Senators have congratulated journalist Maria Ressa for winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Maria Ressa (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Senator Risa Hontiveros praised Ressa for being the first Filipino to win the most prestigious recognition in the world. The Norweigan Nobel Committee...
"We had gold in our hands." Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the country could have received its first Nobel Peace Prize years ago with the late former President Corazon Aquino but said her people were so "full of it" that they never tried to get it for her....
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize for his unflinching portrayal of the effects of colonialism and the trauma of the refugee experience. Books by Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah are on display at the Swedish Academy in...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Oct. 5, recognized the outstanding achievements of two public school teachers and a student journalist after making it to the Top 50 of Global Teacher and Student Prize 2021. Photo from DepEd “Our teachers and learners are really our treasure for...
A solo winner from Manila City in Metro Manila bagged the P5.94-million Lotto 6/42 jackpot prize, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) announced on Sunday, Aug. 29. (PCSO Facebook page) In a Facebook post, PCSO said that the winning ticket was bought in the City of Manila in the...
The Alipugpug Tech Solution (ATS), which is composed of students from the University of Mindanao – Davao City Campus will be representing the Philippines in the prestigious Hult Prize International 2021, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced. (Screenshot from Hult.org...
DR. RODNEY H. PEREZ (UPLB WEBSITE) A researcher of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH) has been named as a recipient of the Young Asian Biotechnologist Prize (2021) by the Society for Biotechnology, Japan (SBJ). Dr. Rodney H. Perez, the first Filipino to receive...
The Department of Education (DepEd) TV has been conferred the Grand Prize for Outstanding Thematic Presentation in SIGNIS Asia TV Conference held in South Korea last week. (Department of Education Facebook page) SIGNIS Asia, one of the regional groupings of the SIGNIS, the World Catholic...
The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) and its Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) have officially opened the call for entries to the 2021 Productivity Olympics in the new normal. NWPC Executive Director Maria Criselda Sy (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) But what...
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is now accepting entries for this year's Writer's Prize, a biennial award given to promising writers across various genres. (NCCA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The award is given to given to a total of five writers, one each for the...
And that’s how American poet Louise Glück won the 2020 Nobel Prize in literature WHAT LUCK Louise Glück's refractions depict the counterpoint between fact and fable It is my mother’s voice you hear or is it only the sound the trees make when the air passes through them because what sound...
American poet Louise Glück was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature “her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal,” according to the Swedish Academy. Mats Malm , permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, announced Glück’s Nobel in...
