Philippine Blog Awards 2010National Artists of the Philippines
Here is the updated list of National Artists awardees as of 2009:
RP bets win silver medal in Primary Math Olympiad
August 21, 2008 by admin
Filed under Academics, Competitions
Although the Philippines did not won any medals in the Beijing Olympics, our bets in the Primary Math Olympiad which was also held in China were able to grab silver and bronze medal and one of them was hailed over-all second placer.
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Pinoys win Int’l Environmental Projects Award
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Filipino Jose Antonio Vargas Wins the Pulitzer Prize
27-year-old internet savvy Filipino American, Jose Antonio Vargas, became the 6th Pinoy to win the Pulitzer Prize.
(Complete list of Filipino Pulitzer Prize winners after the jump)
4 RP Schools in the Top 500 World Universities of 2006
Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Institute of Higher Education has released its 2006 Ranking of World’s Top 500 Universities which is quite similar to the other rankings conducted by MIT and Stanford.
The top ten are:
1. Harvard University (USA)
2. Cambridge University (United Kingdom)
3. Stanford University (USA)
4. University of California – Berkeley (USA)
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
6. CalTech (USA)
7. Columbia University (USA)
8. Princeton (USA)
9. University of Chicago (USA)
10. Oxford University (United Kingdom)
Four Philippine schools made it to the Top 500 this year (based from 2006) and they are:
1. University of the Philippines – ranked no. 299th
2. De La Salle University – ranked no. 392nd
3. Ateneo de Manila University – ranked no. 484th
4. University of Sto. Thomas – ranked no. 500th
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