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MANILA, Philippines — A team of students from UP Diliman won an award from Sun Microsystems for a Java application that runs on a mobile device and helps doctors treat poisoning cases faster.

A Filipino physicist who pioneered in the Philippines research on cutting-edge photonics won the top prize in an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Science and Technology competition.

A Filipino scientist will receive the much-coveted 2008 ASEAN Outstanding Scientist and Technologist (AOST) award tomorrow in Manila for his significant work in photonics and signal processing.

HIGH school students Royce Pacibe and Rafi Dimakuta from the Fountain International School in San Juan, Metro Manila, won two gold and one bronze medals in Physics international competitions in Turkey, Bosnia Herzegovina and Georgia.

The victorious 16-member Philippine math team that harvested a crop of medals including seven golds, two overall championship trophies, three silvers and five bronzes at the 12th Po Leung Kuk 12th Primary Math World Contest held in Hong Kong recently came home Wednesday night.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines was adjudged Best Practice Country among eight other countries surveyed that are sending workers through Korea’s Employment Permit System (EPS).

Sixteen-year-old Gian Dapul, an incoming senior at the Philippine Science High School, won the English Speaking Union’s International Public Speaking Competition held in London last Friday.

Three IT-savvy students of Ateneo de Manila University bagged the top prize in the Imagine Cup 2008, the yearly software design competition sponsored by global software giant Microsoft.

A Filipina astrophysicist is making waves in the international community after leading the discovery of the largest number of “supermassive” black holes.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines through the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) has won a commendation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for a project to digitize non-formal education in the country, a government executive has told INQUIRER.net.

Like true survivors, Filipinos who have excelled in the international circuit have battled against the toughest competitors.

SPi, a leading global provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions, has been ranked among the world’s best in the 2008 Global Services 100 Survey conducted by Global Services magazine and neoIT, an outsourcing advisory firm.

A PRESTIGIOUS international magazine has listed two Palawan resorts among the 20 most eco-sensitive hotels in the world.

Quezon City has joined the ranks of Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei as one of the Top 10 Asian Cities of the Future.

FILIPINO elementary and high school students bagged 11 gold medals in the recently concluded 3rd International Math Contest in Singapore, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported yesterday.

TWO fourth-year students at the Philippine Science High School, Lawrence Medina and Paulo Manzanilla, have received a grant to initiate an environmental project and will attend celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol in Canada next month.

A GRADE 6 student of Chiang Kai Shek College bagged a surprise gold medal and eight others won eight bronze medals in the International Youth Mathematics Contest 2007 in Hong Kong recently.

THE Japanese embassy yesterday recognized two Filipino artists who were among the top 15 placers in the first International Manga Competition, a contest that drew 146 nominees from 26 countries.

Twelve of the 17 members of the Philippine team won medals in the recently concluded 3rd International Mathematics and Science Olympiad held in Jakarta.