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Incoming high school freshmen to become Grade 7 next year
// December 14th, 2011 // No Comments » // Blog, DepEd News, News and EventsBy By Rainier Allan Ronda | PhilStar – 6 hours ago The Department of Education (DepEd) will implement the K+12 basic education program in academic year 2012-2013, starting with the conversion of first year high school to Grade 7. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said a curriculum had been created for Grade 7. The K+12 basic education plan [...]
DepEd questioned on P1.32B textbook contracts
// December 5th, 2011 // No Comments » // DepEd News, News and EventsOne of the textbooks in use in a Marikina public school. (Mario Ignacio IV) By Yvonne T. Chua, VERA Files If things go as planned, the Department of Education will start delivering this month 61.4 million copies of textbooks and teachers’ manuals worth P2.58 billion to public elementary and high schools nationwide. The shipments consist [...]
DBM settles DepEd’s GSIS arrearages
// December 4th, 2011 // No Comments » // Blog, DepEd News, News and EventsBy RIO ROSE RIBAYA December 2, 2011, 6:23pm MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget will pay almost P10 billion to the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) as part of a tripartite agreement to settle the arrearages in premiums from the Department of Education in order for teachers to get their retirement benefits. Nora Saludares, [...]
Edsa: Greatest Filipino genius after Rizal
// December 4th, 2011 // No Comments » // Blog, DepEd News, News and EventsLITTLE-KNOWN. Filipino genius Epifanio delos Santos and the famous thoroughfare (circa 1987) named after him. By Art Villasanta Philippine Daily Inquirer If it were not for the unbending determination of Filipino intellectuals in 1958, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (or Edsa) might well have been named “Avenida 19 de Junio.” Or “President Ramon Magsaysay Avenue.” [...]
Grand finals of ‘Balitok a Tawir’ set Dec. 2
// December 1st, 2011 // No Comments » // Blog, Local, News and EventsPangasinenses can take a glimpse at the colorful and rich culture of the province thru the grand finals of the 1st Pangasinan Culture and Arts Festival dubbed, “Balitok a Tawir” on Friday, December 2, 1 PM at the Sison Auditorium here. Balitok a Tawir, which was launched as one of the highlights of the Tourism [...]
Cotto says Margarito an embarrassment to boxing
// December 1st, 2011 // No Comments » // Around the Globe, Blog, News and Eventsabs-cbnNEWS.com Posted at 12/01/2011 3:43 PM | Updated as of 12/01/2011 3:43 PM MANILA, Philippines – Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto called rival Antonio Margarito “an embarrassment” to the sport of boxing and vowed to beat him up when they face off on December 3 at the Madison Square Garden for their rematch. Cotto lost [...]
Party-list lawmaker pushes good governance subjects in elementary, secondary schools
// November 30th, 2011 // No Comments » // Blog, DepEd News, National, News and EventsBy Gil C. Cabacungan Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—Kabataan party-list Representative Raymond Palatino is proposing that the anti-corruption crusade be integrated in the elementary and high school curriculum. Palatino filed House Bill 5417, or the Good Governance Education Act of 2011, mandating the Department of Education to include good governance topics in the social science [...]
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