The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) conferred the 2008 BPInoy Awards for world-class overseas Filipinos to international broadcast journalist Rico Hizon of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC World News), and international fashion designer Josie Natori.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has conferred healthy city awards to Parañaque and Marikina in recognition of their support and contributions in the promotion of health and well-being among cities and municipalities all over the world.

The husband and wife tandem of Dennis and Joy Posadas have finished writing a truly unique and entertainting new book to be released this December, published by the world’s leading publisher of Asian books Periplus Publishing.

By Jerome C. Dumlao

What started as an apostolate program for the youth of North Cotabato has grown into a multi-million- peso biodynamic farming and trading enterprise spanning most of Central Mindanao.

A Filipino marine scientist cite the discovery of at least four new species of coral in the Philippines.

The Philippines won a silver medal in men’s 3-on-3 basketball in the first Asian Beach Games at the Tanjung Benoa beach, Indonesia and at the 3rd Asian Archery Grand Prix 2008 at the Ateneo Open Field.

By Lloyd Luna

It has been quite a long while since I last wrote a blog. The reason is that my blog database got deleted when we transferred our web hosting facility. For me, it’s a fresh start. And there are some things I love about starting.

With the upcoming presidential election in November, many civic-minded people are anxious to vote for the candidate of their choice.

By Francisco J. Colayco

In the past we have talked about teaching your young child and then your teenager about saving and how to make good use of money.

By : Willy E. Arcilla

In these trying times, we can draw inspiration from how Chinese, possessing wisdom from a 5,000 year civilization, define a ‘Crisis’. The word is depicted as 2 characters — ‘Danger’ + ‘Opportunity’.