Filipino students have again displayed their excellence, this time in using the English language, and brought home 6 Golds, 8 Silvers, and 5 Bronze medals from the 10th Global Finals of SPEAK International Competition held in Kuala Lumpur. The Philippine delegation, accompanied by Alfredo Orosco and Angeline Orosco, went up against students from China, Indonesia, […]
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De La Salle University develops wearable robots to assist physical therapists
De La Salle University (DLSU) Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Technologies (DLSU-IBEHT) has developed wearable robots named “Agapay” and “Tayô” to assist the country’s 33,000 licensed physical therapists in rehabilitation treatments. The two projects, the first pure Filipino-made physical therapy equipment supported by the Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Health Research […]
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OPM artists Bayang Barrios and Noel Cabangon debut in 7th Rak of Aegis season
Bayang Barrios and Noel Cabangon have debuted on the 7th season of the Philippines’ longest-running original Filipino musical, Rak of Aegis (Rak). Noel Cabangon and Bayang Barrios, both multi-awarded indie singer-songwriters who have broken into the Philippine mainstream music industry, were presented on the Rak of Aegis stage in July at the Philippine Educational Theater […]
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DZUP’s UP Nating Mahal college radio show wins KBP Golden Dove Award
The University of the Philippines’ (UP) radio station, DZUP, once again won and bested commercial radio stations at the 27th Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Golden Dove Awards. UP Nating Mahal (Our Beloved UP), DZUP 1602 AM’s drama-talk radio program, won the Best Special Program Award for Radio at the Philippine broadcast industry […]
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Pinoys score 23 awards in Malaysia’s World Math-Fusion Olympiad Asian Finals
Pinoy mathematics students scored 23 awards in a dominant showing at the 13th Asian Finals of the World Math-Fusion Olympiad held in Kuala Lumpur. The Philippine team competed in the regional tournament from July 26 to 28 and emerged with a total of 23 awards including 4 Gold, 6 Silver, and 8 Bronze medals, and […]
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Greg Pak’s new superhero after Wave is written by 1st Filipina writer for Marvel
Marvel Comics writer Greg Pak has teased on social media that he is introducing another new Filipina superhero after the successful debut of WAVE – and that his new co-writer is of Filipino descent. The first Filipina Marvel superhero, WAVE, was introduced early this year in “War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas,” and […]
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Bishops call for ecological conversion, advocate against single-use plastics
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has issued a pastoral letter to call for the faithful to work in line with the advocacy for ecology. Titled “An urgent call for ecological conversion, hope in the face of climate emergency,” the CBCP letter issued in mid-July listed a number of concrete actions to be […]
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Palawan is one of the 13 Places Where You Can See the Bluest Waters
Palawan island in the Philippines has again been named among the world’s best – this time as one of the “13 Places Where You Can See the Bluest Waters.” Earlier in July, Palawan joined the list of the Top 15 Best Islands in the World in the annual World’s Best Awards (WBA) of Travel + […]
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SPACES World Plaza awarded Best Co-Working Space in the Philippines
SPACES World Plaza in Bonifacio Global City Taguig was adjudged the Philippines’ Best Co-Working Space at the 2019 PropertyGuru awards held in July. SPACES by IWG, a pioneer in the Philippines, was given the Design Award for its outstanding design aesthetics for a co-working environment. The PropertyGuru citation was awarded less than a year since […]
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Myanmar franchises own version of Eat Bulaga with Dabarkads
Eat Bulaga, the Philippines’ longest-running noontime variety show, will soon be seen in Myanmar with its own version of Dabarkads. Eat Bulaga announced on July 30 the awarding of its second franchise to Myanmar. The Philippine television program was first franchised to Indonesia in 2012 as “Eat Bulaga! Indonesia” with local hosts including Indonesia-based Filipino, […]
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Compact hospital model in Pangasinan earns finals spot in World Architecture Festival
A Pinoy-designed model of a compact hospital for disaster-prone rural Philippines has earned a finalist spot in the World Architecture Festival. Sagip-Kanlungan, a design for a hospital facility in Pangasinan, is among 7 finalists in the Future Projects Health category – a first for a Filipino entry in the prestigious festival competition. The Philippine hospital […]
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GMA Network awarded YouTube Diamond Creator for 10 Million subscribers
Popular video-sharing network YouTube has given GMA Entertainment Channel the Diamond Content Creator Award for reaching 10 Million subscribers – the highest award it gives its members. GMA, a multi-awarded Philippine network, was credited by YouTube Southeast Asia as only 1 of the 5 media networks in the region to receive the distinction. GMA received […]
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