is it the tourist spots or the warm, hospitable people?

In the midst of the Philippines’ most notorious slum, British expat Jane Walker transforms lives by turning rubbish into top-end fashion items.

Johana Zara, a Filipina-Canadian fashion design student from The Art Institute of Vancouver emerged as the grand prize winner of the seventh annual Cool vs. Cruel Fashion Design Competition, a national design contest sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States and The Art Institutes.

Maybe it’s his sad, droopy eyes, the tiny braid on his nape, or the approachable aura he projects in spite of his imposing height and celebrity. Whatever it is, Dyords Javier, the all-around entertainer who frequents Filipino communities abroad as one-fourth of the musical quartet Angfourgettables, has become an unlikely magnet of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).

MANILA, Philippines – Retirement is a new beginning. At that point in our lives, we stand at the threshold of a new phase-we may even consider it as the prime of our lives: we are free from the headstrong passions and exuberant inexperience of youth. Whereas young people struggle to find a direction in life, facing [...]
We all aspired to be “something” when we were little. My brother wanted to be a star athlete, my son wants to be a professional basketball player, and I wanted to be an artist. My friend wanted to be a lawyer and another friend is still dreaming of starting her own business and getting out [...]
I like it. It’s catchy. It’s a flexible slogan. And most important of all, we can have fun with it. And many Filipinos are already having fun. The slogan has something for everyone.
NEW YORK— Every morning, just before daybreak, for the past three weeks now, our Queens neighborhood, or our slice of it, has been awakened by two roosters crowing, urging the sun to its daytime duty. Their rousing calls come at regular intervals for the first half of the morning, like an alarm clock set to [...]

US Ambassador to the Philippines, Harry K. Thomas, Jr. recently took time to visit Jollibee Woodside, Queens in New York during a short visit to the US last week. The Ambassador, who was accompanied by his mother Ms. Haladonia Thomas, was welcomed to the Woodside location by the Jollibee East Coast team headed by Maria [...]