Graduates of De La Salle University (DLSU) and the University of the Philippines (UP) topped the recent Chemical Engineer Licensure Examination administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in November. DLSU Manila graduate Martin Zechariah Magat Valencia placed first, followed by two University of the Philippines graduates, Maru Feriel Olivan Del Carmen of UP Diliman […]
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UP Pep Squad scores Silver & Bronze at 2019 Cheerleading World Championships in Japan
The University of the Philippines Pep Squad (UP Pep Squad) raised the Philippine flag in Japan after scoring a Silver and a Bronze at the 2019 Cheerleading World Championships held November 23-24 in Takasaki. The state university varsity cheerleaders won their Silver in the Cheerleading Senior All Female division with a score of 358 points […]
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Philippine college radios gather in UP to discuss basics of media principles and practice
College radios in the Philippines are coming together again for the fourth time in as many years for the Philippine College Radio Congress (PCRC) at the University of the Philippines. Some 300 select media and communication students, faculty, scholars, professionals, and college radio practitioners and enthusiasts from across major island groups of the country are […]
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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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Teen author Chloe Reynaldo tackles girl issues in empowering book “Be A Girl Champion”
Teen author and illustrator Chloe Seraspe Reynaldo has released her book, “Be A Girl Champion”, a compilation of stories about seven young girls who faced hardships in their lives but who came out stronger and wiser. The 19-year-old sophomore Biology student at the University of the Philippines Diliman worked for three years on the book […]
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UP honors 1st Filipino White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford
The University of the Philippines (UP) has honored Cristeta Pasia Comerford, the first Filipino executive chef of the White House, with the conferment of a degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, in ceremonies held November in UP Diliman. Pasia-Comerford, a BS Food Technology major at the College of Home Economics in UP Diliman, […]
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Filipino language course in Philippine Studies offered in Humboldt University of Berlin
Filipino language is now being offered in the Advancing Philippine Studies Program of Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany. Germany’s premier university will have its first Filipino language full module as one of the major components of the Philippine Studies Program in the HU’s Institute of Asian and African Studies (HU-IAAW) starting Summer Semester 2020 […]
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UP Fighting Maroons’ inspiring story of unity gets world attention in soon-to-be released book
The incredible journey of how the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT) rose from being a perennial bottom dweller to a championship contender is chronicled in a soon-to-be-released book published by the Nowhere To Go But UP Foundation. The upcoming release of “Nowhere To Go But UP (How a Basketball Team […]
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Patch Magtanong inspires Miss International Pageant saying no woman should be “left behind”
Miss Philippines International Bea Patricia “Patch” Magtanong was praised by English-speaking audiences around the world with her speech about women empowerment during the Miss International 2019 pageant held in Japan. The beauty queen-lawyer alumna of the University of the Philippines who passed the bar this year and the other finalists in the Top 8 of […]
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Caraga State University, UP Diliman top Geodetic Engineer Licensure Examination
Caraga State University (CSU) Butuan City graduate Charlene Gallentes Bolastig led the topnotchers of the Geodetic Engineer Licensure Examination as University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman led the top-performing schools in terms of passing rates. Bolastig is joined by 3 other CSU graduates who ranked in the Top 13 of successful examinees, with 6 from […]
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Senior citizens welcome to work in Philippine state universities
Senior citizens who wish to continue working beyond their retirement age are welcome to work in state universities like the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Manila. The official announcement was made during the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) represented by the Secretary of Labor […]
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UP Fighting Maroons inspire songs and poetry championing community spirit
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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