Ireneo Bughao (born June 18, 1957) was awarded with Ripley's Believe It or Not!'s cartoon in January 1997, with a caption that states: "Ireneo Bughao of Manila, Philippines is able to calculate the specific day of the week of any day in the past or future – faster than a computer!". He has thought of and perfected a mathematical formula, where he can determine and give accurate answers with ease and astounding speed to those who would like to know the day they were born, or what day a date shall fall centuries from now.[1]
Bughao works for PAGCOR, or Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, and Director Auxiliary of
the 128th Squadron of Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary [2018-2022].[2]
Bughao has honed his mathematical skills and has been a contributor of numerical puzzles – Sunrays, Octacros, and Sequence Game, to the Mr. & Ms. Magazine from 1983 till 1986.[5] He performed at the (now closed)Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum in Shangri-La Mall, Ortigas for the museum's Father's Day celebration on June 15, 1997.[6]
Media coverage
Local television programs featured Bughao, including interviews and guesting in the following shows: