6th First Lego League Philippines Robotics Competition

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Students from Grace Christian College were hailed as champions during the 6th First Lego League Philippines (FLL PHL) recently held at the Quezon City Interactive Science Center. The FLL PHL champion will represent the country at the FLL World Championships, to be held on April 25 to 27 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Other FLL PHL winners to compete in international competitions are students from the Benigno Aquino High School (second place) and Dr. Yanga's Colleges, Inc. (third place) to compete in the FLL Open European Championships on May 25 to 28 in Aarhus, Denmark; and Batasan Hills National High School (fourth place) and De La Salle Santiago Zobel School - Team B (fifth place) to compete in the FLL Asia Pacific Open Championship on July 6 to 9 in Sydney, Australia.

The 6th FLL PHL was participated by over 140 students from various schools in the country. These young robotics geniuses, ages 9 to 16, competed in Robot Design, Robot Presentation, and Team building challenges.

“The overall vision and mission of FLL Philippines is, said Mylene Abiva, National Organizer, FLL Philippines and the Philippine Robotics Olympiad. “The students will want to learn more about computers and robotics, and they will pursue Engineering, Computer Science or other Science and Technology course in University”. Abiva added.

Batasan Hills National High    School

Benigno Aquino High School

Dr. Yanga's Colleges, Inc.

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DOE Commits to Uphold Consumers' Power of Choice

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The Department of Energy said its mandate is to implement the law and consumers should have the freedom of choice as to which power provider they prefer to deal with.

The DOE reiterated its mandate after the Supreme Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order against the implementation of the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA), a key provision of Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 or EPIRA.

Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said the DOE is duty-bound to implement the law which seeks to uphold the freedom of choice of the consumers and to promote market competition.

“The provisions in the EPIRA mandates the DOE to ensure the security, reliability and availability of transparent and reasonably-priced electricity in the country,” Cusi expressed.

“One of the provisions of the law is the implementation of the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA), which allows consumers to directly contract power supply from licensed Retail Electricity Suppliers (RES),” Cusi clarified.

“The spirit of the RCOA is giving the consumers the freedom of choice which would result in higher productivity for them. And the power of choice can only be maximized when there is a level playing field for all suppliers,” Cusi assured.

"It is hoped that whatever the Decision by the Supreme Court, it will redound to the ultimate benefit of the consumers which is really the intent and the spirit of RCOA." Cusi concluded.

Date a Celebrity in Support of the HIV-AIDS Advocacy

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In support of the HIV-AIDS advocacy, male celebrities like star photographer BJ Pascual and TV chef Jeremy Favia join LoveYourself’s Cherry Poppin' - The 3rd Party, a fundraising activity which will help fund the organization’s HIV awareness and testing operations, including the opening of two new community centers in Metro Manila.

Taking place on Saturday (25 February) at the One Canvas Events Place in Makati City, Cherry Poppin’ accommodates guests (donors) to the party with a free drink, and a chance to bid and go out on a romantic date with the 14 auctionees for just a donation of PhP300.

By registering at go.loveyourself.ph/cherrytickets, party guests (donors) are one step closer to dating BJ Pascual and Jeremy Favia as well as meeting the newest ambassador of LoveYourself, Jerome Alacre.