Filipino American Grandmaster Wesley So is set to battle a 3-way rapid playoff tiebreak for the right to claim the US Chess Championship title.
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Wesley So leads going into final round of US Chess Championship title defense
Wesley So’s United States Chess Championship title defense is looking good as the Filipino American Grandmaster remains on top of the leaderboard going into the final round of the tournament.
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DLSU retains PH leadership in business & economics, enters education world ranking
De La Salle University (DLSU) has retained its leadership among the Philippines’ higher educational institutions offering business & economics subjects and has entered the education subject leaders’ list according to the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR) by Subject.
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LOOK: Gremlins Christmas LEGO playset is Ivan Guerrero’s project after Sesame Street
Take a look at the Gremlins at Christmas LEGO toy set built by Filipino filmmaker and designer Ivan Guerrero, his new project after his Sesame Street design successfully got the nod from the toy bricks maker.
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1st Filipino Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa hailed press freedom world champion
The first Filipino Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Maria Ressa, has just been hailed as a world champion for press freedom and democracy.
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JUST IN: Philippines’ UP-made Maya cube satellites released to space orbit from ISS
The Philippines’ Maya-3 and Maya-4 cube satellites (CubeSats) built at the University of the Philippines Diliman have just been released to space orbit from the International Space Station (ISS).
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How UP NOAH helps build Filipino resilience against disaster
The University of the Philippines Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (UP-NOAH) is making good on its mission to build Filipino resilience against disaster.
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UP Visayas Team Amplify’s waste tracker reps PH in ASEAN Data Science finals
University of the Philippines Visayas’ Team Amplify with its waste generation tracker is representing the country at the ASEAN Data Science Explorers (DSE) Regional Finals competition.
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Little Picasso Worth Lodriga named Philippines’ 1st Child Youth Ambassador
Little Picasso of the Philippines Worth Lodriga has been named the country’s first-ever Child Youth Ambassador of the National Youth Commission (NYC).
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Philippines keeps innovation achiever status in Global Innovation Index
The Philippines has kept its place for the third straight year as an “Innovation Achiever” on the 2021 Global Innovation Index (GII) which tracked innovation through the COVID-19 crisis.
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Carlo Biado nails US Open Pool Championship, 1st PH win in 27 years since Efren Reyes
The Philippines’ Carlo Biado has won the US Open Pool Championship, the first time a Filipino took the title in 27 years since world sports legend Efren “Bata” “Reyes” won the same event.
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Lasallian heroes against Martial Law honored on International Day of Peace
Lasallian heroes Jose “Ka Pepe” Diokno, Lorenzo “Ka Tanny” Tañada, and Bishop Felix Paz Perez will be honored on September 21, 2021, to mark the United Nations International Day of Peace and the 49th Anniversary of Martial Law in the Philippines.
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