Para-swimming gold medalist Ernie Gawilan joined fellow para-athletes in a tour of the New Clark City (NCC) venue for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and the 2020 ASEAN Para Games and had only praises for the Aquatic Center where he will see action as the Philippines’ swimming champion. Ernie Gawilan told Good News Pilipinas that […]
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University of the Philippines, De La Salle University, College of Saint Benilde win Toyota Young Marketeers Challenge
The University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman), De La Salle University Manila (DLSU Manila), and De La Salle College of Saint Benilde Antipolo (DLS CSB Antipolo) won the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes respectively, at the first-ever 2019 Toyota Young Marketeers Challenge. The winning teams of the inaugural Toyota marketing competition won technology packages […]
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Hollywood director Francis Ford Coppola talks about surfing in the Philippines at Condé Nast Traveler summit
Hollywood’s iconic director Francis Ford Coppola talked about surfing in the Philippines during his keynote speech at the Condé Nast Traveler’s (CNT) Second Annual Travel Summit. The multi-awarded film director of The Godfather and owner of the Family Coppola Hideaways was the guest at the CNT conference on October 7 to discuss trends in the […]
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WATCH: Neil Etheridge leads Azkals’ stunning draw with football powerhouse China
Philippine Azkals’ goalkeeper Neil Etheridge led the men’s national football team’s stunning stop of Group A leader China Team Dragon to force a draw, 0-0, in the Joint Qualifiers’ game for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup held Tuesday night at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod. Neil Etheridge delivered […]
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Broadway’s Jhett Tolentino wins 9th award for bio-docu “Life Is What You Make It”
Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino’s foray into filmmaking has given him a 9th award for his self-produced biographical documentary, “Life Is What You Make It”, this time from the prestigious New Vision International Film Festival (NVIFF) in Amsterdam The Netherlands. “Life Is What You Make It” won Best Documentary Short at the 2019 edition of the […]
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Eumir Marcial bags Silver at AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Russia
Eumir Felix DS Marcial is the Top 2 World Middleweight boxer after bagging the Silver Medal at the AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The 23-year-old Eumir Marcial of Zamboanga City is the only boxer from Southeast Asia to win a medal at the event. The Philippine Air Force officer battled Bakshi Gleb […]
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Project Bayani QR Codes guide art-lovers through Southern Luzon museums and galleries
Eleven museums in the Southern Luzon provinces of Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, and Rizal, under the banner of the Southern Luzon Association of Museums (SLAM), are offering the Project Bayani QR Codes-assisted unique tour for art lovers this National Museum and Galleries Month of October in the Philippines. SLAM’s “Project Bayani: Curating South Luzon” is a […]
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European Union scholar Kent Tangcalagan graduates Summa Cum Laude
Filipino scholar Kent Tangcalagan is back in the country to share his experience after graduating Summa Cum Laude from the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree (EMJMD) in Comparative Local Development program of the European Union. Kent Tangcalagan finished his studies with an Excellent mark of 5.0, Excellent in Internship, and Excellent in Thesis. Tangkalagan’s two-year […]
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UP, DLSU, Mapua University technology researches spin-off into startup companies
Five technology research projects from the University of the Philippines Diliman, De La Salle University, and Mapua University are being established as startup companies with market-ready products in a spin-off project of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The five startup companies are being funded for a period of one year by the Funding […]
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Silliman University offers sanctuary for all wildlife
Silliman University (SU) in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental has declared its campus a sanctuary for all wildlife. The 62-hectare campus set between the Cuernos de Negros mountains and the Visayan sea will be a protected area where the collecting or harming of wildlife on campus is strictly prohibited. Silliman University, listed one of 50 Most Beautiful […]
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Boracay reclaims Top Asian Island in Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers Choice Awards
Boracay Island in the Philippines has reclaimed its No. 1 spot on the Top Islands in Asia list of the Condé Nast Traveler (CNT) 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards. The 2019 CNT Awards released in October named the world-famous four-square island of Boracay its top pick in Asia in a dominant showing of the Philippine islands […]
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WATCH: Nesthy Petecio beats Lludmila Vorontsove to capture World Featherweight GOLD in Russia
Nesthy Petecio is the new World Featherweight Champion after besting Russian champion Lludmila Vorontsove to capture the gold at the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships on October 13. The Filipina boxer from Davao won in points via split decision, 3:2, given by the five-member judge panel from Ireland, Australia, Korea, Japan, and Argentina. Petecio […]
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