FILIPINO pride shines on the global stage once more as the team from iAcademy — consisting of Nicholas Barilea, Ryan Caezar Itang, Justine Benedict Umali, and coaches Professor Jayson Viernes and Dean Kiko Napalit — won the grand prize for the Computing Track in the global finals of the Huawei Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Competition, held in Shenzhen, China.

This victory marked a significant milestone for the Philippines in the field of ICT, being the first time a Filipino team achieved such a distinction in the said competition.