The Philippines was featured in the recent 58th Annual International Ball of the International Committee of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
The Philippine Consulate reported the ball, “Sights and Sounds of the Philippines” was held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles May 16.
In its report to the Department of Foreign [...]

Government scientists are now looking at the possibility of developing an herbal medicine for malaria from the “makahiya” plant.
“Now we’re still studying which part of the plant has the chemical and the active ingredient that can be used as cure for malaria”…

MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine information technology company recently announced a joint venture with an Indian firm, creating a business which will serve the data needs of banking giants such as Citibank and ABN Amro.
IPVG, an online partner of GMA’s New Media Inc., said that the joint venture makes it the first publicly-listed Filipino company [...]

MANILA, Philippines–The Advanced Science and Technology Institute, a research and development arm of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) are joining forces to spur open source development in the Philippines, a top official of the science department said.
This government-backed initiative will involve setting up of a physical [...]

Country up five notches in global survey
THE PHILIPPINES HAS IMPROVED ITS STANDING in a global opinion survey of executives regarding competitiveness in terms of the business environment, landing 63rd in a list of 127 countries.
The country’s 2007 ranking in the Business Competitiveness Index (BCI) of the World Economic Forum went up by five notches, with [...]

MANILA, Philippines — SINAG, the Philippines’ first fully functional solar car, has reached the halfway point of the 3,000-kilometer stretch of the World Solar Challenge being held in central Australia.
After breaching the 2,000-kilometer distance from Darwin to Cadney Homestead on Thursday, SINAG jumped to 11th place but continued to maintain the lead in the Challenge [...]

The 2007 World Pool Championships gets underway tomorrow, November 3, at the storied Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City with 128 of the world’s top players from 42 countries vying for the $100,000 champion’s purse.
This year’s total prize money is the biggest in the 18-year-old tournament which will be aired on ESPN Star Sports and [...]

MANILA, Philippines — Defending champion Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines will face top players from 46 countries in the $400,000 World Pool Championship here on Saturday.
“It will be a tough climb to the top. But I will try my best,” said Alcano, one of 128 entries.
Other top draws are Francisco “Django” Bustamante, the 2002 runner-up, [...]

MANILA, Philippines — THE PHILIPPINES is poised to overtake India as the world’s top provider of business process outsourcing services as industry players firm up their strength and marketing efforts.Cesar B. Bautista, co-chairman of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC), told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that the Indian cyber services sector was losing its edge as [...]