Quisumbing orders suspension of classes across all levels in Mandaue City

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 11/24/2016

Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Luis Quisumbing has ordered the suspension of classes in public schools across all levels for November 25, Friday due to the entry of tropical depression Marce. With the order, classes for public preschools,…

A fitting gift

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 08/05/2016

Graduate school is tough. The overconfident 2014 version of myself did not realize this. I was a mother to then one-year-old twins and the family was based in Guangzhou, China. The original plan was to work on…

Cebuano uses chess to reach out to students

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/23/2016

A Cebuano teacher made headlines in the City of Chicago in the US two months ago. Joseph Ocol, a 59-year-old Math teacher in Chicago was well respected among his peers until he had to choose between his…

July 6 is non-working holiday

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte declared July 6 as a non-working holiday to give way for the annual observance of the Muslim holiday Eid’l Fitr. The Eid’l Fitr marks the end of Ramadhan and the completion of fasting for…

Flood hits public school classrooms in Naga City

Carmel Loise Matus 06/22/2016

A least six classes were disrupted at the Naga Central Elementary School in Naga City in southern Cebu after a downpour early yesterday morning flooded its low-lying classrooms. Delight Mae Santos, a Grade 5 teacher, told CEBU…

DSWD: 380K Pantawid children to enroll this year

06/21/2016

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas was expecting around 380,000 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program children beneficiaries aged 3-18 to enroll this year in the provinces of Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor. A total…

Safety nets for K-12

Editorial 06/17/2016

By now most schools in Cebu and the rest of the country would have adjusted to the K-12 program that the outgoing Aquino administration has implemented though we don’t buy the Department of Education’s (DepEd) assessment that…

No work, no classes in Lapu-Lapu as city celebrates Charter Day

Norman V. Mendoza 06/16/2016

THERE will be no work and no classes in Lapu-Lapu City today as the city celebrates its 55th Charter Day anniversary. Lapu-Lapu City government employees will also receive a P3,000 anniversary bonus to mark the day. In…

Coping with K to 12

Jobers R. Bersales 06/15/2016

Years and decades from now, Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III will have been remembered for the illegal Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) that is expected to hound him and his Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, once they step down…

Cebu City traffic manageable on school day opening

Nestle L. Semilla 06/13/2016

CEBU City’s traffic was manageable in today’s opening of classes, the Cebu City Transportation Office said. CCTO operations chief Jonathan Tumulak said they have not yet encountered any major traffic problem. He said there was a high volume…

Cebu City prepares for increased water demand, traffic congestion

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/12/2016

The  (CCTO) will field additional personnel to augment existing traffic enforcers, especially in schools located along major traffic routes. This is in anticipation of an increase in vehicles on the streets with the opening of classes today.…

Not enough teachers, classrooms for K-12

Carmel Loise Matus 06/12/2016

WHILE the regional Department of Education (DepEd-7) said they are ready to implement the K-12 program, there aren’t enough teachers and classrooms to implement it. DedEd Central Visayas director Dr. Juliet Jeruta said budgetary requirements and bureaucratic…

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