University of Santo Tomas (UST) Journalism student Alodia Berzel A. Laguardia won a press award at the Asia World Model United Nations III (AWMUN) event held in Bali, Indonesia. UST reports that the freshman student from the Faculty of Arts and Letters was awarded the Best News Article of International Press representing the Philippines under […]
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UST Magna Cum Laude Neil Kenneth Mendoza tops both Electronics Engineer, Electronics Technician licensure exams
University of Santo Tomas (UST) Magna Cum Laude graduate Neil Kenneth Tamina Mendoza topped both licensure examinations for Electronics Engineers and Electronics Technicians given this October by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Mendoza ranked first among 2,460 board passers in the Electronics Engineer Licensure Examination and first among 2,589 passers in the Electronics Technician Licensure […]
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UST graduate Justine Santiago tops CPA board exams, UP top performing school
University of Santo Tomas (UST) graduate Justine Louie Bautista Santiago topped the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Examination while the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman) secured its ranking as the top-performing school in the latest Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) results released Monday, October 21. UST led the top 17 board passers with 6 […]
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MEET: EJ Obiena, Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Philippines medal hope
Meet Ernest John “EJ” Obiena, the 23-year-old medal hope for the Philippines at the 2020 Summer Olympics. EJ Obiena is the first Filipino to qualify for a berth in the 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in Japan. Obiena met the Olympic Standard of 5.80 meters for men’s pole vault at the Salto Con L’asta […]
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MEET: UST’s Jay Patrick Nieles, UP’s Christian Luke Badua, young Filipino Science awardees
Meet Jay Patrick Nieles of the University of Santos Tomas (UST) and Christian Luke Badua of the University of the Philippines Manila (UP Manila), the young Filipino scientists who received the 2019 BPI DoST Science Awards. UST’s Jay Patrick Nieles and UP Manila’s Christian Luke Badua were awarded by the Department of Science and Technology […]
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LIST: Cebu and Bicol universities, UST top-notchers in board exams for electrical engineers
The University of San Carlos (USC) in Cebu City in central Philippines, Bicol University (BU) in Luzon, and the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Metro Manila topped the results of the Licensure Examinations for Electrical Engineers released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Friday. Mikhael Glen Borja Lataza of University of San Carlos, […]
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UST, UP Manila science students develop brain-computer, cancer treatment to aid patients
Science students from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) and University of the Philippines (UP) Manila developed medical aids for patients and won top science prizes for their research. University of Santo Tomas student Jay Patrick Nieles won the coveted Project of the Year prize for developing a brain-computer that aids locked-in syndrome (LIS) patients […]
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UST Singers’ Mark Agpasa judged Composition Winner of 2019 Busan Choral Festival & Competition
University of Santo Tomas (UST) Singers’ assistant musical director, Mark Raeniel Agpasa, was declared Composition Winner of the 2019 Busan Choral Festival & Competition. Mark Agpasa, a University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music graduate, was announced as the Gold Prize winner of the Composition Competition that judged 56 applicants from 29 countries. The assistant […]
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Chino Sy Tancontian grabs bronze in 2019 Asian Judo Cup in HongKong
Davao City’s Chino Sy Tancontian brought home the bronze medal from the International Judo Federation (IJF) Asian Cup Cadets and Juniors Championships in HongKong. The country’s Judo and Sambo fighter, who delivered the Philippines’ first gold at the 2nd Southeast Asian Sambo Championships in Indonesia in June, competed in the Junior Men’s -81 kg division […]
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Fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III 1st Filipino & Asian priest to head global Dominican Order
A Filipino priest from the Bicol region is the new worldwide head of the Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominicans. Fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, as the new Master of the Dominican Order, will oversee the various ministries worldwide of the Dominican friars, who number some 6,000 across more than 80 countries, and […]
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University of the Philippines-led biology team pioneers DNA barcoding to protect wildlife
A University of the Philippines (UP) Institute of Biology-led team is pioneering a method called DNA barcoding that can help protect wildlife from exploitation. The UP Bio team spearheaded by Dr. Ian Kendrich Fontanilla, Adrian Luczon, and the late Dr. Perry Ong had been working to perfect the system since 2008. According to a UP […]
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UP, Ateneo, De La Salle, UST score high in QS World University Rankings
Four higher education institutions in the Philippines namely, the University of the Philippines (UP), Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University (DLSU), and the University of Santo Tomas (UST) have scored high on the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings for 2019. UP Diliman, the only state university among the four, maintained its top-Philippine […]
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