Leading broadcast station GMA Network made the country proud anew with four World Medals at the 2022 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards, with The Atom Araullo Specials winning a Gold Medal. GMA was the sole Philippine awardee in this year’s competition. “Munting Bisig (Young Arms),” the winning entry from the said GMA Public Affairs program, bested entries from other countries in the Documentary: Social Issues category. The episode looked into the plight of children w...

It’s official! Kapuso Primetime King and Queen Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera are set to make their much awaited TV comeback with the sitcom ‘Jose & Maria’s Bonggang Villa.’ Last April 25, the two Kapuso prime stars attended the contract signing together with GMA Network and APT Entertainment executives who showed their full support via video messages and their presence at Luxent Hotel. Present during the momentous event were GMA Network Films, Inc. President a...

Sacramento, CA - The California Big City Mayors, a bipartisan coalition of the mayors of California’s 13 largest cities, held a press conference in Sacramento today to highlight the importance of flexible state funding in addressing the statewide crisis of homelessness. As currently budgeted, a key flexible funding source called Homelessness Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) ends in 2023. HHAP is a flexible state funding program established in 2019. Along with the Ho...

SAN JOSÉ, CA - Today, San José Mayor Sam Liccardo joined students, donors, and community partners to celebrate the first anniversary of San José Aspires (SJ Aspires) a micro-scholarships and resource program that works to reduce financial and informational barriers preventing low-income youth in San José from attending college. The program has received $9 million in philanthropic donations and so far served 1,190 first-generation, low-income students in San José. “San José A...

SACRAMENTO – Financial institutions operating in California that provide more than $1 billion in funding to fossil fuel industries would face a climate resiliency surcharge under legislation introduced by Senator Josh Becker. “Senate Bill 1301 would send a clear message to major financiers that if they fund fossil fuel industries, then they must also help fund the climate resiliency of our state,” said Senator Becker, chair of the Senate Subcommittee on the Clean Energy Futu...

SAN FRANCISCO, 28 April 2022 - Dynamico Space, supported by the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco and the Philippine Trade & Investment Center Silicon Valley, held its 3rd Mentor Feedback Session virtually on 7 April. The session was a collaboration with IDEYA, the first technology business incubator in Mindanao funded by the Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCI...

New: PG&E Announces Expansion of STEM Scholarship Program to Include Historically Black Colleges and Universities  Oakland, Calif. — The PG&E Corporation Foundation (Foundation) is inviting applications to the annual Better Together STEM Scholarship Program. This year, responding to a trend in applications from students admitted to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), eligibility is expanding to students planning to attend HBCUs anywhere in the United...