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Algorithmic Ingenuity: AI and the Filipino Future

April 13, 2026

Have you ever noticed how the apps you use seem to know exactly what you want—sometimes even before you search for it? From the products that suddenly appear in your online shopping cart to the videos that keep you scrolling for hours; all of it is caused by artificial intelligence (AI). AI is quietly shaping the choices of millions of Filipinos. No longer confined to laboratories or science fiction, AI has become an invisible force embedded in daily life.

MU’s First Trimestral Year in Review

September 16, 2025

Starting last academic year (A.Y.) 2024–2025, Mapúa University implemented the trimester system for undergraduate and post-graduate students, effectively changing the quarterm calendar, as a response to a happiness index survey in which 77.27% of the respondents showed discontent in the former quarterm system, among other reasons.

MU Council of Organizations opens Organizations’ Week 2025

May 26, 2025

Earlier today, May 26, the Mapúa University Council of Organizations (COO) commenced this year’s Organization’s Week at the Intramuros Campus gymnasiu

No Immunity for Impunity: A recap on FPRRD’s arrest by the ICC

April 25, 2025

On an arrest warrant ordered by the International Criminal Court (ICC) via Interpol, Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (FPRRD) was arrested after r

HALALAN 2022: Getting to know the presidential candidates

May 6, 2022

The upcoming local and national elections will determine the leaders who will become frontrunners in setting the country on the path to reco

Curbing Climate Change: COP26

April 21, 2022

To promote environmental protection and amplify the call of climate scientists to stand up against climate change, The New Builder looks bac

EDSA ‘86: Honoring the People Power

February 24, 2022

36 years have passed since the first EDSA People Power Revolution happened – an event that remains to be a momentous part of the nation's h

A Cardinal’s Guide to Home and Online Healthcare

July 20, 2021

With the steep increase of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, coupled with the onslaught of the Delta and Lambda variants, medical centers s

Preparing for the 2022 PH election amidst the pandemic

May 16, 2021

With the 2022 Philippine national and local elections fast approaching, Filipinos – especially the youth who are of legal age – are encourag

RECAP: Changes in the Mapúan system amidst the pandemic

April 21, 2021

In response to the drastic global impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Mapúa University (MU) has implemented changes

Cardinal Research: Builders of Society

February 21, 2021

Mapúa University has been known to foster the publication of research papers for the development of different communities and academe. This

Learning more about SMS spoofing

December 4, 2020

People have come to rely on online platforms to carry out financial transactions as part of the new normal. As an additional layer of securi