It’s what I do, Pinoys succeeding on the field! Meet the HR powerhouse of a multinational Financial Services company and the Project manager who constantly develops possibilities for the work environment. #illustradomagazine #taasnofilipino

As the city center of the Philippines, Manila is a dense stew of urban development and historic sentiment.

Mariecar is your quintessential journalist – ever-curious, resourceful, resilient, and with a level of integrity that has become an inspiration to the Filipino community in the Middle East. Her beat has taken her far and wide and has earned her various recognitions, such as the The Journalist Award that she received this year from a well-known Gulf-based publication.

Photo by Alex Callueng; Photography Assistant – Bethoven Filomeno Special thanks to – Giordano, Nikon, Liali Jewellery, Lulu, Mitsubishi and Western Union.

“It was horrible!” he says. “It was hours and hours of thirst and hunger as I queued in to meet up the judges, along with those thousand hopefuls, only to be crushed at the end of the day.” Filipino host in the hit noontime show Eat Bulaga Indonesia shares his story in Illustrado’s Angas Pinas by Excel Dyquianco.