Higher budget for infra, education in 2018

Nestle L. Semilla 03/09/2017

The Cebu Provincial Development Council (PDC) has approved around P90 billion worth of projects for 2018 budget appropriations. During the full council meeting yesterday, the PDC on mass motion also endorsed the approved budget to the Regional…

Equip students for Asean integration — tourism experts

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/20/2017

WITH a more dynamic regional economy because of the Asean integration, a group of tourism stakeholders in the country are seeing the need to equip the next generation of tourism and hospitality students in the Philippines with…

Smart’s Batibot mobile app nominated for GSMA award

01/31/2017

The Batibot mobile application co-developed by Smart Communications was recently shortlisted for the Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning citation of the prestigious Global Mobile Awards. The digital version of the Filipino children’s show is the…

Those high school presscons

Radel Paredes 01/21/2017

When this column sees print, I shall be in Pagadian City to attend the National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) that the city is hosting this year. I have been invited by Director Isabelita Borres of the Department…

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…

SM scholars gather for general assembly

PR 12/27/2016

Two hundred SM Foundation scholars gathered for their very first general assembly in Cebu last December 14 at the SM Seaside City Cebu. The program started with a welcome message from Linda Atayde, SM Foundation executive director…

Free tuition

Editorial 12/26/2016

There’s more to the P8.3 billion allocated by President Rodrigo Duterte to the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to pay for free tuition of poor but deserving students in state universities and colleges next year. The amount…

Game change in higher education?

Jobers R. Bersales 12/21/2016

The recent decision of the government to ensure free tuition among state colleges and universities is a noble step. But it does not answer the core problem of public higher education in the Philippines: that there are…

Capitol to launch tourism education program

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/16/2016

The Cebu provincial government will be launching a tourism education program next year, an initiative that will delve on the benefits as well as negative impacts of tourism to communities. Joselito “Boboi” Costas, provincial tourism chief, said…

The gift of tongue

Clint Holton Potestas 12/13/2016

“I DO not trust my tongue,” I excuse myself for my incapacity to determine if the coffee has the raisins or the chocolate. “You have to be aggressive,” Miko Simangan replies, then inquires if I could identify…

Broken eyeglasses fail to stop USC grad from topping exams

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/28/2016

Two CNU graduates also land in top 10 of teachers licensure examinations Jayvee Cose Armamento was surprised for landing in the top 10 of the September Board Licensure Exam for Professional Teachers (BLEPT) for the secondary level…

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