Earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria, more than 40,000 killed
by: Aya Ecaldre || Photo Credit: Erdem Sahin/EPA-EFE A 7.8 magnitude earthquake, followed by a series of aftershocks, devastated southeast Turkey and northwest Syria last February 6, 2023, at 4:17 A.M (GMT+3). More than 10,000 injuries have been recorded, and the death toll has surpassed 40,000. The earthquake’s epicenter was near Nurdağı and Gaziantep, home…
PSHS-EVC Sportsfest 2022: The Charitesia commences
by: Frances Katharine Manalo || Photo Credit: Kendra Osias With the theme “Unity in the Spirit of Camaraderie,” the PSHS-EVC finally kicked off Sportsfest 2022: The Charitesia last January 30, 2023, in the school gymnasium. Hosted by Batch 2025, the week-long event will end on February 3. On Monday morning, the opening program, hosted by…
China experiences an upsurge in COVID-19 cases after dismantling stringent “zero-COVID” policy
by: Gabriel Vinci Tamayo || Photo Credit: REUTERS/Aly Song China scrambles to accommodate patients as the nation undergoes a new wave of COVID-19 cases right after the rollback of the most significant restrictions through its “zero-COVID” policy, forcing residents to stay inside their homes and subsequently resulting in the desertion of streets in major cities.…
Maharlika Investment Fund bill swiftly approved by the House of Representatives
by: Daneil Anthony Cerdeña || Photo Credit: Rappler On December 15, 2022, House Bill No. 6608, also known as the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill, was approved in its third and final reading at the House of Representatives. The MIF bill is a policy that employs citizens, promotes trade, expands infrastructure, and aims to establish…
PasKoral and Pasko Jingle kick off EVC’s Holiday Season
by: Aya Ecaldre || Photo Credit: Paskorus Technical Working Group To celebrate the holiday season, the Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) held the annual competition for the PasKoral and PaskoJingle virtually last December 19, 2022, via Facebook Live. Organized by the PEHM unit, together with Musikanta, the event showcased video outputs…
US Vice President Kamala Harris visits the Philippines
by: April Princess Closa || Photo Credit: Rappler In an effort to bolster the US-Philippines alliance, US Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to the Philippines for a three-day official trip from November 20 to 22, making her the highest-ranking US official to visit the country under the Marcos administration. Harris arrived on Sunday night, November…
President Marcos attends the APEC CEO Summit 2022
by: Johanna Macababbad || Photo Credit: PBBM’s Official Facebook Page/Xinhua “Dark clouds loom large if we are not to be prepared. They loom on the economic horizon, and now, more than ever, our governments and economies must work closer and better together as partners in order to find that break in the clouds where the…
Paeng leaves PH in ruins after making landfall as a severe tropical storm
by: Vinci Tamayo || Photo Credit: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters After plowing through the Philippines and affecting the lives of over 3.96 million individuals, Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” — internationally known as Nalgae — left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Monday noon, October 31, leaving 6,542 damaged residences. The death toll also now sits at…
Horror in Seoul: At Least 151 Killed in Itaewon as Halloween Night turns into Deadly Crowd Crush
by: Frances Katharine Manalo || Photo Credit: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP An estimated 100,000 people in a surge, costumed partygoers fleeing in terror, desperate first aid attempts on sidewalks, and dead bodies lined up in narrow streets—these were the scenes in the nightlife district of the South Korean capital as a Halloween celebration turned into a tragic…
DepEd Spokesman Michael Poa reveals plan to omit Mother Tongue from curriculum still under review
by Vinci Tamayo || Photo Credit: George Calvelo/ABS-CBN News On October 18, 2022, a day after the Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III announced the desertion of Mother Tongue as a subject to ease the K-12 curriculum, DepEd Spokesman Michael Poa clarified during a public briefing that the plan was yet to be…
PSHS-EVC Awards its Scholars in Pasidungog 2021-2022
by Patricia Galapon || Photo Credit: Floydalyn Nitura To our dear students, Antonio Brown once said: “The journey is never-ending. There’s always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what’s right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment.” The Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC)…
Mass Shooting: Over 30 people killed by former police officer at a local day-care center in Thailand
by Daneil Anthony N. Cerdeña || Photo Credit: Arab News Trigger Warnings for the content of this article: Violence and mentions of suicide Last October 6, 2022, in Uthai Sawan, Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand, a local day-care center shifted from being a positive place to instantly becoming a historical area due to a former police…
Unity: Marcos’ solution to issues presented to the United Nations General Assembly
