The inspiring journey of the University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons Men’s Basketball Team (MBT), from cellar-dweller to superstar team that draws massive crowds and rockstar attention to its University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) games, has been captured in poetry and song rendered by members of the UP community. The day after […]
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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.
University of the Philippines deploys resilience experts to help earthquake-stricken Mindanao
The University of the Philippines is deploying its experts and harnessing resources to help Mindanao areas struck by massive earthquakes in October that rendered many areas under the State of Calamity. Following the successive magnitude 6.5 quake and 6.6 aftershock in the last days of October, the UP community immediately set up donation drives throughout […]
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Filipino champions of Team Lakay, Catalan Fighting System topbill ONE Championship Thrilla in Manila
Filipino Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) champions from Team Lakay and Catalan Fighting System are headlining the ONE Championship Thrilla in Manila today at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Four Filipino champions – Joshua “The Passion” Pacio, Rene “The Challenger” Catalan, Eduard “The Landslide” Folayang, and Geje “Gravity” Eustaquio – will see action […]
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Baler’s Arvin Amatorio is 2nd Filipino mayor in New Jersey
Baler, Aurora native Arvin Gomez Amatorio won the mayoralty race of Bergenfield in Bergen County, New Jersey on Tuesday, making the immigration lawyer the second mayor of Filipino descent to lead the town nearly 20 years after Robert Rivas was chief executive. Atty. Amatorio, running under the banner of the Democratic Party, is up for […]
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Dep-Ed adopts Globe’s Digital Thumbprint Program to keep schoolchildren safe from online sexual exposure
The Philippines’ Department of Education (Dep-Ed) has adopted Globe Telecom’s Digital Thumbprint Program (DTP) to help keep schoolchildren safe from online sexual exposure. DTP was designed to mold children into becoming responsible online citizens through learning modules and workshops that take a closer look at their online behavior and help boost their knowledge regarding digital […]
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UP Manila doctors represent PHL at InterAcademy Leadership Program in Berlin, Germany
Two doctors from the University of the Philippines Manila (UP Manila) have been hailed among the world’s next generation of physician leaders from the Philippines in the 2019 InterAcademy Partnership’s Young Physician Leaders (IAP YPL) Programme held in Germany. The UP Manila doctors joined 20 other outstanding early career physicians from 21 countries who were […]
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Philippines’ Sycwin is world’s 1st company with industrial brands certified lead-safe paint
Philippine paint manufacturer, Sycwin Coating & Wires, has been declared the world’s first company to have its industrial brand paints certified lead-safe. Sycwin’s entire portfolio of architectural paints of 10 brands and 590 paint products have been certified under the Lead Safe Paint® standard, an independent certification program that verifies paints with the strictest regulatory […]
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Ateneo’s ALSE OF-LIFE graduates 5 batches of overseas Filipino workers
The Ateneo Overseas Filipinos’ Leadership, Innovation, Financial Literacy and Social Entrepreneurship (ALSE OF-LIFE) Training Program had 5 batches of graduates this October who are now poised to improve their situation in their host country and even in the Philippines. The OF-LIFE/ALSE is described as an empowerment program targeting overseas Filipinos (OFs), mostly working in ‘3 […]
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Technology leader Maria Beebe honored with Most Influential Filipina Woman in the World Award in Paris
Technology leader Dr. Maria Beebe was honored with the prestigious Most Influential Filipina Woman in the World Award in Paris, France. Dr. Beebe was recognized by the San Francisco-based advocacy organization of Filipina Women’s Network (FWN) as a Continuing Influential Innovator & Thought Leader awardee in the Gala Awards Ceremony at the 16th Filipina Leadership […]
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Margielyn Didal wins 2 Skateboarding Championships in Los Angeles
Filipino skate champion Margielyn Didal boosted her Olympics hope after winning in two skateboarding championships on the same day in Los Angeles, California. The 2018 Asian Games gold medalist for the Philippines topped two events – the 15+ Women’s Street and the Best Trick Street – at the 8th Annual Exposure Skate held at Huntington […]
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Honest Baseco Tondo tricycle driver Benjie Ordanza returns 1.2 million pesos
A tricycle driver from Baseco in Tondo in Manila has been hailed and rewarded for being honest after returning Php1.2 million pesos and valuables he found. Benjie Ordanza, a 42-year-old public transport driver from the slum communities in the capital city of the Philippines, returned a bag containing the cash and other valuables to a […]
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University of the Philippines’ Siyap soundscape installation allows public to hear wild birds on campus
The University of the Philippines (UP) community and visitors will soon more clearly hear the chirps of campus wildlife residents with “Siyap”, an outdoor exhibit of wild bird sounds in UP Diliman. “Siyap” – meaning “chirp” or “twitter” in Filipino – is the soundscape installation that allows the public to hear the wild birds living […]
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