DepEd-7 firm on pushing through with CVIRAA meet

Futch Anthony Inso 03/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) is firm on its decision to pursue the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) sporting meet on March 21 to 28, 2020, with or without…

Gwen, Local School Board’s next agenda: ‘Mass promotion policy’

Rosalie Abatayo 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The “unofficial mass promotion policy” of the Department of Education will be the next agenda for the Local School Board (LSB) in Cebu province. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia vowed that the LSB would review…

School heads reminded: Don’t let students skip classes to practice Sinulog dance routines

Futch Anthony Inso 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Students should not sacrifice their classes to practice for the upcoming Sinulog 2020 Grand Parade competition.” Dr. Salustiano Jimenez, Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepED-7), gave this reminder to heads and teachers,…

DepEd: Congress, DepEd have power over curriculum, not Garcia

Rosalie O. Abatayo 12/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Neither Governor Gwendolyn Garcia nor the Cebu Local School Board (LSB) has the power to impose the medium of instruction for public elementary and high schools in the province. This was the clarification…

Cops make ‘thrilling’ gift-giving through checkpoint in Cebu City

Rosalie Abatayo 12/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Having walked and pushed a wooden cart filled with coconut husks and buko juice for at least 3 kilometers, an exhausted couple got the shock of their lives when they were stopped by…

Amid reports of fake abductions, schools urged to implement preventive measures to protect kids

Futch Anthony Inso 12/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid reports about a white van abducting children that turned out to be hoax abductions and have proliferated in social media, the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) is encouraging school heads…

Public school teachers to receive P10K incentive bonus on December 10

Futch Anthony Inso 12/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Here’s good news for public school teachers. The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced that they will be receiving their P10,000 incentive bonus for this year. Regional Director Salustiano Jimenez, Department of Education…

DepEd-7 eyes more random drug testing among teachers amid Dalaguete tutor’s arrest

Alven Marie A. Timtim 11/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) plans to conduct more random drugs testing among public school teachers after a senior high school teacher was arrested in a buy-bust operation on Friday…

DepEd-7: Parents should be included in dengue prevention drive

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Including parents in the information drive about dengue prevention in schools is one of the measures that the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) will be implementing amid the Health Department’s nationwide…

LGU execs warned: Don’t use election as excuse to slacken off in gov’t transactions

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/25/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) chairman Dante Jimenez has warned incumbent government officials against slackening in dealing with government transactions because of election affairs and politicking. Jimenez, who met with regional directors of the…

Joy Tabal finds love, proves it’s not a distraction 

Mars G. Alison 02/14/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Some say elite athletes don’t have enough time for love life. With the training they have to undergo and the pressure of having to deliver in every competition, it does seem impossible…

Comelec: Junk candidates campaigning early

Inquirer.net 12/02/2018

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) told voters already fed up by the incessant self-promotion of politicians over the last few months that they ultimately have the power to end premature campaigning by not voting into office candidates…

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