Every year, we are celebrating International Women's Day. This event is being remembered every 8th day of March as a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. This article will introduce you to a lady who is very empowering among women. Meet Mary Rose Alejo. An Aeta, who is in her early stage of being, so badly wanted to be a Doctor, and I bet she would, someday. The Aeta, Agta, or Dumagat, are collective terms for several Filipino indigenous peoples who live in various parts of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They are also known as "Philippines Negrito", and included in the wider Negrito grouping of Southeast Asia, with whom they share superficial common physical characteristics such as dark skin tones, short statures, frizzy to curly-hair, and a higher frequency of naturally lighter hair colour (blondism) relative to the general population.

According on the latest Speedtest® Global Index report from internet analysis firm Ookla, the Philippines ranks as having 5th fastest internet in Southeast Asia. Could you believe that? Yes, the internet connectivity in our country is having great progress over the years. Before we get so deep into this, just so you know, there are four different types of residential internet connections in the Philippines; the mobile connection or the cellular data, the dial up, the Digital Subscriber Line or the DSL and the Fiber Optic. Now, having said that, let’s enumerate the “Providers” in our country, you’ll be surprised how many they are really: ·                  PLDT Home ·          One Sky ·          Converge ·          Globe at Home ·          Eastern Communications ·          Cheetah Broadband ·          Kabayan Broadband ·          StreamTech ·          Integranet ·          Net1 ·          Red Powered by Cignal ·          Royal Cable DITO Telecommunications

In our daily lives, there are times that we are suffering from something far serious than we thought and more often than not, we tend to ignore it and try to keep it to ourselves. We didn’t even realize that we are suffering from DEPRESSION, ANXIETY and MISERY. There are times that we try to win that battle without letting our relatives, friends and colleagues know, we even fake our happiness to tell them there’s nothing wrong… It helps to know the facts that it is a medical condition and not “laziness” to overcome depression, or a temporary response to normal grief and/or discouragement. What are the Symptoms of Depression? A major depressive episode is defined as experiencing five or more of the following symptoms every day (or most days) for two weeks or more: Depressed or irritable mood Sleep problems (i.e., sleeping too much or too little; sleeping mainly during the day) Change in interests (i.e., not being interested in what you used to enjoy) or low motivation Excessiv

You’re looking for an opportunity to have additional profit as you find your day job inadequate for your daily life ;-) Having your own business is quite good and will provide you ample amount of money if you do this right. However, the risk is quite large. Then why not give Coinsph a try ;-) You can register an account here ;-) Coins.ph provides person-to-person wallet transfers, bill payments, mobile top-ups, online shopping, and remittance services. Its cash delivery network covers tens of thousands of banks, pawnshops, payment outlets, and door-to-door delivery across the region. Imagine, just having a Coinsph account will give you access to Money Transfer business, Loading Business and Bills Payment Business all in one. Coins.ph is a financial services platform founded in 2014 by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Ron Hose and Runar Petursson in Metro Manila, Philippines. As a service running on blockchain technology, Coins.ph uses digital currency as a low cost gatew

When we talk about Philippine Coins, there’s always discussions about commemorative coin issued by The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas or Central Bank of the Philippines. For every list, there’s always common, the number one. Talking about the first commemorative coin of the Philippines will bring us way back to Pre 1980’s, particularly the 1940’s, when the first Commemorative Coin was minted. The theme was the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese by General Douglas MacArthur. After the granting of independence to the Philippines in 1946, no coins were minted for the Philippine Republic until 1958, other than a small silver commemorative issue in 1947 to honor General Douglas MacArthur. Totals of 200,000 50 centavos and 100,000 one-peso coins were minted with the general's image on the obverse and the national coat-of-arms on the reverse. Struck at the San Francisco Mint, they carry the "S" mintmark below the date. This commemorative Silver peso to honor Gen

Depending on what one’s have developed a keen interest into, people collects a variety of things. From stamps to keys; vases to flowers; mugs to paintings; oil cans to kitchen tins, I personally am fond of collecting coins. Many people around me have always asked me how much can he sell his coins. A coin can have a significantly impressive amount depending on a lot of things. Rarity is the best factor for your coin to have a great value, another is the age of the coin, it’s significance historically and of course it’s condition. I am writing this article and probably update this from time to time in accordance with research, for the collectors of Philippine coins. The following are coins of the Philippines really worth to collect: 1903s Fifty Centavos 1903 s fifty centavos have it legend to be very rare amongst USPI coins series in all denomination. According to coinquest.com its value could reach up to $1000 in average circulation condition due to its rarity of hav

