(SEPT 4)–The Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines Diliman (CI-UPD) will offer the Chinese Mandarin for Managers Course at the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and its 120 local business chambers and industry associations around the Philippines. The cooperation between PCCI and CI-UPD was formalized with both parties signing a memorandum of […]

Prof. Carla B. Dimalanta, D.Sc., Professor 10 at the National Institute of Geological Sciences, is one of the 10 recipients of this year’s Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos Award.  A program of the Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI), the Outstanding Filipinos Award is a career-service exemplar in the academe, the military and the police force. The award […]

(SEPT. 4)— Multi-awarded broadcast journalist Maria Jessica A. Soho added another feather in her cap after being awarded the 2018 UP Gawad Plaridel. The Gawad Plaridel, named after the Philippine hero Marcelo H. del Pilar’s nom de plume, is the CMC’s distinction for Filipino media practitioners who excelled in any of the media (print, radio, film […]

(AUG. 30) – Scholars of Philippine languages and dialects may now publish their researches on “The Archive,” a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the county’s languages and dialects. Published by the Department of Linguistics of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP-DL) the journal was launched on Aug. 25 at the Palma Hall.  Prof. Farah […]

(ABS-CBN)—The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) was named grand prize winner in the 66th Concorso Polifonico Internazionale “Guido d’Arezzo” choral competition in Italy. Read more…

(AUG. 24) — Are collectors in the Philippines still allowed to own rare and unique pieces?  Yes, according to the paper “Ceramics make strange bedfellows: The contributions of the Oriental Ceramics Society of the Philippines to Philippine Archaeology.”  The research by archaeologist and UP Archaeological Studies Program (ASP) faculty Prof. Grace L. Barretto-Tesoro, PhD, cleared […]

(AUG. 22)—August in the Philippines is Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa or National Language Month.  What most do not know is August in the country is also History Month. August is Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa, as declared by Proklamasyon Blg. 1041, s. 1997 (Proclamation No. 1041, s. 1997) and signed on July 15, 1997 by former […]

(AUG. 17)—The national language evolves and develops based on existing languages in the Philippines.  This was part of the conclusion of Francisco Rosario Jr.’s research which he presented at the annual Linguistics Faculty Research Colloquium, Aug. 17, 1 to 4 p.m. at the Palma Hall 207.   Rosario, who presented “The role of language transfer […]

(AUG. 14)—There are more than 160,000 Filipinos in Italy and most of them work in the domestic and family sector.  This is according to the 2016 executive summary of the Ministerio del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali on the Filipino Community (http://www.integrazionemigranti.gov.it). The summary states the Filipino community is the sixth largest in terms of […]