City school board to build additional rooms for K+12

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/08/2015

Cebu City’s Local School Board (LSB) is considering the construction of more classrooms for the city’s public elementary and high schools in line with the implementation of the K-to-12 curriculum. In a press briefing at City Hall…

Increase in grad fee subsidy eyed

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/06/2015

Cebu City Councilor Dizon said he is lobbying for an increase in the tuition subsidy of beneficiaries of the city’s scholarship program. Since consultations have yet to be done for the increase, Dizon said he still doesn’t…

Working student graduates magna cum laude

Apple Ta-as 04/06/2015

Despite eye problem Poverty and a potentially debilitating eye problem did not hinder this 22-year-old working student from completing a university degree in Psychology and graduating magna cum laude. For Neil Jed Castro receiving his diploma from…

LGU help needed for K to 12

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/30/2015

Kate Guinocor, 12, was all smiles as she was officially named class valedictorian of the Cabancalan I Elementary School and received medals for: most obedient and creative, historian of the year, researcher of the year and camper…

School woes drove cousins to kill selves?

Apple Ta-as 03/18/2015

Police are investigating the deaths of two high school students in what is suspected to be suicide cases in Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu. Police said depression over their failure to secure school clearances may have driven the…

New international filmmaking school opens in Cebu City

Aileen Garcia-Yap 03/17/2015

Lights, camera, action! A school for film-making has opened in Cebu  offering industry-standard equipment  to tap creative talents in the country and foreign students who enroll. Filipinos have a reputation of being some of the best animators…

School dropout catches up on learning

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/16/2015

She stopped going to school because she disliked her English class and  her father would hit her every time she got bad grades in the subject. And since dropping out of school, her life was no longer…

‘English program lacks support from academe’

Aileen Garcia-Yap 02/04/2015

While Cebu has a big potential to also attract more long-staying educational tourists, the Cebu Business Club-initiated program “Cebu Hub for English Excellence” (CHELE) has not gained momentum due to lack of support from the academe. In…

Capitol, RAFI to build 75 classrooms

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/02/2015

The Cebu provincial government will enter into a partnership memorandum of agreement with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) for the construction of classroom buildings in ten schools throughout the province. Last Monday, the Cebu Provincial Board…

P1K transport allowance for college scholars

Flor R. Cartuciano 01/29/2015

Cebu City’s college scholars will receive a P1,000 monthly transportation allowance for school year 2015-2016, up from the P500 given to them in the current school year. This is good news for college scholars like Fatima Ruth…

Local language, online content pushed

Stephen D. Capillas 01/26/2015

Software developer Mozilla and the nonprofit organization Wikimedia Foundation said they are pushing for development of local content as well as use of the Filipino languages in discussing technology issues and terms. In yesterday’s forum entitled “Filipino…

Launch parade today on Osmeña Blvd.

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/09/2015

While the merrymaking and parades are separate from the religious feast of the Sto. Niño, it draws from the same devotion. The Sinulog will start with a 2 p.m. solemn mass at the Pilgrim Center of the…

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