Not only those of a certain age but also and most important young people are invited to quite literally take up and come to grips with “Sa Ating Panonood: Pitong Dula at mga Palaisipang Panlipunan” by the playwright and cultural activist Bonifacio P. Ilagan. The coffee table volume, hefty in more ways than one, gathers...
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TIP clinches ‘Best Project of the Year’ in BPI-DOST competition for 2nd straight time
For the second consecutive year, the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) Quezon City has won the “Best Project of the Year” award in the prestigious BPI-DOST Innovation Awards. The team of 3rd year and 4th year electronics engineering students clinched the award with “Project Cacaotect,” a machine learning model that utilizes radio frequency to...
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Looking back and forward: 4 decades of pr work
The truth is I never expected to still be running my public relations agency of 40 years and counting. I set up my own pr company in 1983. Ninoy Aquino had just been assassinated as he disembarked from a plane at the Manila International Airport. The Philippine economy was in the doldrums, and within the...
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TIP strengthens academic excellence with latest institutional assessment
The Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) is now the third higher education institution in the country to pass the Asean University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Institutional Assessment. Overall, TIP is the 10th educational institution in Southeast Asia to garner this assessment, the engineering and technological school said in a statement. AUN-QA is among the top...
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Petrol Patrol
PETROL PATROL. Good news, motorists! Fuel prices are going down, though not much, effective Dec. 31, 2024 (Tuesday).
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Give2Gift program targets the elderly as beneficiary
What’s Christmas without giving to those in need? For its annual Give2Gift employee-led program that supports vulnerable communities, SmarTrade, in partnership with ATFX Cares, the corporate social responsibility arm of ATFX, extended help to San Lorenzo Ruiz Home for the Elderly in Pasay City. Food, clothing, healthcare products, toiletries, and other basic supplies contributed by...
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2024 RM Awardees take firm stand for peace, against war
With Tibetan prayer flags inscribed with the word “peace” in different languages hanging above them and fluttering in the breeze, the recipients of the 2024 Ramon Magsaysay Award made definitive statements against all conflicts and pleaded for peace worldwide. Each of them cited the immense value of collaboration in effecting positive change in their corners...
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7 years of empowering Filipinos
SmarTrade, a dedicated advocate of financial literacy, is marking seven years of empowering Filipinos with knowledge, tools, and partnerships to open doors to global trading opportunities. Key achievements underscore the company’s growth and impact since its founding. Through free year-round training sessions, it brought financial education to 661 communities across the Philippines. The sessions numbering 1,178...
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Experts to tackle AI, mental health issues in conference
The World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR) Philippines will hold its annual conference to discuss contemporary developments and current concerns in mental health in the country on Nov. 28-29 at the Pag-asa Hall of the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) in Mandaluyong City. Actions for harnessing new technologies and new concepts in the promotion...
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‘Pangalay at Maskara’ returns to historic FEU theater
The AlunAlun Dance Circle’s “Pangalay at Maskara” returns to the historic Far Eastern University (FEU) Auditorium in Manila in time for the celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Month this October. “Pangalay” (also known as “igal” and “pamansak”) is a living heritage that originates from the indigenous peoples of southern Philippines, namely the Sama, Badjao, Jama Mapun,...