I have always thought of life as a series of big events strung together only tenuously by more commonplace items. For example, there are hard-records of the day I was born, the first wobbly steps I took across the living room floor, and of my acceptance into the New York University Global Liberal Studies Core Program— all of which are considered defining moments in my personal history.
I was 9 years old when my first submitted article got published. I wrote an essay about my “Last Day of School” that appeared in the Daily Advocate Newspaper, in June 2003. Soon after, I received an invitation from the editor of that newspaper to write for their Special Independence Day edition. I remember having [...]
A Filipino-American from Agoo, La Union province, who started a crusade to help the youth when her own daughter got involved in drugs, will be honored Thursday at a White House ceremony as a “Champion of Change.”
I was barely 11 years old when I wrote an article about “Fairness” printed by the Daily Advocate Newspaper in their “Ohio News in Education—Fun Day Monday” page. At that time, a few adults told me “face it, life is not fair”— after being taught my entire 11 years of life to be fair to [...]
Western schoolchildren are up to three years behind those in China’s Shanghai and success in Asian education is not just the product of pushy “tiger” parents, an Australian report released Friday said.
The US Agency for International Development (USAid) said it would expand its programs for out-of-school youth in Mindanao and other areas most affected by conflicts and poverty. The USAid, in a report furnished the Inquirer, said it would also continue to work with the Philippine government to “increase access to quality basic education focusing on [...]
Most young people want to pursue their dreams. And yet it is the youth who are most in danger of becoming victims of exploitation and trafficking. The warning was issued by US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. during the recent “End Exploitation and Trafficking” concert at the Mall of Asia grounds in Pasay City. “As your [...]
Citing the serious problems facing the Philippine public education and health systems, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has vowed to actively implement its “Investing in People” programs in the country.
The Great Darke County Fair in Greenville, Ohio usually held in the last full week in August brings back so many fond memories. It is also a reminder that soon after, school begins. This year, it is the start of my last school year at GreenvilleSenior High School. No doubt, the year 2011-2012 will take [...]
The Asia Society, a renowned international organization based in New York that aims to strengthen understanding among the peoples of the Asia Pacific region, has selected nine Filipinos to be part of this year’s batch to the Asia 21 Young Leaders program. The program aspires to develop the next generation of leaders who would take [...]
MANILA, Philippines – The time has come again for four of the best college candidates from some of the top universities in the country to show their potentials as future leaders in a global arena as leading electronics company Hitachi takes them on for the 11th edition of the Hitachi Young Leaders Initiative (HYLI) forum. [...]
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines—(UPDATE) A local court here sentenced to life imprisonment two Swede nationals for running a cybersex den in which naked women performed acts for clients watching over the Internet. In a decision dated May 6, Judge Jeoffre Acebido of the Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental Branch 41, found Bo Stefan [...]
