By Arturo Belano

A STUDENT from the Philippine Science High School main campus bagged several awards in the Siam International Mathematics and Science Olympics held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Grade 8 student Alexander Peter Benedict Lomibao received the Simsolver Cup trophy and gold medal in Science.

He also secured the championship trophy and gold medal in Mathematics.

The PSHS commended Lomibao for his feat.

SIMSO aims to discover champions from all over the world who are passionate about numbers, logic, and science.

Participating countries are Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, France, Georgia, Ghana, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrigistan, Laos, Latvia, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Thailand.