After a successful first season, the Philippine Youth Basketball Championship (PYBC) opens its second run with healthcare leader Unilab as partner. Unilab is platinum sponsor of the PYBC’s new season, with supporting brands Growee, HydroAid, Ceelin Plus, Enervon Z+, Alaxan Xtra, Myra, pH Care,...
BALI, INDONESIA—Southeast Asia is taking bold steps to professionalize its sporting landscape, with regional leaders affirming the Bali Declaration on Youth and Sports and unveiling plans to elevate the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) to global standards. The initiative includes the creation of...
Time seems to move faster each year, and somehow, we are already in the middle of summer. With everything happening around us, from constant noise online to long to-do lists and self-improvement goals waiting to be ticked off, it is easy to lose sight of what this season is really about. For many,...
Back in 2015, a young boy captured the heart of the Filipino nation with his heartfelt performance of One Direction’s “Night Changes” on “The Voice Kids” Philippines. Since then, Kyle Echarri has become a mainstay in the local entertainment scene, steadily growing from a promising young...
By Elysa Karrel Roces, 17 Ateneo de Manila University I had never been one to believe in fate. Sure, one small, seemingly irrelevant action could take me to places I wouldn’t have gotten to see without some feeling of divine intervention. But for what others called destiny, I saw reason. I did...
Former rebels and parents of students allegedly drawn into underground movements staged a Labor Day protest outside the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman in Quezon City on Friday, May 1, calling for stronger safeguards in schools against reported recruitment activities. The group urged...
By Jayke Brylle Balanrayos I have only stood on the national stage once, but once was enough. The National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) is painted as the pinnacle of campus journalism, a destination reserved for the cream of the crop. For many, it is the dream; the culmination of months of...
IAM Worldwide proudly announces the appointment of South Korea’s fastest-rising boy band AHOF as its newest Youth Ambassadors for 2026–2027, marking a powerful and progressive chapter for the popular health and wellness brand. The partnership also represents a historic first, making IAM...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday, April 25, urged Filipino parents and guardians to take a more proactive role in preventing youth extremism in the Philippines, stressing that families are critical to national security and long-term peace. In a statement from the Office of the Vice President...
A Filipino youth leader and student at British School Manila (BSM) in Taguig has called for the expanded use of sign language to benefit the Deaf and hard of hearing communities. Johann Nicholas Chan, co-founder and president of FSL [Filipino Sign Language] for Inclusive PH, a non-profit founded...
By Hailey C. Cardenas, 19 Far Eastern University I think time is a social construct. Not in the pretentious, I-don’t-believe-in-deadlines way but in that quiet realization that humanity made time because we were afraid of not knowing when things begin and when they end. Historians tell us...
MANILA, Philippines — A new national survey by Arkipelago Analytics shows that Filipino youth remain firmly opposed to restrictions on social media, even as many face worsening financial stress, lower happiness, and growing social disconnection. The findings show that 8 in 10 Filipino youth...
