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Neni Sta. Romana Cruz - @inquirerdotnet 07/18/2020

A basic tenet in promoting the love of reading in students is to have books surround, immerse, and preoccupy them. A Reading Corner is essential in any classroom. Thus, the popular reading slogans to lose one’s self…

DepEd seeks to penalize erring classroom contractors

Futch Anthony Inso 06/25/2018

THE Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) wants to penalize contractors who won’t be able to finish the construction of school buildings on time. DepEd-7 Regional Director Juliet Jeruta said that they already have a guideline…

CLASSROOM SHORTAGE WOES

MAO BA? 06/25/2018

The news about the prevailing issue on the insufficient number of classrooms in public schools in the entire region drew strong reactions from Cebuano netizens. This came after the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) admitted…

Officials target to reopen Sapangdaku Elementary School this June

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/23/2017

Cebu City officials will reopen the Sapangdaku Elementary School, which was closed three years ago due to flooding woes. In a press conference on Tuesday morning, Councilor Joy Augustus Young announced the reopening of the school after…

Vocation for all 

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/13/2017

Los Baños, Laguna — This one goes out to all those who teach.  Pre-school, elementary, high school, college, alternative learning, out-of-school youth, homeschool, classroom, mobile school, community centers… whoever, whichever, wherever you teach, here’s an affirmation that…

Young Teachers’ Boot Camp

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/06/2017

Happy New Year! By the time this column goes to print, I am already at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) waiting for my flight to Manila. I was selected to be one of the 80-plus young…

‘HELP US’

Nestle L. Semilla 12/03/2016

Sirila Gomisong has not changed her clothes in two days. Yet she had no choice but to keep on wearing the same house dress because it was all that she has now, having fled from the fire…

What dreams may come

Apple Ta-as 11/15/2016

WHAT is your dream for the city? It was a simple question, and yet it drew varied and profound answers from the Cebuano youth, where a diverse collaborative advocacy began. “So what is your dream for Cebu?”…

Students attend classes in covered court

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/14/2016

DISPLACED students of Tayud Elementary School in Barangay Tayud, Consolacion are attending classes in a covered court after 14 classrooms were destroyed by fire last Sunday dawn. Engineer Ester Roldan, project development officer of the provincial Department…

Philam Life supports education for the underserved communities

PR 10/12/2016

Severo High School Grade 10 students experience the comfort of the new facilities provided by the Philam Paaralan classrooms. Barangay Burabod is a secluded area located at the foot of Mt. Isarog in Calabanga, Camarines Sur. Because…

Teachers train to improve classroom performance

06/18/2016

“WHEN you decided to become a teacher, you have also committed yourself to go back to being a student.” This was the conviction of Dr. Rouel A. Longinos, president of the Patronage of Mary Development School (PMDS),…

P-Noy turns over P42 million school building in Cebu, lauds Pagcor for the project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/03/2016

CEBU CITY–From P1 billion worth of coffee to public school buildings. President Aquino on Thursday lauded the state-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) for spending billions of pesos in school buildings in the country. One of…

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