KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/31 May) — Two days after the surrender of some 25 former Moro rebels in Tacurong City, another batch of Moro renegades yielded to the Philippine Army, reports from the 75th Infantry Battalion said. Lt. Col. Paul Atal, commander of the 75IB, said the group of Commander Bagibagi, whose real name is Boy Palangan, surrendered to his office on Monday, two days after the laying down of arms of Commander Michael Pompong and his group.
By Gail Ilagan/MindaNews
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/31 May) — ADDU math professors Gina Lapaza-Montalan and Evelyn Beatisula share one thing in common — they cannot do automatic arithmetic operations. Evelyn says she has to use a calculator. Gina says she can't beat the vendor at mentally computing how much she needs to pay or how much change she's got coming at the wet market. And yet, Evelyn gets to heaven lost in the beauty of higher math. Some years back, I audited graduate school statistics under Gina, and I can attest that she is the best math teacher I've ever had. She makes math so understandable, bringing up her students' ability to make appropriate judgment on the tools to use given the objective. She can do that because she really understands math.
