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Biyahe Tayo: The Philippine Advocacy Campaign
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The Man Behind the Lunar Rover
Filipinos consider Eduardo San Juan as the inventor of the Lunar Rover, or more popularly known as the Moon Buggy. The Moon Buggy was the car used by Neil Armstrong and other astronauts when they first explored the moon in 1969. Eduardo San Juan, a graduate of Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT), worked for Lockheed [...]
Filipinos develop first Solar Car for international race
A team of Filipino engineering students and professors from De LaSalle University-Manila is developing Sinag, the first Philippine solar car project that will compete in the Panasonic World Solar Challenge in Australia on Oct. 21 to 28,2007. The challenge is to build a solar car that is capable of traveling across the Australian continent (3,000 [...]
"Red Spot Jr" A Filipino Discovery
Christopher Go, a 35-year-old Filipino started amateur astronomer since 1986 and an astrophotographer since 1990. He started during the apparition of Halley’s Comet when he was still in high school. He discovered the transformation of a high-pressure storm on Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet. Go, a furniture company owner in Cebu City, gazes at [...]
5 Most Inspiring OFW Entrepreneurs
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo led the giving of awards to five overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who became successful entrepreneurs in simple ceremonies held today at the Trade Halls A and B of the Market! Market! in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The awardees were Agnes Marrero of Mt. Province, Eugenio Tayag of Tuguegarao City, Consuelo Valencia of [...]
A salute to the OFW-Overseas Filipino Workers
They are called the country’s “modern-day heroes.” They are the estimated 8.4 million overseas Filipino workers and migrants in 194 countries and territories all over the world. Of the total, 3.2 million are permanently living abroad and 3.6 million are temporarily working overseas. Illegal migrant workers are estimated at 1.3 million. Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. [...]
Pinoy is greatest bartender in the world
Filipino bartender Frederic “Eric” Martinez’s winning personality and superb bartending skills shone at the World Bartender Championships in Las Vegas, winning for him the title “Greatest Bartender of theWorld.”Martinez, 26, flipped, spun, threw, balanced and caught bottles while making cocktails, wowing everyone in the competition. He bested seven other champions from T.G.I Friday’s restaurant outlets [...]
Pinoy engineer builds railways to the world
A CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE, THE young Joseph Allan Dilay had set his sights on getting a job for construction project overseas. This was sometime in 1978, a year after he obtained his diploma from the Batangas State University, with four years spent at the Mapua Institute of Technology, when he found himself working as project [...]
UP Math prof proves Princeton man wrong
Edgar Escultura, a professor of mathematics at the University of the Philippines, proved that Andrew Wiles’ proof of Fermat’s last theorem is false. In 1993 Andrew Wiles of Princeton University announced at a lecture in London that he had proved Fermat’s last theorem (FLT). This is a conjecture by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat [...]
The Leaf Musician
He became famous around the world for his distinct talent. The Guinness Book of World Records has recognized Filipino National Artist Levi Celerio as the only man who could play beautiful music with a leaf. Celerio appeared in “That’s Incredible” and the Mel Griffin show where he played music with a leaf. The Guinness Book [...]