Special Site URL: http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/thegoodnews/ http://services.inquirer.net/rss/thegoodnews.xml 2010-02-10T07:41:25+08:00 text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=250625 Miss Earth beauties are taking turns as storytellers in a special series of Inquirer Read-Along sessions celebrating nature and the fragile link among all life forms. text/html http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=246918 FILIPINO-Australian International singer MiG Ayesa makes his Broadway debut as the lead male vocalist in the hit musical Burn the Floor from January 5-10 at the Longacre Theatre on 48th Street and Broadway. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=243546 Ten-year-old Princess Ocampo has only one wish for Christmas—a toy. text/html http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=242956 BRILLANTE Mendoza has done it again! The Filipino film directors latest creation “Lola” has been awarded the Muhr AsiaAfrica best feature film at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) held at the Madinat Jumeriah Complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates text/html http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=242950 VOICE Independent Music Awards (VIMA) Malaysia’s Indie Awards has named a Filipina, Issa Rodriquez, as its first inductee into the VIMA Hall of Fame Awards. VIMA is one of Malaysia’s highly regarded award giving bodies that recognizes individuals/media who have championed the Malaysian music scene. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=242655 The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has won the Kate Webb Award of Agence France-Presse (AFP) for its fearless work in the world’s deadliest country for reporters, the agency announced Thursday. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=242652 Though she is gone, the memory of a Filipino woman with a quiet demeanor still resonates around the world. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=239696 Mabuting Pilipino is offering educational assistance to poor and deserving students who are children of media workers killed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=239690 United States singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is joining the prestigious roster of United Nations Messengers of Peace to advocate for the Organization’s work, with the artist who has been blind since birth championing people with disabilities. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=237918 Efren Penaflorida, the educator who was named 2009 CNN Hero of the Year for initiating a “pushcart classroom” to indigent children, will be feted to hero’s welcome when he returns to the country. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=237841 A Filipino street educator has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year for starting a “pushcart classroom” in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=237752 (UPDATE 2) For his innovative “Kariton Klasrum” (pushcart classroom) Filipino educator Efren Peņaflorida has been awarded by CNN as “2009 Hero of the Year.”