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MANILA, Philippines— For inspiring popular interest in science and math through her weekly column “Eureka!” in the Inquirer Learning section, Queena N. Lee-Chua is the first winner, jointly with Malaysia’s Mahaletchumy Arujanan, of the Regional Prize for Public Understanding of Science in the East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific from the Third World Academy…

Three Filipino English teachers were recognized as outstanding foreign experts by China’s Jilin Province for contributing to the province’s economic and social development.

MANILA, Philippines – The Math whiz kids of the Philippines arrived home Saturday night after winning 19 medals in the 7th International Mathematics and Science Olympiad (IMSO) for Primary Schools in Bali last week.

A Filipino high school student from the Philippine School in Bahrain topped a recently concluded Inter-School Speech competition in Manama.

MANILA, Philippines — United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has cited the province of Albay as a model for good practices on disaster risk reduction for this Thurday’s commemoration of International Day for Disaster Reduction.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has been ranked second best worldwide in the microfinance business, and the leader in the Asia Pacific region.

MANILA, Philippines – Masters Vincent Raphael G. Soriano, Javier Ma. B. Pablo, and Jose Antonio T. Sison were named the grand champions of the 2nd Asian Schools Debate Championships (ASDC) held in De La Salle University last Sept. 5 to 9. The three Ateneans bested over 200 debaters during the tournament, which was attended by…

MANILA, Philippines – Two Filipino students received an Honorable Mention in the recently concluded 4th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics in Beijing, China.

FOR most students, Math may seem to be the hardest subject, but not for these kids. A team of Filipino whiz kids brought another honor to the country as they won a total of 69 medals in two mathematics contests held in China and Taiwan recently. According to Dr. Simon Chua, president of the Mathematics…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ math whiz kids have again harvested a crop of championship trophies, as well as several silver and bronze medals in the 11th Invitational World Youth Mathematics Inter-Cities Competitions (IWYMIC) and the Korea Elementary Mathematics International Competition held in Incheon, South Korea.

MANILA, Philippines — An association of Filipino teachers based in Louisiana, US, received Saturday a prestigious award from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an education sector labor union with almost one million members.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine standing in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) watch list for tuberculosis improved from seventh place in 1997 to ninth place last year, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.

THE PHILIPPINES’ “good practices” in migrant workers’ policy is a model that Bangladesh would want to copy, according to Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni.

MANILA, Philippines – A retired Filipina marine scientist was one of five women scientists to receive a prestigious international award.

A 24-year-old Filipino programmer has won the Google Map Maker Global Competition, which encourages users around the world to map universities, schools and hospitals to help humanitarian organizations do their jobs better.

PHILIPPINE exports in December rose at its fastest pace in nearly four years, but the full-year figure was the worst contraction on record.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines ranked an impressive 44th in a new World Bank logistics survey that covered 155 economies worldwide.

Ooffshore outsourcing in 2010 may focus less on the quantity of work organizations are sending overseas and more on where they’re sending it. Leading companies will begin developing networks of offshore locations for outsourcing: They’ll supplement contracts with vendors in more developed locales like India and the Philippines with new relationships in emerging markets in…

MANILA, Philippines – In a flurry of international recognition for the Philippines, two prestigious publications, CNN Traveller and Asia Spa, add three more accolades to the country.

MANILA, Philippines – I don’t know about you, but all this talk about massacres, martial law, re-election and sports heroes gone awry has left me wanting for more substantial, feel good stories. Even the amazing feat of 2009 CNN Hero of the Year Efren Peñaflorida received no less than one full day of our undivided…

MANILA, Philippines – Two young Filipinos won the recent CNN/YouTube Debates and their prize includes a free trip to Copenhagen, Denmark to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino math whiz kids lorded it over their counterparts from 21 countries, bagging a hundred medals and winning for the Philippines the overall championship in the just-concluded Philippine International Mathematics Competitions (PIMC) hosted by Iloilo City.

MANILA, Philippines – Two Filipinos have again won honors for the country. Nikki Sandino Victoriano of Antipolo City won first prize in an Asian photography contest focused on climate change sponsored by a regional center of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO).

MANILA, Philippines – A Filipino has received international recognition for his innovative effort in educating poor children. Efren Peñaflorida, who started the “Kariton Klassroom” to bring education to poor children, has been named CNN Hero of the Year, the cable news network announced yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment’s hotline for information on local and overseas jobs won an award from International Association of Business Communicators, it was learned over the weekend.

MANILA, Philippines – Young Filipino math and science wizards placed second in the math category in the 6th International Math and Science Olympiad (IMSO) in Jogjakarta, Indonesia recently.

MANILA, Philippines – The National Geographic Magazine had named the Philippines as “One of 25 Best New Travel Destinations in the World in 2010” and the country’s ancient cultures, structures and biodiversity were cited as key reasons to visit the archipelago.

NEW DELHI, India— It’s “mission accomplished” for the 20-member Philippine team to the just-concluded 2009 Wizards at Mathematics International Competition (WIZMIC) where it finished in second place.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has won the 2009 Offshoring Destination of the Year category at the 4th National Outsourcing Association (NOA) Awards held last Oct. 15 at Park Plaza Riverbank in London.