Congratulations to our new June 2010 Filipino Pharmacists. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) recently announced that 869 out of 1261 or 68.91% passed the Pharmacy Board Exam given in the cities of Manila, Baguio and Cebu this June 2010. The members of the Board of Pharmacy who facilitated and gave the licensure examination are Mr. [...]
In his own rendition of Journey’s Faithfully, Jovit Baldovino captivated the audience of the new television show “Pilipinas Got Talent” and much like Susan Boyle did, will undoubtedly capture the hearts of the whole country as well as the world! “Pilipinas Got Talent” a brand new show, well at least in the Philippines, and the [...]
Local film makers are participating in the ongoing 14th Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) in a move to make the country stand out in the Asian digital content and film market, the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) said. According to CITEM, an attached agency of the Philippine Department of [...]
A collection of paintings by Angono artists are sold for about P 1,600 to P 1,900 at an upscale part of Quezon City during lunch and dinner time. Lunch hour crowds were enticed to buy one of those paintings which depicts life in the Philippine countryside. A painting by Federico Mendoza, a protege of multi-awarded [...]
Long before President Barrack Obama chanted his slogan ‘Change We Can Believe In,’ Efren Penaflorida, also known as Kuya Ef, has been building lives of children in dump sites and squatter areas with his group, the Dynamic Teen Company (DTC), with their motto, “We are the Change.” Kuya Ef is a finalist among the Top [...]
Iloilo City is now prepared to host this year’s ‘Philippine International Mathematics Competition’ that will gather some 100 teams from about 30 countries worldwide slated November 28 to December 2. The competition that will gather mathematics wizards will not only serve as avenue for the exchange of ideas and information about the subject matter but [...]
A young Filipino has bagged first place at the 2009 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Korea Multimedia Competition in Seoul, South Korea. Jophel Ybiosa of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) bagged first place in the photography category of the 2009 ASEAN-Korea Multimedia Competition. Ybiosa’s winning entry entitled, “Giants” feature the Higantes [...]
According to Forbes Asia magazine’s, heres the list of Philippines’ 40 richest people published last August 25, 2009: 1. Jaime Zobel de Ayala and family ($2 billion) 2. Henry Sy and family ($1.7 billion) 3. Lucio Tan and family ($1.6 billion) 4. Andrew Tan ($1.1 billion) 5. Manuel Villar ($940 million) 6. George Ty ($870 [...]
Afro-Filipina Anna Maria Flechero performs at the 2nd Annual S.F. Filipino American Jazz Festival at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on August 8. Jazz Vocalist and songwriter Anna Maria Flechero’s first CD, Journey Into The Fourteenth Hour (2004) has been described by Jazz Review as “an articulate and serious expression [...]
Twenty-eight-year-old Erik Jon Celino Spoelstra, the present head coach of Miami Heat, a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, USA, is a Filipino-American. Born on November 1, 1970 in Evanston, Illinois, his father is Irish-Dutch Jon Spoelstra, a long-time NBA executive involved with the Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets and New Jersey Nets. His [...]
