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The Philippine team from the Philippine Science High School–Western Visayas Campus won a fourth place grand award in the environmental sciences category and awarded $500 for their project entitled “regenerating coral fragments on bamboo artificial reefs”.

WHEREVER, WHENEVER. Tesda director-general Joel Villanueva leads the launch of the agency’s online program at the Tesda Women’s Center in Taguig City. Filipinos here and abroad can take the four online courses currently available. The agency intends to expand the offerings to ten within the year.

RAISING THE FLAG. The Philppine delegation to the First Lego League (FLL) Worldwide Festival held in St. Louis, Missouri last April whoops it up after winning third in the Best Presentation category. The country’s entry to the competition was an anti-botcha (anti-double dead meat) robot.

Each year, young achievers in the field of science and engineering are given the opportunity to share the fruits of their research with a global audience – at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

One hundred fifty-one Filipinos in Riyadh graduated on May 4 from one of two computer courses offered by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa).

FOR THE 21ST CENTURY STUDENT. Gaspar Vibal, president of Vibal Publishing, unveils on Monday the “Vibe”, an Android-based tablet for students and teachers during a teacher conference at the Philippine Normal University (PNU) in Manila.

A House resolution has been filed commending the driving force behind the Mind Museum, the first world-class science museum in the country that promotes science learning to the different sectors of Philippine society.

Teachers who will be trained shall be science high school teachers, preferably those newly hired or those who need improvement in teaching science.

NO FURTHER DELAY. DepEd secretary Armin Luistro (left) and Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III applaud as student guests receive a copy of the K to 12 basic education program in Malacanang on Tuesday. Sen. Edgardo Angara and Aurora Rep. Sonny Angara also attended the launch.

A ranking member of the Senate said that pending reforms to the country’s basic and secondary education system should focus on boosting the country’s capacity for science and technology (S&T).