Social distancing, recommended as a key to stopping the spread of COVID-19, brought forth South Korea-based actor-filmmaker Nash Ang’s new passion project, the Pinoy Seoul Radio.
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Angie is a self-confessed reformed news critic who vows she has finally found infinite value in delivering the good news. She teaches students of all ages how to make the important interesting for audiences across media platforms.
Fil-Am teen trainer Ryan Ang keeps kids safe against COVID-19 with basketball training online
Filipino-American teen trainer Ryan Ang is keeping kids safe against COVID-19 by encouraging them to stay home and instead get basketball training online – and this very welcome news for basketball-crazy Filipinos as Luzon Island has been declared under quarantine.
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UP Diliman students collaborate to make easy-setup sanitation tents, free to use amid COVID-19 quarantine
A group of University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman) students from various colleges has released an open letter about a collaborative project design for a sanitation tent that can be used to help stop the spread of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19, just hours after the Luzon-wide community quarantine was declared by the Philippine government on Monday.
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Globe joins civic groups in campaign against sexual exploitation of Filipino children online
As more Filipino children go online in these days of home study for students owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, a safer internet experience must be ensured by parents and guardians.
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La Salle Dasmariñas High School students develop electricity-generating pedestrian crossing, shoes
De La Salle University-Dasmariñas Senior High School (DLSU-D SHS) students have developed electricity-generating pedestrian crossing and shoes as their ecology-friendly school projects.
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NASA Space Apps Pinoy champion AEDES helps worldwide Coronatracker for COVID-19
The Pinoy champion team of Project Advanced Early Detection-Prediction and Exploration Service (Project AEDES), a dengue case predictor mapping system developed by a multi-university Philippine team that won in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Apps Challenge 2019 global hackathon, is also involved in a 100% open source worldwide initiative to map and analyze data on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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Globe gives Free data access to government sites for COVID-19 concerns
Globe Telecom is giving the public free data access to government sites of the Department of Health (DOH), National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) to address the need for reliable information at this time of Public Health Emergency in the Philippines with the COVID-19 outbreak and the volcanic activity of Taal Volcano.
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Disney picks Moira dela Torre to record Mulan theme song “Reflection”
Disney has picked Filipino Singer-songwriter Moira Dela Torre to record for local release a version of the song “Reflection” from the hit animation movie, Mulan, originated by Broadway star Lea Salonga.
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UPLB graduate Anjanette Tadena wins Int’l Youth Leaders Agribusiness Incubator Competition in Laos
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Agriculture graduate Anjanette S. Tadena has won the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Agribusiness Incubator Workshop Pitch Competition held in Pakse, Lao PDR.
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Flexible working in business centers outside Metro Manila cuts carbon footprint and lessens commute
Flexible working in business centers outside Metro Manila is cutting carbon footprint and lessening commute, according to the findings of the Suburban Economic Study.
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UP scientists-developed COVID-19 Test Kit now FDA-approved for local use
A new rapid test kit for COVID-19 developed by the University of the Philippines National Institutes of Health (UP NIH) scientists has finally secured a certification from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), allowing its use in early screening for positive cases.
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Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial earns 3rd Philippine ticket to Tokyo Olympics
Filipino champion boxer Eumir Marcial delivered a spectacular 3rd round stop in Jordan and earned the 3rd spot in the Philippine team going to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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