Atty. Panelo: United Nations Used Wrong Premise in Condemning Duterte

The world’s most powerful international organization, the United Nations (UN) used a “wrong premise” in condemning the incoming President of the Republic of the Philippines, Pres. Rody Duterte for inciting violence with his recent comments about tolerating media killings and the summary execution of criminals according to Atty. Panelo. According to Atty. Sal Panelo the … Read more

KC Concepcion Recorded a Song for the 70th Anniversary of United Nations

Actress KC Concepcion, the daughter of the Mega Star Sharon Cuneta has recorded a song for the the 70th anniversary of the United Nations. KC Concepcion is the Philippines national ambassador for United Nations World Food Programme, she shared her experience on her official Instagram account. The 30-year-old KC Concepcion thanked her musical arranger James … Read more

Philippines Assumes Chairmanship of Group of 77 (G-77)

The Philippines in now the chairman of the Group of 77 (G-77), as the country assumes the chairmanship of the group which is now composed of a total of 132 developing countries worldwide, according to the announcement released by the Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. According to DFA, the Philippines took … Read more

Emma Watson Named as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador

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The 24-year-old British actress Emma Watson also known as Hermione at Harry Potter has been made UN Goodwill Ambassador to advocate for the empowerment of young women, this organization works to tackle gender discrimination and provide greater opportunities for women and girls. After she completed her Bachelor’s degree in English literature at Brown University last … Read more

Manny Paquiao is Newest UN Carlos Romulo Awardee

Another respectful institution recognized Manny Pacquiao for his outstanding contributions to the Philippines. The 35-year-old global boxing icon was given a citation by a group of international and local leaders. Photo Credit Manny Pacquiao Facebook Account Known as one of the icons in Filipino boxing, Pacquiao received the General Carlos P. Romulo Award from the … Read more

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to Visit Tacloban City

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit the typhoon-stricken City of Tacloban in the province of Leyte this week to highlight the growing number of weather disasters that hits the world. The UN Leader, Ban Ki-moon announced that “2013 was another year of extreme weather – as we saw most recently with … Read more

Jonathan Eric Defante: 2011 UN Citizen Ambassador Video

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A 30-seconds YouTube video clip and a brilliant idea from a Filipino citizen is what it takes for Jonathan Eric Defante’s rise to prominence for he was selected as one of the three people named as 2011 United Nations Citizen Ambassador. Jonathan Eric Defante was a graduate of the Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila, … Read more

UN calls international community to help in restoring Libya

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After the rebels had announced that they had the almost full control on Tripoli, Libya’s capital which had been under the leadership and protection of Gaddafi, UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon raised an important call to the international community and that was to work together in bringing back and restoring Libya. Early this year, crisis in … Read more

UN Warns about the further Increase of Global Food Prices

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Europe and Australia are said to be one of the biggest producers of crops. However, when droughts and floods had attacked the said countries respectively, prices of cereals such as wheat, rice, and maize are more likely to increase further. Under the United Nations is the Food and Agriculture Organization that started to monitor the … Read more