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(Manila Bulletin) President Duterte said Filipinos should remember Philippine culture and history as honoring historical figures will encourage the people to honor modern-day heroes.

Duterte said this during the 501st anniversary of the Victory at Mactan and the closing of the 2021 Quincentennial Commemoration in the Philippines at the Liberty Shrine in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.

In his speech, Duterte hoped that the efforts to memorialize Lapulapu would lead Filipinos to appreciate the nation’s heroes of today.

“Even in the smallest of ways, we can show our love for our country and our fellow Filipinos,” he said on April 27.

The President emphasized the need for Filipinos to remember the country’s “long and rich history correctly” regardless of the current circumstances or whether it happened a long time ago… Read More

(Manila Bulletin) Ahead of the Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Finals on April 30, five winners of the prestigious Miss Universe pageant reunited at Okada Manila in Paranaque City on April 29!

Those who graced the dinner sponsored by the Miss Universe Philippines Organization were reigning Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu of India, Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray (Philippines), Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach (Philippines), Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Tebow (South Africa); and Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere (France).

Wurtzbach, Tebow, and Mittenaere will host the finals of the Miss Universe Philippines 2022 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City… Read More

(Manila Times) “Top Class: The Rise To P-Pop Stardom” — the biggest and newest P-Pop reality search competition in the Philippines — will have internationally-renowned dance superstar and choreographer Brian Puspos as its official dance mentor.

The announcement comes after the show revealed Asia’s Soul Supreme KZ Tandingan and Hip-Hop artist Shanti Dope as the contestants’ vocal and rap mentors, respectively.

“It means the world to me being Filipino-American, and just my love for the Philippines and our people, but also representing dance. You know, dance has just recently gone to the forefront of just art and I think it’s very important for me as a Filipino and as a dancer to be on such a high platform and to help people reach their dreams, help mentor them and shape them to get better,” he said during his launch.

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Hailing from Houston, Texas, USA, Puspos first gained recognition in the dance scene when his dance crew called “SoReal Cru” finished as the runner-up in the second season of Randy Jackson’s “America’s Best Dance Crew.” In the seventh season, he competed once again but this time with the “Mos Wanted Crew,” finishing third. He is also an R&B singer, having already released three EPs in 2017 and 2020… Read More

(Asia One) MANILA – The Philippines has pulled the plug on all domestic screenings of a Hollywood film called “Uncharted”, over a scene showing a disputed map of the South China Sea, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday (April 27)

The move comes shortly after Vietnam, another claimant in the South China Sea, also banned the Sony Pictures action movie, which stars Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. It was released in the Philippines on Feb 23.

A two-second frame in the movie contains an image of the so-called nine-dash line, which marks China’s claims in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway. The scene “is contrary to national interest,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.

The U-shaped line is a feature used on Chinese maps to illustrate its maritime territory in a region where Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei, and Malaysia, the Philippines all have competing claims.

A 2016 ruling by an arbitration tribunal in The Hague invalidated China’s claims to almost the entire waterway through which about $3 trillion worth of ship-borne trade passes annually. Beijing did not participate in the court proceedings and does not recognise the ruling… Read More

(KTOO) A megaship called the Norwegian Bliss was the first large cruise ship to come to Juneau this year. It tied up at the dock farthest from downtown, but at Bernadette’s barbecue stand, Dannie Lazaro was grilling a pile of chicken skewers in the hopes that people would start heading his way.

He wasn’t waiting for tourists, though. Most of his business is with the workers on the ship who largely hail from the Philippines or Indonesia and are often hankering for a taste of home.

Last year, COVID-19 restrictions meant that the crew more often than not couldn’t get off the ships in port at all, so that means Bernadette’s and other businesses in town that cater to crewmembers, did practically zero business. Bernadette’s offered delivery. Local longshoremen would pick up the food and take it to the crew stuck on the boats, but that hardly made up for the hundreds or thousands of workers that used to pass by his stand every day before the pandemic.

More than an hour after the ship docked, it was still unclear if the crew would get off the Norwegian Bliss. Lazaro was waiting for all the passengers to get off and then for the crew to board a van that would bring them closer to town… Read More

(The Guardian) On the penultimate day of January, Sarina Bolden scored the final penalty in a shootout that gave the Philippines victory over Taiwan, a place in the semi-final of the Women’s Asian Cup and – the biggest prize of all – automatic qualification to the 2023 Women’s World Cup. This is the first time a Philippines team of any gender at any age level will appear on the global stage.

As spot-kicks go then, it was a big one and the sight of the ball hitting the back of the net in the Indian city of Pune is one that the team’s coach, Alen Stajcic, will never forget. “It was pretty hard to describe – it was a special feeling,” the Australian, who took over last October, says. “Even though that had been the goal deep down for a lot of the players, it was still unexpected for them. It was great seeing people, people who had been there for a long time, celebrate something special.”

One of those celebrating was Mariano Araneta, the president of the Philippine Football Federation. “The achievement of the women’s team can be a gamechanger for the sport here,” he says. “It really goes beyond qualifying for the World Cup. It has given us renewed hope and has inspired all stakeholders to further develop the game.”.. Read More

(Manila Bulletin) The Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P.) T.I.P. stands tall and proud with 60 years of experience in providing quality education for all, bearing the colors white, yellow, black, and grey, T.I.P. is in the heart of two of the busiest central business districts in the metro (Quiapo, Manila and Cubao, Quezon City).

Founded in 1962 by Engr. Demetrio A. Quirino and Dr. Teresita U. Quirino, the institution has, time and again, proven to be a viable player in the field.

Here are the reasons why:

1. T.I.P.’s programs are ABET-accredited.

Not once, but twice.

T.I.P. got the first ABET accreditation of 20 of its programs in 2013 – 14 from the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) and 6 from the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC).

In 2018, T.I.P. vied for the second cycle of ABET international accreditation and received, a year later, reaccreditation of all 20 of its engineering and computing programs.

2. T.I.P. has recognitions from CHED… Read More

(British Caribbean News) According to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) of the Republic of the Philippines, local and national elections will take place in the Philippines on May 9, 2022. In connection with this, embassies of the Philippines around the world will be assisting with postal and mobile voting exercises for registered voters. One of these mobile voting exercises will take place in the Cayman Islands from April 23 to 27.

The mobile voting, to be conducted pursuant to COMELEC Resolution 10751 on behalf of the Embassy of the Philippines in Washington, D.C., will allow 109 female and 114 male registered Filipino voters in Cayman (who are not disqualified to vote under the laws of the Philippines) to cast their vote for president, vice-president, senators and Party List Representatives in the May 2022 elections.

The Embassy of the Philippines in Washington, D.C. confirmed that registered Filipino voters may collect their ballots from the Embassy’s Consular Outreach team at the outreach venue at Holiday Inn, 278 Crighton Drive Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Voters may personally submit their sealed accomplished ballots at the outreach venue until 6:00pm on April 27, 2022. They may also return their accomplished ballots by mail to the Embassy of the Philippines in Washington D.C… Read More