Category: Academe
iAcademy, PwC Hold Free Online Workshops for Aspiring Accountants
“We are thankful to PwC for letting us share with our students their expertise in accounting. In this way, our students will get to hone their analytical skills and get a glimpse of accounting concepts at an early stage.” — Vanessa Tanco, iAcademy president and CEO, said. Media Release: MAKATI-based school iAcademy, and PwC Philippines, […]
Amid Pandemic, Schools Find ‘Smart’ Ways to Continue Learning
Media Release: THE Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted everyone’s regular routines, including school classes from kinder to college. Some educational institutions, however, are not letting the virus stop their students’ learning. Indeed, along the way, they are learning valuable life lessons. One of these schools is St. Scholastica’s College (SSC) Manila, where teachers and students are […]
NRCP’s Dr. RV Destura, Scientist behind Covid-19 Testing Kit
Media Release: By MARIA ELENA A. TALINGDAN, DOST-NRCP ON April 1, 2020, the banner story of the day which reverberated across social media, print, radio and television broadcast, and online news portals was the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory No. 2020-513 Approving the First Locally Manufactured Test Kit for COVID-19 for Commercial Use. It was […]
JHU: Covid-19 Cases over One Million Worldwide
By EDD K. USMAN (SDN) — CONFIRMED cases of Covid-19 infections have now breached the million milestone at 1,013,157. The American Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported the whopping and still rising figures on its Covid-19 Dashboard, which tracks global incidence of the coronavirus in real-time. This is as of April 3, 2020, 8:43 a.m., Manila […]
9,788 Pass DOST Scholarships for AY 2020-2021
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEW SCHOLARS OF DOST-SEI!!! Media Release: A total of 9,788 graduating senior high school students will have a reason to celebrate as they clinch a slot in the country’s premier science scholarship programs – the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) Scholarship Programs. Out of the total number of […]
DOST Scholarships for Junior Level Now Open
Media Release: IF you are inclined to or, more importantly, aiming for STEM courses in college, then here’s your passport to a free education. The Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) is opening the application for its 2020 Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) Program. The JLSS is intended for incoming regular third year […]
Message from East-West Center President Regarding COVID-19
Here’s a message of solidarity from East-West Center and updates about COVID-19 Media Release: Dear East-West Center ‘Ohana, OUR hearts go out to EWC alumni and everyone affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. We urge you and your families to take every possible precaution to ensure your safety and limit its spread. Here at the […]
DOST Project SPARTA to Produce 30K Data-Savvy ‘Spartans’
For update: By EDD K. USMAN Twitter: @edd1819, Instagram: @bluestar0910, Facebook: Science, Digital & Current Affairs (SDN) — Around 2,500 years ago, in 480 BC, 300 Spartans and their allies fought and died in the Battle of Thermopylae. The Spartan warriors, defending the narrow Thermopylae pass, fought a massively numerous Persian invasion force on a […]
6 Female Researchers Show Way in DOST-Newton Agham PhD Scholarships
To be updated: By EDD K. USMAN Twitter: @edd1819, Instagram: @bluestar0910, Facebook: SDN — Science, Digital and Current Affairs (SDN) — Women empowerment is thriving in the Philippines, not the least in the realm of the academe. Proof: Six female researchers have won six slots for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) scholarships in the Department of […]
Dr. Michael Angelo Promentilla & Team Win Newton Prize PHL, £200-K Research Fund
To be updated: Inaugural Newton Prize Philippines 2019 in photographs: By EDD K. USMAN Twitter: @edd1819, Instagram: @bluestar0910, Facebook: SDN — Science, Digital & Current Affairs MANILA POLO CLUB, Makati City (SDN) — Dr. Michael Angelo Promentilla and his team have won the Philippine edition of the Newton Prize 2019. British Ambassador Daniel Pruce announced […]