Coping with K to 12

Jobers R. Bersales 06/15/2016

Years and decades from now, Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III will have been remembered for the illegal Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) that is expected to hound him and his Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, once they step down…

Marriott holds familiarization tour for kids

06/15/2016

To end the summer season, Cebu City Marriott Hotel (CCMH), in coordination with the University of San Carlos (USC) Pathways Organization, spent an afternoon with incoming Grade 10 and 11 students from Canduman, Talamban, Mandaue City Comprehensive…

Water sampling in schools amid supply concerns

06/14/2016

THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) conducted water sampling at the Cebu City Central School, the second of 11 schools it is visiting to help ensure their water supply is safe for the schoolchildren. MCWD community relations…

School nights

Editorial 06/14/2016

We hope that last week’s roundup of 55 minors by the Mandaue City police, while accomplished without a hitch, was not just for show because police officers in Manila had been doing the same thing and more…

Cebu City traffic manageable on school day opening

Nestle L. Semilla 06/13/2016

CEBU City’s traffic was manageable in today’s opening of classes, the Cebu City Transportation Office said. CCTO operations chief Jonathan Tumulak said they have not yet encountered any major traffic problem. He said there was a high volume…

Cebu City prepares for increased water demand, traffic congestion

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/12/2016

The  (CCTO) will field additional personnel to augment existing traffic enforcers, especially in schools located along major traffic routes. This is in anticipation of an increase in vehicles on the streets with the opening of classes today.…

Not enough teachers, classrooms for K-12

Carmel Loise Matus 06/12/2016

WHILE the regional Department of Education (DepEd-7) said they are ready to implement the K-12 program, there aren’t enough teachers and classrooms to implement it. DedEd Central Visayas director Dr. Juliet Jeruta said budgetary requirements and bureaucratic…

12 countries join robotics competition

Norman V. Mendoza 06/03/2016

Twelve countries from around the world are participating in the First Lego League (FLL) Philippine Islands Invitational Robotics held in Lapu-Lapu City. The 500 or so participants from Australia, India, Indonesia, Italy, Israel, Japan, Philippines, South Korea,…

LTFRB exec: Inspections start when classes open

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/02/2016

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) will start the inspection of school transport services when classes open on June 13. Reynaldo Elnar, LTFRB-7 assistant regional director, said that school transport services like vans, buses and…

Textbook-ready for grade 11?

Jobers R. Bersales 06/01/2016

They say number 13 is unlucky. But for the University of San Carlos, it is the beginning of a long journey of knowledge production and knowledge sharing as it unveils in two weeks’ time 13 textbooks that will…

Mandaue City students join annual Brigada Eskwela

Julit C. Jainar 05/30/2016

Students of the Mandaue City Comprehensive National High School (MCCNHS) came with their parents to join the annual Brigada Eskwela, a week-long event where they clean up the classrooms for the June 13 opening of classes. This…

Law school deans fail to reach 1,000 number for bar exams staging in Cebu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/08/2016

Law schools deans from the Visayas and Mindanao failed to reach the required number of examinees for the Bar Exams to be held in Cebu. Of the target 1,000 would-be Bar Exam takers, only 515 law graduates…

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