Binondo’s heritage district received a shot in the arm as one of its heritage buildings breathed new life and has been reborn as the Grand Café 1919. The old, abandoned, and derelict building of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) – the oldest foreign bank in the Philippines – transformed into a gem that has […]
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University of the Philippines geologists dominate board exams, lead topnotchers
The University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman dominated the just-released results of the Geologist Licensure Examination, leading the topnotcher list and taking a total of 8 spots in the top 10 successful examinees. UP also led to top-performing schools. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) today released the newest board results indicating that 262 out of […]
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Historical marker of first Filipino settlement in America unveiled in Louisiana
A new historical marker for St. Malo, now standing inside the Los Islenos Museum Complex at Saint Bernard Parish in Louisiana, holds great meaning in Filipino-American history. Unveiled last November 9th, 2019, the St. Malo Marker is a reminder of the first Filipino settlement in America and a testament to Filipino resilience and ingenuity. The […]
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Central Luzon State University tops agriculturist board, UP Los Banos at 99% passing
Central Luzon State University (CLSU) in Nueva Ecija and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) in Laguna lead the new board passers of the Agriculturist Licensure Examination administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in November. The PRC results released today indicate that CLSU graduate Paul John Maningas Pangilinan leads the top 10 […]
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Pampanga transforms PHL’s biggest ferris wheel into giant Christmas lantern
Pampanga, known as a culinary hotbed and renowned as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines, has turned the country’s biggest ferris wheel into a giant “Parol” – the dazzling handcrafted Christmas lantern symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem. The Kampapangan Giant Parol Lantern, which was incorporated into the national costume of reigning MIss Universe Catriona Gray, […]
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Teenage gymnasts from Butuan, Cebu win 5 Golds in victorious 3-country European campaign
More winning moments for Filipino athletes, this time from two teenage Filipina gymnasts who together took home five gold medals for the Philippines from their 3-country European campaign as the Philippine National Women’s Rhythmic Gymnastics Team. Thirteen-year-old Breanna Labadan raised the Philippine flag on top of the podium three times in a row in Europe […]
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Philippines beats China, 11-1, to win Asian Baseball Championships Bronze in Guangdong
The newly formed Philippine Women’s Baseball Team beat host China in a tourney sweep, 11-1, to bag the overall bronze medal at the Women’s Baseball Asian Cup of the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) Asian Baseball Championships. The strong podium finish marks the previously-unranked Filipina baseball team’s international debut in the tournament held in Guangdong, […]
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AEDES, Ocean 4 win NASA Space Apps Challenge Manila, move on to global qualifiers
The multi-university Project AEDES and Lasallians’ Ocean 4 won the Manila leg of the 2019 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) International Space Apps Challenge and earned the right to represent the city in the global qualifiers. The two projects bested 18 teams selected from 114 applicants who participated in the hackathon, an event where […]
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Hollywood actor Dante Basco directs debut film “The Fabulous Filipino Brothers”
Watch out for “The Fabulous Filipino Brothers”, the film that marks the directorial debut of Filipino-American Hollywood actor and poet Dante Basco. Dante Basco is known as the first Fil-Am to make it in Hollywood and a pioneer in Asian American cinema with a career that spans over two and a half decades. Dante is […]
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Filipino basketball-inspired robotics heralds return of Nat’l Student Science Contest
As the 82nd University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball season winds down, Filipino basketball fans would surely appreciate and enjoy the upcoming new kind of basketball competition involving robotics science that is heating up and about to start on November 19-20, 2019. Dubbed as Tagisang Robotics 2.0, the basketball varsity-type robotics competition will […]
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New Clark City Athletics Stadium given Olympic Grade Class 1 mark, 1st for PHL
“Ilang tulog na lang.” It’s just days before the November 30th start of the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) and Filipinos would surely brim with pride as people around the world would get to see what the Philippines has to offer – the much-awaited SEA Games Opening Ceremonies and a first good look at […]
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Lyceum University Batangas bags 9 golds in World Scholar’s Cup at Yale University
The Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas (LPU-Batangas) High School team won and hauled in 19 medals from the just-concluded 2019 World Scholar’s Cup Tournament of Champions held from November 8-13 at Yale University, Connecticut, USA. The LPU Batangas delegation, composed of Kielle Imrei Tria, Yvette Frances Ortega, and Mark Joshua Noche mentored by LPU Batangas […]
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