Shift to old school calendar gets teachers’ support

Jane Baustista, Julie Aurelio 06/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The three-member Makabayan bloc on Monday filed a bill that would revert the 2024 to 2025 school calendar to the prepandemic schedule of June to March, with students going on break in April and…

CHED proposes flexible learning models instead of reverting to old school calendar

Futch Anthony Inso 05/07/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu –  An official of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said that there was no need to revert to the old school calendar in order to avoid discomforts that may result from the El…

Mandaue City school shifts to online classes ‘due to intense heat’

Doris C. Bongcac 04/25/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A private school in Mandaue City has announced their adoption of a learning modality shift for the rest of the week “due to the intense heat.” The St. John Paul II Cognition School…

ANS teams bag sepak takraw gold medals in Cebu City Olympics

Glendale G. Rosal 03/31/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Abellana National School (ANS) or Unit 9 swept the secondary division sepak takraw events in the 30th Cebu City Olympics on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC)…

Nashville school shooter had ’emotional disorder’ and small arsenal, police say

Reuters 03/29/2023

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The 28-year-old former student who killed three children and three adults at a Christian grade school in Nashville on Monday was under a doctor’s care for an “emotional disorder” and had purchased seven guns…

Measure requiring schools to submit calendar of activities to cops nixed

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 03/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The proposed “Anti-Violence and School Safety Ordinance of Cebu City” of Councilor Jose Lorenzo Abellanosa failed to secure the approval of the city council during its third and final reading last Wednesday, March…

Sara Duterte: Lack of school infra, resources ‘most pressing issue’ in PH education

Mariejo S. Ramos - @inquirerdotnet 01/30/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The lack of school infrastructure and resources is the “most pressing issue” faced by the Philippine education sector, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Monday. As she presented the Basic Education…

2.1 million students return to their classrooms in Central Visayas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Around 2.1 million students in Central Visayas returned to their schools on the first day of the full implementation of in-person classes on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. So far, the resumption of face-to-face…

Mandaue police probe death of nursing student inside school campus

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/17/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) continues to investigate the cause of the death of the 19-year-old male nursing student inside one of the schools in the city. The incident happened at past…

Cordova robbery: Man, teener, who stole guard’s shotgun to buy drugs, nabbed

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/23/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man and a minor, a 17-year-old boy, are in big trouble after they allegedly stole a school’s security guard’s shotgun in Cordova town that they allegedly intended to sell to buy drugs.…

Toronto police kill man carrying gun near schools

05/27/2022

TORONTO – Toronto police shot and killed a man who was walking down a street carrying a gun in a city neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, an incident that prompted five nearby schools to be placed under precautionary…

School won’t be the same

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 12/01/2021

I have a sinking feeling that — as painful as it was for students to transition from in-person classes to online learning — it would be just as painful to transition back to face-to-face classes after almost…

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