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Transpinay Mela Franco Habijan dedicated her success to fellow transgenders, the LGBTQ+ community, and the Filipino people. Credits to Mela Franco Habijan. The Philippines’ bet, Mela Franco Habijan, has won the inaugural edition of Miss Trans Global 2020 held online amid the coronavirus disease pandemic. Habijan bested candidates from all over the world to win the crown for the Philippines during the grand coronation night streamed via YouTube on September 12, 2020. The former ABS-CBN writer and actress also bagged other major awards such as “Eloquent Queen of the Year,” “Super Model of the Year,” and “Glam Beauty of the Year.” Here are the winners of the inaugural edition of Miss Trans Global: Miss Trans Global 2020 – Philippines 1st Runner-up – Australia 2nd Runner-up – Ghana 3rd Runner-up – South Africa 4th Runner-up – Sweden “PILIPINASSSS, WE WON! WE WONNNNNNN!!!” the Transpinay pageant winner said on her Facebook post. “WE ARE THE FIRST-EVER MISS TRANS GLOBALLLLL! LO...

EJ Obiena’s winning ways have pumped up the Filipino pride and hopes for the first Olympic gold. Screengrab of Poznań Athletics Grand Prix. Ernest John “EJ” Obiena of the Philippines has picked up another international medal, continuing his medal-winning performances in the current pole vault season. Fresh from his spectacular gold-winning high jump , besting Olympic medalists just a couple of days before in the 9th Ostrava Golden Spike tilt held in the Czech Republic, Obiena picked up the bronze at the Poznań Athletics Grand Prix in Poland on September 11, 2020. The Philippines’ first Tokyo Olympics Qualifier cleared 5.52 meters to tie for third place with Matt Ludwig of the USA, behind the host country’s Piotr Lisek who jumped 5.72m and Robert Sobera with 5.62m. Obiena was upbeat after the competition, updating followers in social media with his medal run: “Happy but realizing that I need to work harder. See you in the next competitions!” EJ Obiena is continuing his trainin...

The new sci-fi adventure novel is written by Filipino writer I.S.A. Crisostomo-Lopez. A new book with a Filipino protagonist titled “58 Minutes in Driftland” has been released on Kindle books from Amazon. The new sci-fi adventure novel written by Filipino writer I.S.A. Crisostomo-Lopez features a Pinoy protagonist in the person of Alunsinag Bayani, a 17-year-old Filipino immigrant in the US who is trying to find his place in the world. The teenage Filipino immigrant’s mother Mercedes or “Chedeng” Bayani is a nurse who works at a community hospital in Los Angeles, while his father Artemio “Miyo” Bayani is a travel writer who is mostly out of town on assignment to feature endangered plants or animals. Alunsinag or “Al” as his friends call him, faces many adventures with his two best friends, Ming Ju-long, a Chinese immigrant from Hong Kong, and Tej Ondrej, an Indian immigrant from Bangalore. Driftland is an alternative realm where childhood dreams and nightmares exist. The adventu...

The power couple gives back in their own way to our modern-day heroes. Photo credits to Jennylyn Mercado’s FB. Celebrity couple Jennylyn Mercado and Dennis Trillo have donated essential supplies to Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center in Marikina City and Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC) in Manila. The generous amount of medical supply boxes from the couple dedicated the gifts to the hospitals that contain boxes of face masks, face shields, hand soap, and alcohol to be used by the frontliners in the two medical institutions. Mercado, who plays the character of Dr. Maxine in Descendants of the SUN (DOTS) PH , shared on her Facebook page on September 11, 2020, about the good deed along with a heartfelt letter to the medical staff in both hospitals who are risking their lives for the sake of others’ welfare. The penned letter, which was shared by the medical staff of Amang Rodriguez and JRRMMC in their social media, was full of gratitude from the Kapuso actress. “T...

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