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PRESS STATEMENT: On the Coverage of PhilHealth for SARS-CoV-2 tests using RT-PCR

This figure (P8,150 per test) was based on data collected before April 1, 2020, when there was very limited testing capacity in the country...

SM foundation scholar-graduates hurdle bar exams

Jay-Ann and Kerven’s journey is an inspiration for other SM scholars who, like them dreamt of a better life for their family. True to its mission, the SM College Scholarship Program paved the way and helped them attain their dreams.

BDO Foundation rehabs Capiz, Iloilo and Negros Occidental health centers

Now that BDO Foundation has successfully rehabilitated more than 80 rural health units across the country, public health officials have taken notice. Concerned about the health and well-being of their constituents, they have called on the foundation to sustain its corporate citizenship initiative to reach beneficiaries in more communities. One such community is the fourth-class municipality of Lemery in Iloilo.

foodpanda and Manila City Government provide jobs to displaced tricycle drivers with pandaTODA

Foodpanda, an on-demand food delivery app in the Philippines, and the City Government of Manila signed today a partnership Agreement for a project that will provide jobs to the City’s 500 tricycle drivers who were affected by the government’s imposition of the enhanced community quarantine to fight the spread of COVID-19 virus.

The colors of hope

On the morning of Apr. 19, on that cramped space by the porch where I comb the internet daily for news on the COVID-19...

The Belle of FFH

She is the co-founder of Football for Humanity (FFH), an international non-stock, non-profit, non-government organization that focuses on community development and peace building. An immensely...

Football for Humanity bridges infrastructure gap in PH football

In line with FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s recent visit to Manila in support of the country’s football development, one of the main topics touched...

Real or artificial? Tech titans declare AI ethics concerns

The biggest tech companies want you to know that they're taking special care to ensure that their use of artificial intelligence to sift through...

Rinsing rice

I fed two takal of rice Into the newly washed pot. Scooped water for rinsing. Fumbled, stirred the seeds Of Tatay’s perspiration. Spilled the milky water. Poured out slowly until...

Play for Goals

Mens sana, in corpore sano. Few Filipino children would know what these words mean, but for good friends Chris Thomas and Quintin Pastrana, it was...

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Team Philippines turns up the heat on ice at the 33rd SEA Games

Fast. Fearless. Unstoppable. As the 33rd Southeast Asian Games light up Bangkok, Thailand, Team Philippines is charging into the spotlight—bringing speed, style, and serious fire across Speed Skating, Figure Skating, and Ice Hockey. This year’s Philippine skating delegation isn’t just competing—they’re making statements. From explosive short track racers to...

UP Chemists synthesize new hybrid molecules that limit cancer cell spread

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the Philippines recorded nearly 189,000 new cancer cases and more than 113,000 cancer-related deaths in 2022. Globally, IARC also projects that the number of new cases will rise to over 35 million by 2050, which is a...

Ateneo, Manila Observatory track down elusive rain-triggering ‘shear lines’

Much of the heavy rains that hit the Philippines during the Amihan northeast monsoon season between November and March are triggered by “shear lines”: kilometers-long bands of converging warm and cold air that are constantly shifting and difficult to spot even via satellite.  A new physics-based algorithm developed by a...