The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) awarded Villar Sipag, the foundation built by the family of Senator Cynthia A. Villar, for its dedication, continuous support and esteemed contributions towards a cleaner, healthier and greener environment. The awarding ceremonies was held...
Back in 2012, led by Dr. Rumalie Corvera, the Ruth Foundation for Palliative Care was formed with the primary purpose of providing community-based opportunities for service in the care of the homebound elderly, and those with life-limiting illnesses. Quite often, these are the marginalized who are...
Loewe announces winner and special mentions of the 2022 edition of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize SPECIAL MENTION Andile Dyalvane and his artwork For her work, “A Time of Sincerity,” 2021, Korean milliner Dahye Jeong has been awarded the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize. She has been chosen...
There has been a strong interest in cultivating home gardens, especially those that grow food, ever since the strict restrictions of the pandemic kept people at home for long periods. Many research studies have documented this trend and have even counted as benefits the stress relief, improved...
In March 2022, the JC Cares Foundation, in partnership with GMA Kapuso Foundation, extended its helping hand to help finance the treatments of Gadiel Caagusan, a child with a unique case of tongue hemangioma that has caused swelling as big as his face, an unfortunate condition that impairs his...
Former vice president Leni Robredo on Wednesday, July 13, gave a virtual tour of her new office in the headquarters of Angat Buhay, the nongovernment organization she founded and currently chairs to continue her poverty alleviation programs. Former vice president Leni Robredo (OVP photo) The...
An active partner and supporter of Filipino farmers, SMFI provides farmers with modern farming skills and tools through its Kabalikat Sa Kabuhayan on Sustainable Agriculture (Pre-pandemic photo). Earlier this year, in April; for the very first time, the SM Foundation (SMFI) was conferred a Silver...
A National Treasure restored by Escuella Taller The recent restoration of La Loma Chapel was the product of the efforts between Escuela Taller de Filipinas Foundation, Inc. or Escuela Taller and the Diocese of Kalookan. The restoration of the chapel facade took just 11 months to complete. The newly...
On its year four, the Mega Bigay Sustansya has been helping malnourished children across the country At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, various brands made buzz for helping those in need especially, the children who are battling with malnutrition, one of them is the proudly local sardines...
The Fred Hollows Foundation conducted an on-site eye screening and community visit for an Indigenous Peoples (IPs) community in Barangay Tongko Tayabas City, Quezon on Tuesday, June 21. (NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CALABARZON) In a Facebook post of the National Commission on...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s weekly public service radio show, “BISErbisyong Leni,” will come to an end this Sunday, June 26. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo by Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez said that this week’s episode would be the last in the...
Spotlight on UP’s Maria Christine Muyco as the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio fellow By Emma Orozco Maria Christine Muyco, music composer, ethnomusicologist, and music composition professor at the University of the Philippines recently enjoyed a scholarship of residency at Bellagio. It...
