Philippine Blog Awards 2010Fil-Swiss Marlon Stockinger Shines in Formula Race in Malaysia
17-year-old Half-Filipino Half-Swiss Marlon Stockinger is a car racing international champion from his 2nd stint in a motorsport car racing competition in Malaysia representing the Philippines.
4 RP Tourist Spots Vying in the 7 Wonders of Nature Poll
Palawan’s Underground River and Bicol’s Mayon Volcano are now in the Top 10 list in the worldwide search for the new “Seven Wonders of Nature”.
In the beginning of the poll, only 2 sites from the Philippines are contending in the Top 10 namely the Tubbataha Reef in Palawan and the Chocolate Hills in Bohol. Other Philippine tourist spots were outside the Top 77 at that time.
Now, four of them have made it to the Top 10 list as the coclusion of the worldwide search for the “Seven Wonders of Nature” are getting nigh.
PEP Lists Filipino Youtube Wonders
June 15, 2008 by admin
Filed under Celebrities
Pinoy Entertainment Portal has made a list of pinoys who put the Philippines in the world map of arts and entertainment via the video sharing site on the internet – Youtube!
Here’s the list:
Arnel Pineda’s Journey. Arnel Pineda has been writing and singing songs for 25 years now, gaining recognition here in the Philippines and around Asia. It was Arnel’s latest band The Zoo, however, that caught the eyes and ears of Neal Schon, who happened to be watching clips on YouTube of Arnel singing cover songs from Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Kenny Loggins, and of course, the 80′s legendary rock band Journey.
Arnel’s longtime fan, Noel Gomez, was responsible for uploading the clips and last June 28, 2007, Neal contacted Noel to ask how he could contact Arnel.
For Arnel, this was the beginning of a bigger opportunity.
It wasn’t a cakewalk for Arnel in the first few days of his arrival in the U.S. to audition for a part in Journey. But on December 5, 2007, he was formally announced as Journey’s frontman and CNN covered the story as part of their “News to Me” segment.
Journey introduced its new lead singer in February 2008 at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile. The Chilean media gave positive reviews on Arnel’s performance, and Journey’s keyboardist Jonathan Cain described him as “a winner; a clutch player.”
U.S. magazine GQ recently featured Arnel in one of its articles.
Journey’s Album Debuts at No. 5 on Billboard Charts
You can now order Journey’s “Revelation” album via Amazon. Simply click on the image below:
ABS-CBN Launches ‘Bayan ni Juan’ Campaign
A simple celebration with less fortunate Filipinos in the country is what ABS-CBN did and will continue to do until the end of this year in celebration of its 55th year anniversary through “Bayanijuan.”
GMA bags 11 awards in US Int’l Film and Video Festival 2008
GMA Network garnered seven major awards and 4 minor awards in the prestigious US International Film and Video Festival (USIFVF) during the awarding ceremony held in Hollywood, California over the weekend.
Pinoys win Int’l Environmental Projects Award
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