Five Films For Freedom: British Council celebrates a decade of LGBTQIA+ Stories

Wazzup Pilipinas!?Five Films For Freedom, the world’s widest-reaching LGBTQIA+ digital campaign, returns on 13 March bringing five new films from the Philippines, India, Spain, the UK and USA to audiences across the world.Over two weeks (13 to 24 March 2024) audiences worldwide are invited to dive...

Retirement benefit remains the most availed SSS benefit reaching P156.7 B in 2023

Wazzup Pilipinas!?The Social Security System (SSS) said it released P156.7 billion retirement benefits to 2.2 million members in 2023 making it the most availed SSS benefit last year.SSS Vice President for Benefits Administration Division Joy A. Villacorta said that of the 4.7 million benefits disbursed...

Liza Diño Makes History as First Filipina French Knight in Cinema and Sole Southeast Asian Producer Selected for EAVE Producers Workshop

Wazzup Pilipinas!?Multiawarded actress, public servant, turned producer Liza Diño has achieved yet another groundbreaking milestone in her career. The former head of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has been selected as the first Filipina to participate in the prestigious EAVE...

Animal Town: Play Your Way to a Greener and Bluer Planet!

Wazzup Pilipinas!?Videogames can positively influence how people view the world. Since the very first videogame, Bertie the Brain, was unveiled in 1950, developers have conjured a bewildering array of worlds for us to explore. From Nintendo’s iconic 1985 Family Computer hit Super Mario to Nokia’s...

A Tour of Italian Wines in the Heart of Manila

Wazzup Pilipinas!?Indulge in an extraordinary evening touring Italy at Sheraton Manila Bay's Italian Wine Dinner Buffet and Wine Tasting. Partnering with Sommelier Selection, a distinguished importer and distributor of estate wines in the Philippines since 2002, we promise a journey through Italy's...

NGA 911 briefs Metro Manila Council on advanced, next-gen emergency response and disaster preparedness in LA

Wazzup Pilipinas!?Next Generation Advanced (NGA) 911 -- an IP-based emergency communications system that transforms crisis response through technology, integration and real-time reporting -- presented the future of public safety and emergency response to a delegation of the Metro Manila Council and...

PHLPost continues to send and receive mails in 192 countries worldwide

Wazzup Pilipinas!?The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) continues to accept and regularly sends letters and parcel post items in 192 countries around the world, which is relatively affordable when it comes to shipping costs.A member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) since 1922, the UPU is...

Instituto Cervantes opens an exhibit on Nebrija, the grammarian who helped to preserve the Filipino vernacular languages

Wazzup Pilipinas!? Did you know that Tagalog had its first grammar published before English did? The linguistic milestone can be greatly credited to the Spaniard known as Nebrija, who played a pivotal role in that development. On March 12, Instituto Cervantes will unveil at its Intramuros branch the...

PUP RCon reveals roster of speakers, marks a decade themed on A.I.

Wazzup Pilipinas!?Few days before the 11th edition of PUP Radio Conference, DZMC - Young Communicators' Guild, the host organization, revealed Danilo Arao and DJ Renzmark Ricafrente or “Papa Dudut” as the resource speakers for the forthcoming symposium.On March 8, Arao, Associate Editor at Bulatlat...

Daniel Padilla and Dominic Roque tagged as the mysterious "D" behind viral billboard begging not to break up

Wazzup Pilipinas!?A billboard along C5 Southbound pleading against a breakup has captured the public's attention and sparked widespread speculation on social media.The billboard, which bears the message "Wag na tayo mag-break, please" alongside a sad emoticon, is signed only with the initial "D."A...

DZMC-YCG gears up for the 10th anniversary of PUP Radio Conference

Wazzup Pilipinas!?DZMC - Young Communicators’ Guild, the official radio and news arm of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines—College of Communication, proudly announces the tenth-year milestone of its flagship event, the PUP Radio Conference, with this year's theme, “R-BOT: Decoding Media’s...

Newly published global report features BAN Toxics’ successful women empowerment initiatives in the small-scale mining sector

Wazzup Pilipinas!? "Despite women holding up half the sky, they remain invisible in the mining sector. As we celebrate Women’s Month, it is crucial to recognize the value and significance of women miners and workers in small-scale gold mining, an already marginalized sector," environmental NGO BAN...