Fourteen Filipino students won five gold, two silver and seven bronze medals in the individual final round of the 5th International Tournament Mathematics Without Borders held in Bulgaria from June 30 to July 2. This is the Philippines’ first participation in the tilt, organized by the Education without Borders Pedagogical Association (Bulgaria) and Innovation Science […]
Editor’s Note: For this issue, we are reprinting Carlos Palanca’s second testimony before the Philippine Commission on July 8, 1899 (see Tulay June 19-July 9, 2018 issue for his first testimony). Carlos Palanca or Chan/Tan Quiensien (陳謙善) was a famous capitan chino during the latter part of the Spanish period, in the 19th century. He also […]
No event of the Buddha’s Light International Association (國際佛光會) Philippine community is complete without extravagant musical performances. The 2018 BLIA Fellowship Meeting was no exception. The event opened with “FLIP 2018: A Concert for Love and Peace” where delegates and venerables – ordained Buddhist monks and nuns – from 10 Asian countries were entertained by […]
Last June 30, President Rodrigo Duterte marked his second year as president. On July 23, he will deliver his third state of the nation address and detail his accomplishments. Will he also candidly detail where he has failed and what he intends to do about them in his remaining four years in office? An informal […]
Many adults in the country become seriously ill from diseases that vaccines can help prevent. They might even die from these diseases. Vaccines can help protect a person from unnecessary suffering. The protection received during childhood from some vaccines can wear off, necessitating booster doses in adulthood. You may require other vaccines for other diseases […]
In celebration of Philippine Heritage Month (in China) and to further strengthen Philippines-China relations, as well as friendship, cooperation and understanding between the Philippines and Fujian, our balangay team under the leadership of Art Valdez replicated part of the 1417 voyage of the sultan of Sulu to China. The faint glow of the Milky Way […]