Three high school students from different schools in the country won the championship of the 5th Association of the Southeast Asian Nations Quiz Bee in Phonm Penh, Cambodia.
The Department of Foreign Affairs identified the students as Franchesca Anne Inacay of St. Albert the Great School in Dagupan City, Kristiyanne Paul de Pedro of Koronadal National Comprehensive High School and Maria Angela Krizelle Rubin of San Joaquin National High School in Calbayog, Eastern Visayas.
The three young ladies defeated students from Cambodia, Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
“The Philippines has been consistent in winning the ASEAN Quiz Regional Competition,” the DFA said in a statement.
In 2002, the Philippines won first and second places in the individual delegate category of the competition.
In 2004, the country got the first place, in 2006, the Philippines won the second place then again won first place in 2009.
The Philippine Team grabbed a total score of 71 points; Cambodia came close with 70 points while Thailand scored 68 points. -Sara Fabunan, Manila Standard Today
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