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The fans have spoken and these remarkable individuals emerged as top favorites with KathNiel (Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla) and KDLex (KD Estrada and Alexa Ilacad) leading the winners of The Push Awards 2022, with their the Power Couple and Popular Love Team of the Year awards, respectively.
Kathryn Bernardo was also recognized for her stellar performance from “2 Good 2 Be True” and won the Favorite Onscreen Performance award. Celebrity and mom of three, Andi Eigenmann received the Celebrity Mom of the Year. Popstar Royalty Sarah Geronimo emerged as the Music Artist of 2022 while ACEs have crowned BGYO as the P-pop Group of the Year with Adie nodding the Breakthrough Music Artist of the Year.
Trending content creators like Cong TV and Viy Cortez of Team Payaman received the Content Creator of the Year, Kristel Fulgar nabbed the Social Media Personality of the Year, and Niana Guerrero as the Push Trending TikToker. For this year’s Push Inspiration Award, a special non-voting category exclusively awarded to world-class Filipino actors who brought home honor to the country with their award-winning and global performances were given to Dolly De Leon, Jodi Sta. Maria and John Arcilla.
Winners from all categories were announced last March 31, 2023 on social media and received NFT (Non-Fungible Token) digital trophies. Now on its eighth year, the fan-voted Push Awards aims to recognize the biggest stars and remarkable individuals who continue to make waves and leave a positive impact in the entertainment, music, and social media industry.
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Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc. Strengthens Early Childhood Advocacy With International Partners
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Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc. (KCFI) strengthens its advocacy on boosting early childhood development education among Filipino parents and kids by entering a partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and receiving a High Embassy Fund (HEF) Grant from New Zealand. Knowledge Channel will distribute on-air and online video lessons of “My TV School", co-developed by USAID and RTI International with the Department of Education (DepEd) for the “Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines (ABC+)” project. It aims to hone K-3 students’ interest and mastery of the four macro literacy skills in English – listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
“We thank Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. for taking interest in our initiative to help further promote learning and ensure access to education, particularly for the most vulnerable and marginalized children in the country. We, at USAID, believe that engaging with private foundations like Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. can help improve and strengthen the quality of education and further encourage investments in the education sector,” said USAID acting mission director Rebekah Eubanks. Meanwhile, through the New Zealand HEF Grant, KCFI will be able to train child development workers, teachers, care providers, and parents of children 3 to 4 years old from 11 barangays in Burgos, Ilocos Norte through the “Learning Effectively through Enhanced and Evidence-based Pedagogies (LEEP)” project. Each barangay will also receive a Knowledge Channel Portable Media Library for early childhood development (KC PML-ECD), containing offline video lessons and resources.
“We recognize that this partner (KCFI) is passionate about doing something in the community and we also recognize that this partner has a track record, capability or capacity. Those are probably the three (3) big things that we look at when we hope to partner with a community,” shared New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines, Peter Kell. KCFI also continues its partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) to co-produce 50 new episodes of “Wikaharian", an animated series in Filipino that aims to help young learners, specifically Grade 2 students, improve their foundational skills in reading. “We hope that by bringing these video lessons to more audiences all over the country, we will be making a meaningful contribution to the efforts of schools, teachers, and parents all over the country who are working hard to enrich the learning of their students and children,” said KCFI president and executive director Rina Lopez.
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iWantTFC Streams Children's Story Books Through Partnership With Vooks
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Parents can turn their kids’ storytime into a fun-filled experience by streaming educational content on iWantTFC via its partnership with Vooks, an award-winning international streaming app that offers a collection of animated children's story books. Vooks turns educational children’s books into bite-sized, watchable, and entertaining content by featuring read aloud narration of animated story books designed for kids under eight years old.
Viewers in the Philippines can choose from 35 titles to stream on iWantTFC with different genres ranging from biographies, early learning, poetry, science, and social studies that aim to enrich the reading comprehension skills of children. Some of the titles available for streaming on iWantTFC that will surely make kids fall in love with reading are “Little Girl Big Dream: The Story of Olympian Samantha Peszek", Irving Berlin (The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing)", “A Boy Like You" and “I'll Love You For Always". With over 40 publishing partners of best-selling books, Vooks is available in more than 175 countries worldwide and it has received recognition and awards from the Parent’s Choice Awards, Academic’s Choice Awards, and Mom’s Choice Awards.
Vooks expands iWantTFC’s educational content for kids alongside other titles that are currently available on the platform such as “Hero City Kids Force", “Jet and the Pet Rangers" and “Team Yey.” Choose from the full list of Vooks titles and stream them all for free in the Philippines on the iWantTFC app (iOs and Android) and website (iwanttfc.com).
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Maine Mendoza Conquers New Challenges In #MaineGoals Season 3 Now Airing On TV5 And BuKo Channel On Cignal
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TV5 and BuKo Channel viewers will get to experience new exhilarating adventures of phenomenal star and award-winning host Maine Mendoza in the much-awaited return of her show, #MaineGoals, now on its third season airing both on free TV and pay TV. Awarded as the Best Entertainment Presenter/Host for #MaineGoals at the 27th Asian TV Awards in December 2022, Maine Mendoza is more than ready to conquer new goals in #MaineGoals Season 3 with her show besties Chamyto Aguedan and Chi Chirita.
