by anyajulia | Jul 24, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Starting this July 26, examinees of the Career Service Professional and Sub-professional written tests can now secure a copy of their notice of school assignment online through the Civil Service Commission (CSC) website at www.csc.gov.ph.
Called the Online Notice of Assignment, this internet-based system makes readily available information on examinees’ school and room assignments plus an enhanced feature, which allows examinees to print a copy of their respective notices.
A facilitative support mechanism to the regular mailing system, the Online Notice of Assignment has been made available since July 16, 2009.
The CSC is reminding all examinees to bring on examination day their application receipt and/or notice of assignment and a valid I.D. card. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Jul 24, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno has urged gun holders to avail of the government’s one month amnesty on the registration of unlicensed guns beginning October 1. He says that loose firearms have largely contributed to the rising number of crimes,
Puno said the DILG hopes to reduce the number of unregistered guns by 50 percent when Executive Order 817 or the national gun control program takes effect from October 1 to 31 this year.
Police units nationwide, however, will start ahead of the implementing date by processing applications for loose firearms including renewal of expired licenses on August 1 to allow the PNP sufficient time to accommodate gun holders. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Jul 24, 2009 | Election 2010, Headlines, National News
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) will be training the teachers who will be serving in the country’s first-ever automated elections in May 2010. The training will be from January to April next year.
At least one teacher serving in a voting precinct next year should be knowledgeable on Information Technology, even as the COMELEC is aiming to train 2 teachers on IT per precinct in case the one assigned will be unable to serve on the day of the elections due to sickness or other reasons.
From 250,000 precincts utilized during the last political exercise in 2007 nationwide, the figure will be trimmed to 80,000 for next year’s elections. The voting time for the upcoming election will be extended beyond 3:00 pm unlike in the past elections.
Teachers will be getting P1,000.00 for a day of service, based on latest pronouncements by the COMELEC Central, foreseeing an easier and faster voting process. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Jul 24, 2009 | Headlines, Major Events
The 2009 Search for Outstanding Reading Teacher (SORT), to honor the country’s top reading teachers and their important contribution to the field of literacy, starts yesterday (July 23). This was the announcement disclosed by the Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus.
SORT is open to all public elementary school teachers from Grades 1 to 6. The nominee should be a full-time public elementary school teacher with at least three years of teaching experience in Reading. All public schools are encouraged to submit nominees to their DepEd division offices, whose Division SORT Committee will determine the Division winner and submit to the Regional SORT Committee.
The criteria for the contest are: demonstration teaching = 40%, interview = 20%, essay writing = 20 % and document = 20%. The winners will get their awards during the ceremony to be held on October 16, 2009.
Meanwhile, Lapus also announced that the National Read-A-Thon (NRAT) contest will also be held together with the SORT. This is conducted to determine the best individual and team readers among elementary pupils in public schools.
For this school year, the contest is in Filipino for grade 3 pupils and English for Grade 5 pupils. Schools, divisions and regions can conduct the Read-a-Thon for all grade levels in both English and Filipino.
The NRAT has three contests namely Best Team Readers, Best in Story Retelling and Best in Oral Reading Interpretation. (DepEd)
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by anyajulia | Jul 24, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
The 2009 Visayas Island Invention Festival/Contest will be held on October 2-4. This was the announcement from the Department of Science and Technology – Technology Application Institute (DOST-TAPI).
The Visayas Cluster Invention Contest features the following categories, namely: Outstanding Invention (Tuklas Award), Outstanding Utility Model, Outstanding Industrial Design, Outstanding Creative Research (Likha Award) and the Outstanding Student Creative Research (Sibol Award).
Entry forms and rules and criteria for invention contest can be downloaded from the website at http://www.dost.gov.ph.
Deadline for entries is on September 15, 2009 not later than 5:00pm, at the DOST Regional Office No. 7, Gov. M. Cuenco Avenue, Banilad, Cebu City. (PIA)
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