In a place where children need to ride a bangka (small wooden boat) to cross 60 to 100 meters of a crocodile-infested river to get to school, the record of classroom attendance is as dismal as it can get. With bangkas that are too small and fragile to withstand raging waters, several accidents involving school…
Showcasing the alarming effects of plastics entering the human food chain, students from Adamson University bagged the top prize at the EcoVision Film Competition Screening and Awards Night held at Ayala Malls The 30th in Pasig City. Ten finalists from various schools in NCR, Region III, and Region IV-A vied for the P100,000 prize in…
What if students had a hand on how big companies did advertising campaigns or addressed business challenges for their target market? What difference would their new ideas and innovations bring to the table? These were the possibilities Pepsi Cola Products Philippines Inc. (PCPPI) and the University Philippines Advertising Core (UP AdCore) sought to challenge in…
Sixteen-year-old Iva Claire Jamelarin, a student-achiever from Iloilo, wrote a poem, presented it in class, and uploaded the recording on her Facebook account. Little did she know that this would go viral on the internet and change her family’s life. “I did not expect that kind of reception with my spoken word performance. I was…
