The Duterte administration has constantly tried to assure Filipinos that the country will benefit from closer ties to China. But according to the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), most Filipinos disagree that the Chinese government has good intentions for Filipinos (CNN Philippines).
Nicole Ponseca (Source: Rappler)
Filipina restaurateur Nicole Proseca was nominated for the presitigious James Beard Awards, one of the highest honors given in the American culinary and hospitality world, reports Rappler.
Kenn Costales, Earl Patrick Forlales, Zahra Halabisaz Zanjani, and Georgianna Carlos (Source: Forbes)
Four Filipinos made the exclusive 30 Under 30 Asia list curated by U.S. business magazine Forbes for 2019. This year, the four Filipinos on the list came from three different industries: media, retail, and social entrepreneurship. Read on to know more about them (Town&CountryPH).
Students from the Institute of Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman won the championship in the Eco-concrete Competition at the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Spring 2019 Convention in Quebec, Canada. The students used locally abundant Diliman tuff as partial replacement to cement and waste glass in making an environmentally friendly concrete (UP.edu).
Around 200 Facebook pages, accounts, and groups operating under a network built by communications strategist Nicanor Gabunada Jr. were taken down for taking part in a “coordinated and unauthentic behavior,” Facebook’s Cybersecurity Policy head said Friday, reports Inquirer.net.
Scientists from the University of the Philippines’ National Institute of Physics (NIP) recently built on the work of US scientists to create an affordable “invisibility cloak” which, though it might not be at Harry-Potter levels just yet, is cheap enough for even high school students to experiment with making things disappear, reports GMA News.
The Trump administration has said it will ban seasonal workers from the Philippines starting this year. It's part of a broader effort to restrict US entry for foreign workers and push employers to hire Americans instead, reports PRI.org.
Candy Gourlay
Filipino writer Candy Gourlay’s newest book, the young adult (YA) novel “Bone Talk,” has been shortlisted for the 2019 Carnegie Medal, considered the most prestigious literary award for children’s and YA books published in the United Kingdom, reports Inquirer.net.
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