What’s Pi Day all about? Math, science, pies and more

Associated Press 03/14/2024

Math enthusiasts around the world, from college kids to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day on Thursday, which is March 14 or 3/14 — the first three digits of an infinite number with many practical uses. Around the…

Bill pushes science, math schools for all PH provinces

Melvin Gascon 12/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — At least one public math and science high school must be established in all provinces in the Philippines to address the “stagnation” of Filipino learners’ mathematical and scientific literacy as revealed by an international…

Southeast Asia rank: PH 2nd to worst in Grade 5 students’ reading, math skills

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 01/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines—As most Grade 5 students in the Philippines and its poorer neighbors do not have the minimum reading and mathematical skills expected at the end of primary education, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) stressed the…

COVID math: All the virus in the world would fit in a coke can

Reuters 02/11/2021

LONDON — All the COVID-causing virus circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum exposes just how much devastation is caused…

Collaboration among academe, industries needed to prepare teachers, students for 4IR

Irene R. Sino Cruz 11/25/2019

CEBU CITY — With the emergence of 4th industrial revolution (4IR), the academe and industries have to collaborate to prepare teachers and students for the disruption that will occur. Terence Ang, program director of Unilab Foundation, cited…

Want a unique Wi-Fi password combination? A senior high teacher has a brilliant idea

Immae Lachica 11/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Having second thoughts of giving out your Wi-Fi password but too kind to say no to someone who asks for it? Well, a 22-year-old senior high school teacher from Tayug, Pangasinan has come up with…

Cebuana student, Angela Mancao: Two academic adventures in Yale and Harvard

Immae Lachica 03/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two summers, two academic adventures, in two different Ivy League schools in the US. That is one way to sum up the 2017 and 2018 summers of a young Cebuana, Angela Mancao. Mancao,…

‘Captain America’ meets math genius

Jeff Ruffolo 05/04/2017

HAVE you ever had that feeling that your young son or daughter is just a little bit … different? Maybe they are constantly bored with the world around us because their brains are working at a higher…

From ‘Best in Math’ to board topnotcher

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/25/2017

UC Mechanical Engineering graduate shares his journey to the board exams When Brylle Pahimutang Gilbuena graduated at Gun-ob Elementary School in Lapu-Lapu City in 2007, he received a “Best in Math” award aside from being the first…

‘HOTTEST’ Math Teacher Relaxes in Cebu Resort

Apple Ta-as 03/23/2017

PIETRO Boselli, also known as the “world’s hottest math teacher,” sure knows how to enjoy the Philippines as he went hopping to the different white-sand beaches around the country, including Cebu. On his Instagram account, Pietro posted…

Industries need to build pool of STEM graduates — exec

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/13/2016

As more companies shift to modern ways of doing business, the demand for graduates educated in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) is also growing. In the case of Accenture in the Philippines, its pivot to “new…

Makatabang sa publiko ang Uber ug GrabCar

Lloyd Suarez, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/13/2016

Nakasabot ko kang LTFRB-7 Director Ahmed Cuizon nga mipadayag sa iyang kahiubos ngadto sa ubang mga operator sa GrabCar ug UBER tungod kay gibirahan siya pag-ayo sa social media dihang wa na niya tugti nga maka-operate kay…

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