Tzu Chi Philippines has broken ground on its first permanent housing project, the Tzu Chi Palo Great Love Village, in Palo, Leyte. The village will be built on 14,428 square-meter lands. It will include 60 units of 40-50 square-meter houses, four livelihood training centers, a multipurpose hall, a daycare center, a mushroom farm, and a central kitchen and bakery. The project is part of Tzu Chi's efforts to uplift the lives of the villagers in Leyte following the devastation o

Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) is soaring to greater heights in education and innovation with the recent naming of the AdZU Lantaka Campus buildings after the Walstrom family, the launch of the DOST-AdZU AZUL Hub, the soft launching of the DTI RIIC and Fabrication Laboratory, and the renaming of the ALTEC Learning Center after Benjamin Lim Go. These major highlights were witnessed by partners, stakeholders, media, and even the highest officials of the City of Zamboanga

By Marian Pastor Roces The need for orcs Social Weather Station reports that more than 60% of us otherwise fickle people of this country still recall and value the People Power event of 1986. And a good 14 million voted, last year, in an eruption of hope. Like 86, it was the compressed humanity in the streets that animated electoral action against authoritarianism. Unlike 86, the 2022 event met a robust disinformation machine, not a sick dictator literally propped up by mad f

Pageant veteran Pauline Amelinckx is returning to the Miss Universe Philippines (MUPh) 2023 stage for another shot at the crown, and she is determined to use the platform to make a difference. Despite the runner-up finishes, Pauline has never lost her drive to become a beacon of hope and inspiration for many Filipinos. As an Ambassador of Hope for the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, Pauline has been instrumental in bringing awareness to the importance of providing education