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Japan invention QR code wins award for global impact in electronics

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 18 10:41 AM

The QR code, which has the ability to carry around 200 times more information than barcodes, was first developed in 1994 for inventory management. Read more »

Philippines sees South China Sea energy projects unhampered despite dispute

Karen Lema, Enrico Dela Cruz and Gabriel Crossley, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 16 06:47 PM

The Philippines' energy minister said on Friday that the government's move to lift a moratorium on petroleum exploration in the South China Sea was a unilateral decision that China is expected to respect. Read more »

Duterte OKs resumption of oil exploration in West PH Sea: DOE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 09:59 PM

The DOE said Duterte approved its recommendations to resume oil exploration activities in Philippine waters due to the country's need to find new energy sources. Read more »

World support for PH arbitral award doesn't affect ruling's legal stature: Locsin

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 12:02 AM

MANILA - Foreign Affairs Sec. Teodoro Locsin said that while the Philippines welcomes international support for its 2016 UN arbitral award that invalidated China’s sweeping claim over the South China Sea, the support does not add “an iota to the legal stature of the award.” Read more »

NBA: Vince Carter takes sportsmanship award after 22-year career

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 06:18 AM

NEW YORK - Vince Carter, who retired in June after a 22-season NBA career, was named Thursday as the 2019-20 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner. Read more »

Arroyo: Aquino presidency an 'interruption' in good China-PH relations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 09:51 PM

MANILA — Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday took a swipe at her successor Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, whose presidency she called "just an interruption"in the "good relationship" between the Philippines and China. Read more »

Roque asks Del Rosario: What makes you qualified to dictate on Duterte?

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 05:57 PM

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Albert del Rosario, who led the Philippines' arbitration case against China during the presidency of Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, should think about his accomplishments as foreign affairs chief before he speaks about President Rodrigo Duterte's next move. Read more »

WNBA players honored for justice movement

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 12:05 PM

The WNBA honored its players for their continued commitment, leadership and collaborative efforts to promote racial equality and systemic change. Read more »

Brewing peace: How a coffee enterprise in Mindanao won the ‘Nobel Prize of Business’

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 10:53 AM

The idea for the social enterprise came from a simple observation, according to Pantoja: people like to talk to each other over good coffee, and when people dialogue, armed conflict subsides. Read more »

Filipina wins ‘Nobel Prize of Business’ along with CEOs of cloud computing giant, African bank

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 15 08:44 AM

Felicitas “Joji” Pantoja, CEO and cofounder of Coffee for Peace, will share the 2020 Business for Peace Award with Marc Benioff, the founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce; and with James Mwangi, chairman and CEO of Equity Group Holdings. Read more »

2 senators nominate Ramon Revilla Sr. as national artist

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 01:15 PM

Two senators have filed resolutions nominating late actor Sen. Ramon Revilla Sr. as National Artist for Film, citing the former lawmakers' "contributions to Philippine culture and the arts." Read more »

Ilonggo short film about fish bones chosen as finalist for Gawad CCP award

Joyce Ann Clavecillas, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 10:18 PM

Bukog (fish bones), an Ilonggo short film about local superstitions, made it as one of the finalists for the short feature category at the "Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video". Read more »

Hero surfer Roger Casugay receives international Fair Play Award

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 08:52 PM

Surfer Roger Casugay, one of the country's heroes in last year's Southeast Asian Games, has been given the Pierre de Coubertin Act of Fair Play Award. Read more »

ABS-CBN to receive Gawad Pedro Bucaneg Award for efforts in film restoration, literary education, culture

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 01:29 PM

MANILA - Broadcast network ABS-CBN will receive the annual Gawad Pedro Bucaneg Award in recognition of its contributions to literary education, culture and film, the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) announced.  Read more »

Why democracy can't exist without journalism

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 07:54 PM

As journalists come increasingly under attack from populist regimes, they perform an even more important role in combating disinformation and holding those in power to account, veteran investigative journalist Sheila Coronel said. Read more »

Greta Thunberg donates million-euro rights prize to green groups

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 12:09 PM

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Monday awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the million-euro prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change. Read more »

‘Comply’ with arbitration ruling, Philippines’ defense chief tells China

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 04:41 PM

MANILA - The Philippines’ top defense official on Tuesday told China to “comply” with the landmark 2016 award of an international arbitration court in The Hague on the South China Sea, saying adherence to international law bodes well for stability in the region. Read more »

Philippines to 'agree to disagree' with China in arbitral victory, says Duterte's spokesman

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 04:54 PM

The Philippines will "agree to disagree" with China on its continued rejection of Manila's arbitration victory over the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said Tuesday.   Read more »

Chinese embassy claims arbitral award in favor of PH 'illegal', 'invalid'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 09:40 AM

MANILA - The Chinese embassy in Manila on Monday claimed that the Permanent Court of Arbitration's ruling in favor of the Philippines in 2016 over disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea is "illegal and invalid".   Read more »

West PH Sea award is ‘non-negotiable’, DFA says on 4th anniv of legal victory

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 09:50 AM

The Philippines’ arbitration victory against China is “non-negotiable”, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday on the 4th anniversary of the verdict. Read more »