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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 17, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 11:58 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Human Rights Press Awards

Isaac Lawrence, AFP
Posted at May 17 03:19 PM

Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of the Philippines-based news website Rappler, speaks at the Human Rights Press Awards at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong on Thursday. Read more »

Malagos Chocolate wins awards for ‘filled chocolate’ competition

Vina Araneta, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 11:23 AM

DAVAO CITY - London-based Academy of Chocolate (AoC) has bestowed Malagos Chocolate three bronze awards and two commendations in the 'filled chocolate' category in its 2019 AoC awards.  Read more »

Epic Youth Leadership Award winners named

Rommel Conclara, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 03:47 AM

After going through nominations from all over the US and Canada, five groups representing the younger generation of Filipinos were recognized at the first-ever Epic Youth Leadership Awards or EYLA. Read more »

Poole's Diner's Christensen takes home James Beard Award as US top chef

Richard Leong, Reuters
Posted at May 07 12:05 PM

Ashley Christensen, who transformed a luncheonette into a modern diner that serves her unique vision of Southern cuisine, was named the country's top chef by the James Beard Foundation on Monday, the biggest night for the U.S. restaurant industry.   Read more »

Anne Curtis is first female recipient of FPJ Memorial Award

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 12:38 PM

Anne Curtis feels honored to have been the first female recipient of the FPJ Memorial Award. Read more »

Filipino photojournalist gets nod from World Press Photo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 11:33 AM

A Filipino photojournalist has won second prize in the World Press Photo Award for his photograph on the Duterte administration's war on drugs. Read more »

Anak ng tricycle driver, pinarangalan ng ABS-CBN Medal of Excellence Award

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 04:22 AM

DIPOLOG CITY - Pinarangalan ng ABS-CBN Medal of Excellence Award ang anak ng isang traysikel drayber na nagtapos bilang valedictorian sa Olingan Elementary School sa Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte. Read more »

ABS-CBN sweeps 5th EVSU-OCC Students Choice Awards

Sharon Evite, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 02:05 AM

ORMOC CITY - ABS-CBN took home 11 out of 14 awards at the 5th Students Choice Mass Media Awards of the Eastern Visayas State University-Ormoc City Campus (EVSU-OCC) Read more »

Meet the irreverent chef behind what may be the best restaurant in Japan

Nana Ozaeta
Posted at Apr 04 04:40 PM

Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa of Den, a fun-loving dog lover whose greatest goal is to put a smile on his customers’ faces, all while serving his innovative take on traditional kaiseki. Read more »

Teacher from remote Kenya village is world's best, wins $1 mn

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 06:58 AM

A maths and physics teacher from a secondary school in a remote village in Kenya's Rift Valley has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize for 2019, organizers have said. Read more »

Everything we know about 'black tie,' we learned from the 2019 Oscars

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Mar 02 12:52 PM

Keep your tie the right length, your stomach in, and Tom Ford on your speed dial. Read more »

Lynyrd Paras breaks his 13 Artists award—and finally tells his side of last year’s Art Fair heartbreak story

Bam V. Abellon
Updated as of Feb 24 08:44 PM

In his new show at Finale, Paras employs the broken parts of his physical existence to create a self-portrait. In his interview with ANCX, he finally gets to share his side of that art-as-confessional story that was the talk of Art Fair 2018 Read more »

The piercing truths in the unspeakable universe of Doktor Karayom

Fidel Feria
Updated as of Jan 26 03:02 PM

The mind of the TAA awardee is a palette that runs from grotesque to humorous, but ultimately engaging. Read more »

The “Filipino-ness” of Darren Criss

Bam Abellon
Posted at Jan 08 06:22 PM

Just how Filipino really is newly minted Golden Globe winner Fil-am Darren Criss? Let us count the ways. Read more »

Did the Golden Globes go overboard in its effort to advance inclusivity?

Andrew Paredes
Updated as of Jan 07 07:02 PM

By practically snubbing the celebrated A Star Is Born and favoring actors and pictures that represented inclusivity, did the Hollywood Foreign Press forget what the Globes is essentially about: recognizing the year’s most superior work?  Read more »

Bradley over Rami, Glenn over Gaga: Our fearless Golden Globes forecast

Andrew Paredes
Updated as of Jan 06 02:01 PM

Factoring in individual merits, Foreign Press quirks, and what the heart wants, of course—our resident critic makes his informed predictions. Read more »

PBA: MVP winner will deserve it, says Fajardo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 12:42 AM

After winning the PBA Most Valuable Player award for four straight years, it looks like June Mar Fajardo’s streak will end this time.  Read more »

Kidlat Tahimik gets Prince Claus prize in The Netherlands

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Updated as of Dec 11 09:15 AM

AMSTERDAM - National Artist Kidlat Tahimik was honored last Thursday, 6 December, as one of the laureates in this year's Prince Claus Awards in The Netherlands that recognizes outstanding achievement of visionaries at the front-line of culture and development. Read more »

Honoring Miriam

Toto Lozano, Presidential Photo
Posted at Dec 04 12:23 AM

President Duterte posthumously confers the Quezon Service Cross Award (QSCA) to the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago during a ceremony at the Malacañan Palace on Monday. Read more »