In the past seasons of #MaineGoals, the three besties have conquered earth, wind, water, and fire as they tried out cheerdancing, street sweeping, farming, and pageantry. For their new season, Maine, Chamyto and Chi are set to tick off activities that they have never done before, such as becoming flight attendants, driving race cars, training for the army, and many more. Aside from these new and exciting goals, #MaineGoals Season 3 gives viewers a chance to share their achievements and experiences with Maine, Chamyto, and Chi when they post with the hashtag #GoalAchievedTogether. #MaineGoals Season 3 will definitely satisfy every wanderlust’s craving for an epic journey and new discoveries. “Marami na tayong nagawa pero mas MARAMI PA TAYONG GAGAWIN,” Maine enthused.
Which goals will be the most challenging of all for Maine and her besties? Find out on #MaineGoals Season 3, airing weekdays at 8:30 am on TV5’s Gandang Mornings and with an extended version at 8:00 pm on BuKo Channel via Cignal TV and SatLite Ch 2. You can also catch #MaineGoals on Cignal Play via Live TV and Video-On-Demand.
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GMA Network's Oliver Victor Amoroso Selected Anew For AFP Health Service Command's Multi-Sector Advisory Board
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GMA Network’s First Vice President, Head of GMA Regional TV and Synergy and Acting Head of GMA Integrated News Oliver Victor B. Amoroso has been chosen once again as a distinct member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Health Service Command (AFPHSC) Multi-Sector Advisory Board (MSAB). The oath taking ceremony took place last March 31, 2023 at the AFP Health Service Command Victoriano Luna Auditorium, Camp Victoriano K. Luna, in V. Luna, Quezon City.
“It is truly an honor and a privilege to be chosen once again by the AFP Health Service Command to become part of its Multi-Sector Advisory Board. We commit to contribute as much as we can in upholding AFPHSC’s strategic priorities so that we can better help strengthen and recalibrate the health services for the Filipino soldiers, not only in the National Capital Region (NCR) but in key regional areas across the Philippines,” said Amoroso. At the height of the pandemic, Amoroso was first selected to become part of the AFPHSC MSAB in 2020 wherein he was appointed as Committee Chairperson for Communications and Advocacy. He became one of the Transformation Roadmap Champions from the private sector who helped AFPHSC realize its vision of becoming “A World-Class Health Care Services Provider of the AFP By 2028". The GMA executive also provided expert advice in the implementation of AFPHSC Transformation Roadmap and assisted in improving transparency and accountability in reporting performance.
In 2021, Amoroso was conferred with Command Plaque by the AFP for his remarkable contribution to the AFPHSC MSAB. He was honored for “championing the Armed Forces of the Philippines Health Service Command Transformation Roadmap towards a strong functional systems and processes of good governance and genuine transformation that successfully led to conferral of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Transformation Roadmap Institutionalization Pathway Proficient Status with Gold Governance Trailblazer Certification.” The MSAB was formed in response to AFPHSC commitment to promote good governance, transparency, and accountability within the framework of stakeholder consultation and engagement.
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Reverb Worship's "Pansumandali" Gets Short Film Treatment With A New Music Video Featuring Lara Quigaman-Alcaraz
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Shekinah Gram‘s story of waiting, searching, and eventually finding the One True Love that stays, is brought to life in a new music video – with a special performance by Lara Quigaman-Alcaraz. Produced by Reverb Worship and directed by Timmy Yee, the “Pansumandali” music video is a bittersweet reflection on how past experiences may inform the way our parents raise and guide us. At the core of the story is a mother-daughter relationship (the mother portrayed by Lara Quigaman-Alcaraz and the daughter portrayed by Patricia Chu), that starts out strained but is ultimately redeemed through humility, love, and compassion.
“Pansumandali", the single, was written and recorded by Shekinah Gram. The chorus’ first line, “Sabi ni Mama", has become the song’s hook, with fans of the song reportedly mistaking it as the title when they first encountered it. Shekinah herself has a very close relationship with her mother, whose personal experiences of loss, heartbreak, and ultimately finding God inspired the story concept. When asked about a formative memory with her mother, Shekinah answers, “I cannot think of just one. It’s all of the moments spent together – the late night chats over tteokbokki, the spontaneous trips, the weekend window shopping adventures – that I consider to have an impact in my life.” The faith her mother instilled in her is the same faith she has sowed in her song and in the music video. Shekinah leaves viewers with this encouragement: “I hope that wherever they are in the seasons of life, they will be reminded that there is One Love that does not change or falter. We will always be chosen by a good and loving Father.”
Get to Know the One True Love that never wavers, never ends. Stream “Pansumandali” on Spotify, Apple Music, and all digital streaming platforms. The official music video is now available for streaming via Reverb Worship’s YouTube channel. For music, motivation and current Christian content, follow Reverb Worship PH on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