There were a lot of things anyone can do during a typhoon. You can probably imagine someone very scared trying to hide under the bed waiting for the storm to stop. Well, staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston, Texas have different things in mind. Just recently, typhoon Harvey hits Texas, it flooded a huge area in Houston alone. Those staff at the Mexican Bakery were trapped inside the chain for two days and what have they done, is truly amazing. No hurricane, typhoon, or tropical storm, in all of recorded history, has dropped as much water on a single major city as Hurricane Harvey. The National Weather Service has had to create a new scale to accurately depict how much rain has fallen, as a few locations have crested the three foot mark since the Hurricane first made landfall. Things aren't even done yet, as the eye of the storm has taken up residence right off of the Texas coast, and large swaths of the southwest will continue to experience unprecedented, heavy rains all

Here in the Philippines, we have a lot of indigenous people living at the hardest-to-reach provinces. One of them are the Aetas. The Aeta (Ayta, pronounced /ˈaɪtə/ EYE-tə), or Agta, are an indigenous people who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of the island of Luzon, the Philippines. These people are considered to be Negritos, whose skin ranges from dark to very dark brown, and possessing features such as a small stature and frame; hair of a curly to kinky texture and a higher frequency of naturally lighter colour (blondism) relative to the general population; small nose; and dark brown eyes. They are thought to be among the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines, preceding the Austronesian migrations. The Aeta were included in the group of people "Negrito" during Spanish Era. Various Aeta groups in northern Luzon are known as Pugut or Pugot, an Ilocano term that also means "goblin" or "forest spirit", and is the colloquial term

If you say that candy can be hazardous to your health, think again. For these matters, you should be asking an 11-year-old girl how can a Lollipop be healthy for you. Meet Alina Morse, founder of Zollipops, - lollipops that are actually good for your teeth. Now, as we celebrate the International Women's Day, the 11-year-old girl who created Zollipops, “healthy” lollipops, has released a new formula for the beloved treat. According to founder Alina Morse, “I love Women’s Day because it celebrates female entrepreneurs and being part of that community is a huge honor.” Alina, a 4th grader in Wolverine Lake, Michigan, is like any other kid — she loves to dance, sing, and act. But unlike most kids, she understands that candy is bad for her teeth. So in 2013, she decided to create a healthier version of lollipops, her favorite treat. Zollipops are GMO-free and don’t contain sugar or gluten. Even better, they actually reduce the risk of tooth decay by raising a person’

Everyone’s been spending more time into Social Media, might it be for personal updates, work related posts, gaming or the most popular of them all, ESCAPADES ;-) From time to time, my Facebook timeline has been flooding with pictures of a group of people joining together, mind you, they are not usually related with each other whatsoever, they all just decided to go on a trip and visit one place to another. I personally have won a lot of friends as I join myself visiting various places near the Metro. Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present you, The Masungi Georeserve! Have you seen breathtaking photos of this geopark on your Timeline? Not to mention the spectacular views. You might wonder how to get there so you too can enjoy the same, well, here's a guide to help you plan a visit to this exciting destination that isn't too far from Manila. A geopark in the Philippines, Masungi Georeserve is a conservation area in Rizal that aims to sustainably protect the rocks, flora, an

You can never believe that a young schoolgirl can take time to think about her country’s dilemma and try to deal with it. A young schoolgirl wanted to tackle her country’s long drought then have everything researched so she can find a solution, and yes she does, indeed. South Africa's worst drought in recorded history has left eight of the country's nine provinces in a state of disaster, with thousands of communities and millions of households facing water shortages. To help farmers through the crisis, the agricultural union Agri SA has requested over $1 billion in government subsidies, but a cut-price solution could soon be available -- from an unlikely source. Kiara Nirghin, 16 years young, a Johannesburg schoolgirl, recently won the Google Science Fair's Community Impact Award for the Middle East and Africa with her submission "No More Thirsty Crops." The precocious student created a super absorbent polymer (SAP) using orange peel and avoca

Every Olympics event, we sent our chosen one’s to represent our country. Along with them is our pride, hopes and prayers that one of them might bring home the long waited medal, might it be Bronze, Silver or of course, the very-long-waited GOLD. The Rio Olympics is still on going as of this writing, and one great Filipino athlete have given the Philippines a great honor, a Silver Medal. Hidilyn Diaz finished with a lift of 200kg at the women’s 53kg category in weightlifting on Monday, August 8, 2016. Since Onyok Velasco’s triumph at the 1996 games in Atlanta, we sure have hoped a Gold on that one, well, Diaz’ silver medal is the country’s first. “Ginawa ko yung best para sa country," Diaz told CNN Philippines. "Yun lang talaga yung goal, tapos mag medal. Bronze lang talaga yung aim namin ng coach ko.” Initially thought to be a two-horse race between Chinese-Taipei’s Hsu Shu-Ching and China’s Li Yajun, the rest of the field was seen to be competing for the bronz