by Daneil Anthony N. Cerdeña || Photo Credit: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters On September 21, 2022, the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., represented the Philippines by speaking at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “Climate change is the greatest threat affecting our nations and peoples. There is no…
Catastrophic floods continue to ravage Pakistan
by Vinci Tamayo || Photo Credit: Akhtar Soomro/The Guardian Since mid-June 2022, extreme monsoon rainfall and bursting glacial lakes have caused disastrous floods to wreak havoc in Pakistan. Weeks of torrential rain disrupted the lives of 33 million people and resulted in approximately 1,500 deaths as of September 16, 2022. The government has declared the…
Philippines experiences a surge in scam messages
by April Closa || Photo Credit: Tiffany Afable The Philippines is currently experiencing a spike in fraud messages, which have recently become more rampant and aggressive, with some texts accurately including people’s first names. The alarming surge has urged telecommunications companies to take action, with PLDT and Smart Communications blocking 23 million scam messages from…
Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96, ending a reign longer than any British monarch
by Katharine Manalo || Photo Credit: Chris Jackson/Good Morning America Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-ruling monarch, died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle last September 8, 2022, after more than seven decades of an era-defining reign. The news of her peaceful passing followed hours after Buckingham Palace announced that doctors were concerned about…
PSHS-EVC implements limited in-person classes for AY 2022-2023
by Aya Ecaldre || Photo Credit: Floydalyn Nitura After two academic years of virtual learning, the Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) finally opened its doors to Grades 10-12 students for limited in-person classes last September 5, 2022. Prior to the opening of classes, virtual orientations for students were held via Zoom,…
PSHS-EVC conducts in-person enrollment for SY 2022-2023
by: Katharine Manalo || Photo Credit: Frances Canicon After two academic years of implementing virtual and remote enrollment, the Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) finally conducted in-person clearance signing and enrollment of incoming Grades 8 to 12 scholars for SY 2022-2023 at the school campus last July 18 to August 19,…
Marcos: The state of the nation is sound
by Samantha Macabit || Photo Credit: Veejay Villafranca/Bloomberg President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Batasang Pambansa Complex last July 25 at 4 p.m. He set forth the government’s agenda for his six-year term in office, while the country continues to face the crippling effects of the…
PSMUNYS 2022: PSHS-EVC holds its first MUN
by Johanna Macababbad || Photo Credit: PSHS – EVC MUN Club “The world needs your [youth’s] energy, courage, and commitment. I draw hope from seeing your generation challenge the status quo and call for transformative change.” Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General emphasized during his message in the opening program for the first Model United Nations…
PSHS-EVC finally holds in-person graduation for Batch Sidlak
by Patricia Galapon || Photo Credit: Sidlak: Bente dos FB Page After two academic years of conducting virtual graduation ceremonies, Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) held its 23rd Graduation Program for Batch 2022 at the school’s gymnasium, while simultaneously airing it on the EVC Direct Facebook page, last June 10. PSHS-EVC’s…
PSHS-EVC COMELEC announces S.A. officers for S.Y. 2022-2023
by: Samantha Macabit || Photo Credits: PSHS-EVC Comelec The Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) Commission on Elections (COMELEC) declared the set of newly elected Student Alliance (SA) officers for the upcoming school year on their official Facebook page last Wednesday, June 8. For this year’s SAGE, two parties, namely Student Leaders Advocating for…
Pisay opens doors to students for pilot in-person classes
by: Ranya Ecaldre || Photo credit: Ranya Ecaldre After almost two school years of online learning, the Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS – EVC) finally implemented the pilot in-person classes last April 4 and 6. The pilot batch consisted of sixteen Grade 11 students divided into three sections based on their…
PSHS-EVC celebrates its 30th founding anniversary
by Johanna Macababbad || Photo credit: PSHS-EVC FB Page For three decades, an institution currently located in Pawing, Palo, Leyte, has been reaching incredible heights through its expertise, resilience, and vigor. The Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS – EVC) conducted the opening program for its 30th founding anniversary via Zoom last…
Pisay celebrates holidays through E-Paskuhan 2021
by Ranya Ecaldre || Photo Credit: EVC Direct Despite the postponement due to the aftermath of Typhoon Odette, the PSHS-EVC Community still ignited its holiday spirit during the Pisay E-Paskuhan 2021, a virtual Christmas party held last January 7 via Zoom. The celebration was organized by the Student Alliance (SA) and was formally opened by…
PSHS-EVC opens its doors to evacuees during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette.
