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Pharmacist Ruth Avegail Capapas wins Green Product Award in Berlin for ‘Bebot’ soap
A Filipino-American pharmacist from Mississippi is bringing Filipino-inspired innovation to the global stage after winning a prestigious international sustainability award in Berlin, Germany. Ruth Avegail Capapas, founder of Bebot Simple Soap, was named a winner of the 2026 Green Product Award, an international competition recognizing products that combine innovation, sustainability, and environmental responsibility. Her soap […]
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How developing countries can use AI for public governance
A commentary by Ambassador Mario Lopez de Leon Jr. (Ret.) For those of us who have spent some years navigating the mahogany-lined halls of the United Nations, there is a tendency to view “joint meetings” with a healthy degree of skepticism. All too often, they represent little more than a merging of acronyms rather than […]
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Macario Fojas: Building Seven Seven and championing Filipino talent
By Cristina DC Pastor Life was anything but easy for Macario Fojas, president and co-founder of Seven Seven Global Services, Inc., a Filipino-owned IT company based in New Jersey. In 1982, he was enrolled at Fordham University, pursuing a master’s degree in Finance and Quantitative Methods. By day, he worked as an encoder in New […]
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Zaldy Alima: Inspiring students to love Science, curiosity, and exploration
By Catherine EspejoGrowing up in Surigao del Sur in Mindanao, young Zaldy Alima had his sights set on becoming a medical doctor, only for the chance to wear a white coat. However, that all changed when he took high school Chemistry, which inspired him to become a high school science teacher. Alima said his teacher […]
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ON GLOBAL FILIPINOS Dado Banatao: Modern Filipino hero
By Loida Nicolas Lewis On Christmas Day, 2025 the Philippines lost our modern Filipino hero. Diosdado “Dado” Banatao died peacefully in the presence of his family in his Alma Mater Stanford due to a neurological condition at 79 years old, five months before his 80th birthday. But what a life of eight decades! Dado was […]
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Scientist Michael Purugganan named interim dean at NYU Arts & Science
In a May 27 memorandum to the Arts & Science community, NYU President Linda Mills and Provost Georgina Dopico announced the appointment of Michael Purugganan as Interim Dean of Arts & Science: “We are delighted to announce the appointment of Michael Purugganan, Silver Professor of Biology and formerly dean of science, as interim dean of […]
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I LOVE MY JOB: Computer refurbisher Richard Reyes: Computer CPR one machine at a time
By Cristina DC Pastor About 20 years ago, Richard Reyes would scour recycling centers for discarded computers he could bring back to life. The reason for his rescue mission? To save computers from going to landfills or to send them to the Philippines to be used by rural schoolchildren. As recycling centers have been more […]
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What AI technology can do for good or ill
By Rene Pastor Forty years ago, or around the time Corazon Aquino overthrew Ferdinand Marcos in a bloodless revolt, smartphones were not the ubiquitous gadget they are today. The devices used then were clunky and the size of car batteries which conked out at a dirty look. There was a lot of hopeful talk that […]
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Engr. Danny Pagsambugan: The Oculus was a dream and a feat
By Cristina DC Pastor I detected the glint of pride in Danilo Pagsambugan’s eyes as we walked toward the Oculus coming from the Westfield World Trade Center. “You were part of this?” I asked when we reached the sprawling all-white lobby framed by ribbed ceiling. “I was the chief of quality assurance and quality control,” […]