ACT slighted by City Hall move to transfer scholars

Nestle L. Semilla 05/21/2015

A lawyer for Asian College of Technology (ACT) said he and the school management feel slighted by Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s advice to city scholars enrolled in their school to transfer to another school. “They invited…

Ban on toxic school materials pushed

Jhunnex Napallacan, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/21/2015

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved resolutions to prepare for the opening of classes in the province next month. The first of three resolutions authored by PB Member Miguel Antonio Magpale called on the Provincial Health Office…

ACT scholars advised by officials to transfer

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/20/2015

No more Cebu City scholars will be  enrolled in the Asian College of Technology International Education Foundation (ACTIEF) for this school year, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said yesterday. “Until the pending court case is settled, those…

School cleanup starts; classroom lack cited

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 05/19/2015

BRIGADA ESKWELA 2015   As early as 9 a.m. yesterday, 39-year-old housewife Elisa Agad went to the Carreta Elementary School for the start of Brigada Eskwela 2015. The activity, scheduled from May 18 to 23, is a…

DepEd assures no tent classrooms this year

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/18/2015

The provincial office of the Department of Education (DepEd) assured that there will be no more tent classes this school year. “Our private donors, non-government organizations and even the provincial government, have already turned over those constructed…

TUITION GOES UP

Apple Ta-as 05/14/2015

CHED okays increase in 28 colleges, universities in Cebu Twenty-eight colleges and universities in Cebu will be raising their tuition this school year. Dr. Freddie Bernal, regional director of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), confirmed that…

Cebu lacks hundreds of teachers, rooms

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/13/2015

Schools in Cebu province lack hundreds of teachers and classrooms for the senior high school under the K to 12 program of the Department of Education (DepEd). But despite this deficiency, Dr. Arden Monisit, DepEd Cebu provincial…

Phinma takes over SWU; Aznar family retains two seats in new board

Aileen Garcia-Yap 05/07/2015

Listed conglomerate Phinma Corp. yesterday took over the management of Southwestern University (SWU) after completing the acquisition of a majority stake in the Aznar-founded institution. Newly appointed chairman Chito B. Salazar Jr. said in a press conference…

UP Cebu wins award in international confab

Marian Z. Codilla 05/06/2015

The University of the Philippines Cebu’s video is recognized as the Most Creative Corporate Institution Video among academic institutions in Asia during the  5th QS-Maple Professional Leaders in Education Conference and Exhibit 2015 in Doha, Qatar. According…

Aznar family selling SWU shares to Phinma

04/24/2015

Facilities and laboratories of Southwestern University (SWU) will be upgraded once listed conglomerate Phinma Corp. completes the acquisition of majority stake in the Aznar-owned school. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday, Phinma said it…

‘Stop destroying video karera’

Nestle L. Semilla 04/19/2015

The Cebu City Council is asking the police not to destroy confiscated video karera machines because doing so can harm the environment. These should just be donated to schools which need TV sets for learning purposes, according…

Veggie vendor by day, honor student at night

04/19/2015

Judy Ann Capilos, 17, wakes up at 5 a.m. each day, not to enjoy the sunrise, but to sell vegetables in her neighborhood and help her widowed mother put food on the table. In the afternoon, she…

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