It’s now less than a week before the Philippine women’s national football team makes its debut in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and co-captain Hali Long is excited to “prove and show what the Filipinas are made of.” *The Filipinas during their ongoing training camp in New Zealand for...
ACROSS THE DISTANCE Incoming FEU president Juan Miguel Montinola exchanges tokens of appreciation with B.C. Post Secondary Education & Future Skills minister Selina Robinson British Columbia Post Secondary Education and Future Skills (PSFS) minister Selina Robinson visited Far Eastern University...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Saturday, July 15, that Mayon Volcano remained at alert level 3 as it showed intensified unrest or magmatic unrest. The Mayon Volcano ejects massive pyroclastic density currents (PDC) towards the Basud Gully in Sto. Domingo...
A 4.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Davao Oriental on Friday night, July 14, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Photo credit to Phivolcs Phivolcs stated that the quake was monitored 54 kilometers (km) southeast of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental, at 10:04...
The Philippine government has reiterated its rejection of China's unilateral claim over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) even as Beijing maintained ownership of the entire South China Sea despite an arbitral ruling handed down seven years ago. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Spokesperson Ma....
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, July 14 criticized the statement released by the Chinese Embassy in Manila declaring the landmark arbitral ruling on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as “illegal, null and void” saying it is an affront to the Filipinos who courageously stood up for the...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit Davao Occidental on Thursday evening, July 13, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Photo credit to Phivolcs In the bulletin released by Phivolcs, the tremor was spotted 360 kilometers (km) southeast of Balut Island, Municipality of...
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) has opened its two newest programs, Bachelor of Science in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Bachelor in Holistic Disciplines, for the Academic Year 2023 to 2024. The Bachelor of Science in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (BS-SIE),...
Over the years, art has found itself changing with the times, often reflecting the generational change that comes along with it. Let us take ourselves back, as far back as when we as humans could barely even speak, in an era when humans had just discovered the basic tools to survive in the open. Can...
Ned Vizzini’s *It’s Kind of a Funny Story* called to me at least three times in bookstores. The last time I was shopping for a book to take home with me at an airport bookshop, I was caught between Gillian Flynn’s *Gone Girl* and this book and chose the former, only to end up buying the...
GOING FOR ACCURACY Javier Parisi wearing a leather cap designed by Helen Anderson, an art school buddy of John Lennon Has there been any other English rock band that could match the charisma and influence of the cultural phenomenon that is the Beatles? The Fab Four who shaped the landscape of...
Suman sa ibos Filipinos traveling home or visiting friends and relatives are always loaded with gifts, which we all call “uwi” or “pasalubong.” More often than not, these gifts are edible specialties unique to the place they have just come from—bagnet from Vigan, longanisa from Lucban,...
