Pamilia

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Pamilia It’s International Day of Families! Today we honor the very first bond that we form the minute we come to this world and the relationship that stays through generations. PAMÍLIA / PAMÍLYA • (puh-MEE-lyuh)familyCommon Spelling & Tagálog (Filipino): pamílya EtymologyFrom Spanish familia (“family”) Derived WordsKAPAMÍLIA • (kuh-puh-MEE-lyuh)fellow family memberTagálog (Filipino): kapamílya MIPAMÍLIA • (mi-puh-MEE-lyuh)family, … Read more

Aili

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Aili The 1st Sunday of May is World Laughter Day! This day aims to raise awareness of laughter and its many healing benefits. As they always say, laughter is the best medicine! AILÎ • (uhy-LEE’)laughter, smile (in some contexts)Root: ilîTagálog (Filipino): táwa (laughter), ngitî (smile) Derived Word:MÁKAKAILÎ / MÁKAPAKAILÎamusing, laughter-inducingTagálog (Filipino): nakákatawa Verb Conjugationmailî, máilî, … Read more

The Philippines and Timor-Leste

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The Philippines and Timor-Leste The Republic of the Philippines and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste celebrate 21 years of formal diplomatic relations today, May 20! The two countries established diplomatic relations on May 20, 2002. The large-scale wall mural at the Philippine Embassy in Dili in 2021 is the collaborative work of Filipino and Timorese … Read more

Bugang River of Pandan Antique

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LIGO TA! Let us beat the summer heat by swimming in Bugang River of Pandan, Antique. The 6-kilometer river snakes through barangays Candari, Santo Rosario, Guia, Zaldivar, and Mag-aba from Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park, emptying at Pandan Bay. Bugang River is hailed as the cleanest inland body of water in the Philippines, making it … Read more

Tala

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The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has refueled the launch of TALA, the first high-power hybrid rocket developed in the Philippines by homegrown space technology researchers, students, and their mentors from St. Cecilia’s College-Cebu. Tala Hybrid Rocket A cost-effective 10 feet hybrid-propellant rocket developed by high school students from Cecilia’s College – Cebu. Features: Flight sensorsGPSDual … Read more