Miles Ocampo, Rocco Nacino, Yeng Constantino and Joem Bascon visited different campuses, aside from conducting the usual mall tours and TV guestings, to promote their new film “Write About Love” with director Crisanto Aquino, producer Lexter Tarriela, editor Vanessa de Leon and the TBA Studios team. “Write About Love,” one of the eight finalists in the 2019 Metro Manila Film Festival, is a romantic comedy about a newbie (Ocampo) and an experienced writer (Nacino) who, despite their clashing personalities and different perspectives, collaborated in finishing a script. “Just Us,” the story th ..read more

A group of film students from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde recently bagged second prize in the #LigtasJuana category of the Philippine Commission on Women’s Cine Juana Digital Shorts Competition. DLS-CSB’s 4+1 Productions took home 35,000 pesos for their short film “Tindahan” when PCW kicked off its 18-Day Campaign on Violence Against Women (VAW) last November 25 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. In the film, a boy wonders why her older sister avoids passing by a nearby store. What will he do when he finds out the real reason for this? Director Fern ..read more

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 115 passed the Technical Evaluation for the Upgrading as Professional Electrical Engineers given by the Board of Electrical Engineering in Manila this December 2019.  The members of the Board of Electrical Engineering who conducted the Technical Evaluation are Engr. Francis V. Mapile, Chairman and Engr. Jaime V. Mendoza, Member. List of Successful ExamineesThe post December 2019 Results of the Technical Evaluation for the Upgrading as Professional Electrical Engineers appeared first on Caritas News Service ..read more

A short film, which is about a political family trying to make use of their household help’s pregnancy to bolster the patriarch’s campaign, will compete in the WOW International Film Festival at the Maison De Culture Ibn Zaydoun in Tunisia from March 2 to 8, 2020. “Grasya,” a film directed by recent Far Eastern University Communication graduate Audrey Vicencio, has been officially selected out of 3,150 films from 119 countries that the film festival has received. In the film, which was produced as a requirement for their Cinema Production or CNM2 class, the family matriarch (Tanie Lamboh ..read more

A film by second-year Communication majors from St. Dominic College of Asia won at the CineJuana Digital Shorts Competition during the Youth Forum on Violence Against Women and Girls, organized by the Philippine Commission on Women last November 25 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. Lara Mae Tamio collaborated with fellow SDCA sophomores Sydney Mari and Sigfrianne Aslahon to bag third prize for “Para Kay Bunso” in CineJuana’s #LabanJuana category. The film shows the miserable realities of abuse at home, presenting a woeful cycle that makes siblings suffer ..read more

For the third time, Pitogo High School emerged as the Best Team in the Tagisang Robotics: Design, Build and Play Competition, which is organized by the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute, last November 20 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. Pitogo HS showed no rust as it dominated the playing field with its do-it-all robot to secure the best win-draw-loss record at the end of eliminations and lead the robotics contest once again, after winning Best Rookie Team and Best Team in 2013 and a back-to-back Best Team award in 2014. The ..read more

St. Dominic College of Asia Communication students excelled at the 3rd Rotary PSA Festival last November 13 at the Power Mac Center Spotlight Theater, Ayala Circuit Makati. Lara Mae Tamio, a second year SDCA student who wrote and directed the entry “Pasa Pasa,” bagged 10,000 pesos and a trophy for winning third prize in the Amateur Category of the 30-second video making contest. Sydney Mari and Sigfrianne Aslahon, Tamio’s classmates, provided ample support as cinematographer and editor, respectively, with her father, cousin and boyfriend serving as actors. “ALAMOKUNGPAANO” by Christia ..read more

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 6 out of 76 passed the Dental Technologist Licensure Examination given by the Board of Dentistry in Manila this December 2019. The members of the Board of Dentistry who gave the licensure examination are Dr. Maria Jona D. Godoy, Officer-In-Charge; Dr. Roberto M. Tajonera, Dr. Melinda L. Garcia, Dr. Rodolfo R. Drapete and Dr. Carlito D. Paragas, Members. The results were released in one (1) day after the last day of examination. Starting January 13, 2020, registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) a ..read more

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 7,627 out of 13,816 passed the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last November 2019. The members of the Board of Nursing who gave the licensure examination are Glenda S. Arquiza, Chairman; Carmelita C. Divinagracia, Gloria B. Arcos, Carfredda P. Dumlao, Florence C. Cawaon, Cora A. Añonuevo and Elizabeth C. Lagrito, Members. Pursuant to Section 16, of Republic Act No. 9173, “a ..read more

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Board for Professional Teachers (BPT) announces that 28,973 elementary teachers out of 92,440 examinees (31.34%) and 54,179 secondary teachers out of 136,523 examinees (39.68%) successfully passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (L.E.T.) given last September 29, 2019 in 29 testing centers all over the Philippines, Hong Kong and Thailand. It is further announced that of the 28,973 elementary teacher passers, 24,066 are first timers and 4,907 are repeaters. For the secondary teachers, 48,447 passers are first timers and 5,732 are repeat ..read more