First ASEAN Woman Leader awardee, Sandy Montano shares her insights about the empowerment of women in the 8th ASEAN leaderspeak series entitled “The ASEAN Woman Leader”.
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A woman in Egypt pretended to be a man to feed her family
In Egypt, a 64-year old woman pretended to be a man to be able to work so that her family can survive.
Palace welcomes American think tank’s positive ratings on ‘Labor Freedom’
The Palace on Monday welcomed the positive ratings the country received from a United States-based think tank regarding “Labor Freedom”. “We note the results of the 2015 Economic Freedom Index indicating an improvement in the country’s ‘Labor Freedom’ score, which jumped by 8.5 points to 58.2 points—the highest in the last 10 years—as measured by the Heritage Foundation,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said. Secretary Coloma said that Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz attributed […]
Being inside a box has never been this liberating!
This year’s Sining del Pilar (SdP), an annual student academic conference that showcases works of students from the Department of Broadcast Communication at the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC), is set to entertain and educate media scholars and enthusiasts alike on March 24-27, 2015 at the UP Diliman CMC Media Center TV Studio as they bring everyone inside the box of broadcast arts and industry. SdP 2015 is set to […]
Filipina maid opens photo exhibition in Macau
Nine years after she left the Philippines and stepped foot in Hong Kong as a domestic helper, Xyza Bacani’s life has taken a new turn. Bacani was recently named one of the recipients of the Magnum Foundation Fellowship for Human Rights with her latest, unpublished, images of the abuse suffered by domestic helpers in Hong Kong, and will be jetting off to New York in just a few months time to study at the prestigious […]
Billionaire Azerbaijani pop star Emin releases new album
Azeribaijani-born, Russia-based singer Emin is not new to the music world and has already gained recognition around the CIS region, Turkey, and the UK. But as his new album is about to hit the shelves of physical and digital stores, he hopes that his success will continue to grow. He has been called Russia’s Ricky Martin and voted Russia’s sexiest man by FHM magazine, runs a multi-million-pound business in his spare time, and yet he […]
Indonesian President makes a pitch for yen investment
Indonesian President Joko Widodo called for more yen investments on Tuesday (March 24) in a speech before Japanese business leaders in Tokyo. Widodo, on the third day of his Japan tour, focused on business diplomacy as he urged nearly 1,000 businessmen and women to increase their investment in Indonesia, a total of 4.7 billion US dollars in 2013 according to Japanese Foreign Ministry source. “Foreign investment to Indonesia continues to grow each and every year. […]
Rescue efforts fail to save 12 stranded pilot whales in Western Australia
A pod of pilot whales that became stranded on the rocks in Bunbury harbour in Western Australia have died before they could be rescued, local media reported. The pod of 20 long-finned pilot whales was spotted on Monday (March 23) morning, starting a rescue effort involving volunteers and Department of Parks and Wildlife staff lasting several hours, reports said. “Often in these events and these incidents it takes a while to gear up and get […]
Archaeologists find ruins of possible Nazi hideout deep in Argentine jungle
Deep in Argentina’s lush northern jungle, archaeologists have discovered the ruins of what may have originally been a Nazi safe haven. Researchers from the University of Buenos Aires decided to investigate the site, located near the Paraguay border in the province of Misiones, where local legend has it that Adolf Hitlers’s private secretary, Martin Bormann once lived. The archaeologists dismissed Bormann’s residency as untrue, saying Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) tests on a skeleton found in Berlin […]
Africa faces elephant poaching crisis say experts
Experts warned that Africa faces a poaching crisis that is likely to see a further decline in the number of wild elephants on the continent at a summit in Botswana on Monday (March 23). Delegates from Europe, Africa and Asia attended the Africa Elephant summit held in the northern Botswana town of Kasane. Experts from the United Nations body that polices the global ivory trade, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), said […]
Philippines’ offers condolences after death of Singapore’s first PM
Singaporeans in Philippines on Monday (March 23) went to their country’s embassy to sign a condolence book, after the death of Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at the age of 91. Lee was known for his leadership in Singapore and was seen as a role model for developing countries across the world by turning a British colonial backwater to a global trade and financial centre. “To me he’s definitely a great leader, a […]
P10M tech-voc scholarship for Davao del Norte’s youth
Students in Davao del Norte province who are graduating from high school this March, but who are wary about pursuing their education because of lack of money can turn to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). In a recent visit to the province, TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva announced a P10-million worth of scholarship for those eyeing to take technical vocational courses. The scholarship grant, which Villanueva turned over to local executives, was […]
