paul jake

The 2025 National Science Month theme, “Harnessing the Unknown: Powering the Future through Science and Innovation”, highlights how science helps us face problems we do not yet fully understand. This includes climate change, new diseases, space exploration, and technology. By studying the unknown, we prepare solutions that improve energy, health, and daily life. The Philippines chose this theme to show that learning and innovation are needed to move the country forward. In the coming years, science will become even more important in society. It will give answers to global issues such as pandemics, resource shortages, and extreme weather. New inventions like artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and biotechnology will change the way people live and work. To make this useful for everyone, schools must teach scientific thinking, and leaders must make fair policies that guide the use of new knowledge. Science will also affect equality. Countries and communities that support science ed...

The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world because of its location along the Pacific typhoon belt. Climate change makes storms stronger, sea levels higher, and rainfall patterns unpredictable. These shifts cause destructive floods, landslides, and droughts that damage farms, homes, and livelihoods. Typhoons like Yolanda (Haiyan) left lasting scars on communities, showing how sudden disasters disrupt millions of lives. Human actions worsen these impacts. Deforestation, urban congestion, and poor waste management weaken natural defenses against flooding. The burning of fossil fuels and unsustainable farming add greenhouse gases that trap more heat in the atmosphere. As a result, Filipinos face both fast and slow environmental changes, from violent typhoons to rising seas that threaten coastal towns. These conditions force many families into poverty or migration.  Despite these challenges, Filipinos show strong resilience. Communities help one another thr...

  Intramurals give students the chance to show their skills in different sports, and one of these is chess. Chess tests not only strategy but also patience and focus. Players face each other with the goal of outsmarting their opponent through calculated moves. This game helps develop decision-making and critical thinking, which are useful even outside the board. Basketball is one of the most exciting highlights in intramurals. It brings large crowds of students together to watch and cheer for their teams. Players show teamwork, discipline, and physical endurance throughout the game. The competitive atmosphere pushes them to give their best effort while still maintaining sportsmanship. Another featured sport is sepak takraw, which requires speed, balance, and control. Played with a rattan ball, it challenges players to use their feet, head, and body to keep the ball in play. It is fast-paced and thrilling, giving both athletes and spectators an intense experience. This sport also hi...