by Kendra Osias || Photo Credits: The Guardian Super Typhoon Odette, internationally named Rai, made its landfall last December 16, 2021. The typhoon ravaged several parts of Siargao, Dinagat, Surigao del Norte, Bohol, parts of Cebu, Palawan, and Southern Leyte. In response, the Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS – EVC), in…
PSHS-EVC Minecraft “Build-A-Lab” Challenge comes to a close
by: Gabriel Vinci Tamayo || Photo credit: Student Aliance PSHS-EVC The PSHS-EVC Minecraft “Build A Lab” Challenge, organized by the PSHS-EVC Chemistry Unit in cooperation with the Student Alliance, was held as a way of showcasing the creativity of students. Contestants were assigned to design a laboratory, and videos of which— serving as virtual lab…
PSHS-EVC finishes as Champion in Celestial Brain Buster: Astro Quiz Bowl 2021
by: Patricia Galapon || Photo Credits: PSHS-EVC Facebook Page Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) takes pride as three of its students bag the title, ‘Astro Quiz Bowl Champions,’ in the inter-school Astro Quiz Bowl held last October 30. The Quiz Bowl, with the theme “The Space Between Us: Entanglement Across the…
Pisay-EVC bags awards in International Chemistry Quiz 2021
by Aya Ecaldre || Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) raises the Philippine flag in the global spotlight once more after bagging awards in the International Chemistry Quiz (ICQ) 2021 held last July 28. The event was organized by the Royal Australian Chemistry Institute to promote and encourage awareness of the nature and relevance…
PSHS-EVC holds its 8th Typhoon Yolanda Commemoration
by Samantha Macabit || Photo by: Mrs. Ma. Lorna Garnace To commemorate the eighth anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda, a mass and candle lighting ceremony was conducted at the Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC), which was broadcast live on Facebook last November 5. Only the faculty and staff members were physically present…
Pasidungog: PSHS-EVC Virtual Recognition Program draws A.Y. 2020-2021 to a close
Vinci Tamayo & Daneil Cerdeña || To recognize the talents and efforts of scholars last Academic Year 2020-2021, Pasidungog, the Philippine Science High School– Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) Virtual Recognition Program, was streamed live on EVC Direct, the PSHS-EVC’s official Facebook group, last September 24. Before the recognition program, the oath-taking of the new set…
PSHS-EVC COMELEC proclaims Student Alliance officers for A.Y. 2021-2022
Patricia Galapon || Garnering 85 to 94 percent of the voters’ favor, the Philippine Science High School – the Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) Commission on Elections (COMELEC) declared a new set of Student Alliance (SA) officers on their official Facebook and Twitter accounts yesterday, September 17. Voting results revealed that all six candidates from the…
PSHS-EVC conducts Miting de Avance, SAGE 2021 commences
Johanna Lindsey Macababbad || In front of their cameras, wearing crisp, cream or white blouses with the embroidered emblem of the Philippine Science High School System (PSHSS) sewn atop of their hearts, six students of PSHS-Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) introduced themselves to the rest of the student body as candidates for the Student Alliance (SA).…
Pisay welcomes A.Y. 2021-2022 with Dukalwong iCamp
Katherine Manalo || To commence the Academic Year 2021-2022, Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS – EVC) held Dukalwong, a two-day interactive virtual camp, last September 2-3 via Zoom. Organized by Ms. Darry Portillo, Ms. Donnabelle Conde, and Mrs. Gaye Petilos-Tumulac, and selected students from Batch 2022, the event involved insightful talks…
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