Six Philippine state universities are building Research & Development Centers to help boost regional development after being named the new Niche Centers in the Regions (NICER) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
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Leylah Annie Fernandez continues magical run to US Open Tennis finals
Leylah Annie Fernandez is continuing her magical run in the US Open Tennis Championships and is set to play in an epic teen-versus-teen match at the Women’s Singles finals, her first Grand Slam finals at the US Open.
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Pisay’s Francine Fabricante, OBMC’s Jaz Villanueva top Breakthrough Junior Challenge
Philippine Science High School-Main (Pisay) Grade 12 student Francine Fabricante and OB Montessori Center Las Piñas’ Grade 11 student Jaz Villanueva have made it to the Top 30 of the 2021 Breakthrough Junior Challenge.
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Alexandra Eala enters quarterfinals in US Open Tennis Juniors Singles, Doubles
Filipino tennis champion Alexandra “Alex” Eala has entered the quarterfinals in both the Girls’ Singles and Girls’ Doubles events at the US Open Tennis Championships.
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Leylah Fernandez secures historic 1st semis berth in US Open
Rising tennis star Leylah Annie Fernandez has secured a historic first as the youngest player to play in the semifinals of the US Open Championships in 16 years since an 18-year-old Maria Sharapova played the semis in 2005.
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New Jersey’s young Filipino basketball athletes train with HUSAY, Ryan Ang
Young Filipino basketball athletes of the Hudson-Union Sports Association for Youth (HUSAY) in New Jersey have been training with celebrated teen coach Ryan Ang when face-to-face training started being allowed with the lifting of COVID-19 quarantine restrictions for basketball training, practices, and games.
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LIST: Wesley So, Olympics, Jaja Santiago, Pinoy High Schoolers Top Good News Headlines
The Philippines’ triumphs in sports and academic competitions dominated the Good news headlines in August 2021, witnessed by Filipinos from the comforts of their homes as the country went into another round of stricter quarantine restrictions to curb the coronavirus disease.
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UP, DLSU, Ateneo place in Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The University of the Philippines (UP) and De La Salle University (DLSU) have again ranked in the annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR) 2022 while Ateneo de Manila University appears for the first time in the largest and most diverse listing of the world’s top higher education institutions.
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Philippines tweets Solar Messages of Hope to Glasgow COP26 climate summit
The Philippines will be tweeting Solar Messages of Hope to the 26th Climate Change Conference (COP26) set to be held in Glasgow in November 2021.
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UP student leader Lean Alejandro celebrated as youth hero on new docu-film
University of the Philippines (UP) student leader Leandro “Lean” Alejandro is celebrated as one of the finest examples of Filipino youth heroes in a new documentary film released on National Heroes Day.
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WATCH: Philippines’ 1st UP-built satellites launch to International Space Station
UPDATED: The launch of the Philippines’ first university-built satellites from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman) onboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in a Dragon C208 cargo bound for the International Space Station (ISS) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the USA on August 28, 2021, has been rescheduled to Sunday, August 29, due to bad weather conditions.
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BREAKING NEWS: Wesley So wins historic 2nd Grand Chess Tour championship
Wesley So has won a historic second championship title at the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) over-the-board tournament after an undefeated run in five events.
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