THE COUNTRY held its first ever online ozone layer protection quiz, and two students from Philippine Science High School emerged victorious in the finals, earning the right to represent the Philippines in the Asia Pacific sub-regional quiz in Bangkok.

Here’s an excerpt from the PNA article that came out in Bayanihan.org:

This victory gave the tandem of Paulo Miguel Manzanilla and Lawrence Medina the right to represent the Philippines in the Asia-Pacific sub-regional ozone layer quiz in Bangkok, Thailand tentatively scheduled on June 30 this year, the DENR said.

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MAYBE army ants could fix the roads here and teach our officials a thing or two, heh

Here’s an excerpt from the Inquirer and Reuters article:

WASHINGTON — Army ants tired of potholes take one for the team, throwing their bodies into rough spots to make a smoother road for their sisters, two British researchers reported on Sunday.

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STUDENTS and professors from De La Salle University are aiming for the next international event to conquer. This time it will be the prestigious World Solar Challenge in Australia, a competition that pits developers of solar-powered vehicles from around the world.

Forty people from the DLSU and their corporate partners have been developing the first Philippine-made solar-powered car, which has been christened “Sinag” (”sunshine” in Filipino), that will be entered in the competition, which will be held in October 2007.

In an interview with INQUIRER.net, Merritt Partners chairman and former energy secretary Vincent Perez said the development of the first Philippine-made solar-powered car that will be entered in the competition is one of the biggest undertakings related to energy development that brings together various private firms and an academic institution.

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TWO projects from the Philippines were among the top winners in the recently held Global Development Marketplace Competition organized by the World Bank in association with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as part of an international initiative to identify emerging development ideas.

The two Filipino projects were among the 2,900 entries that were submitted to the competition, and one of the nine Filipino projects that made it to the top 104 finalists.

They will be awarded with grants of up to $200,000.

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LUIJI John Karlo Suarez from Doña Hortencia Salas Benedicto National High School is one of the Filipino students who made their mark in the recently held Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Suarez won a scholarship award from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance/Lemelson Foundation worth $1, 000. He is one of the 11 winners of the Special Award.

Suarez’s project is in the field of biology and agriculture entitled “The Potential of Marine Bioluminescent Bacteria as Antibacterial Agents Against Two Major Rice Diseases Caused by Xathomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzicola.”

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