by anyajulia | Aug 25, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Education (DepEd) is now eyeing for youth volunteers to help intensify literacy nationwide.
Called literacy volunteers (LV), these youth will be tasked to assist in the delivery of alternative learning systems (ALS) programs in areas with low literacy rate. The LVs will cater to the learning needs not only of the adults who cannot read and write but also to out-of-school children (OSC) and out-of-school youth (OSY).
DepEd requires applicants to be between 18-24 years old, preferably a bachelor’s degree holder in elementary and secondary education or holder of any bachelor’s degree, college level or at the very least, high school graduate. They must be willing to work in the target communities and undergo training and refresher courses on ALS.
Interested applicants must submit their resume to the nearest DepEd Division Office. Selection of LV is ongoing until August 31, 2009. (DepEd)
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by anyajulia | Aug 24, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The Philippine Army doubles their efforts to improve the delivery of services in various local communities especially in remote villages in the province.
To date, the 302nd Infantry Brigade of the Phil. Army has helped build and rehabilitate classrooms, housing, water system and facilitated the delivery of farm goods from hinterland areas.
The brigade likewise provided the farmers with organic fertilizer being grown and produced by the Philippine Army. The army also continues to conduct awareness campaigns in various barangays provincewide, especially in areas that have either been influenced or potentially to be influenced by the rebel movement. (PIA/RMN)
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by anyajulia | Aug 24, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries will use Automated Teller Machine or ATM cards soon. The 4Ps is a poverty alleviation program of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that gives cash assistance.
Beneficiaries can now get their allowances at their most convenient time. Those with approved documents have claimed their cash subsidies from Land Bank of the Philippines intended for family health needs, education of children among others. Meanwhile, ATM cards are on process with the bank.
Also known as the Conditional Cash Transfer Program, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program “works to address the structural inequities in society and promotes the human capital development of the poor, thus working to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty.” (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Aug 24, 2009 | Foreign Exchange, Headlines, National News
SA LABING unang higayon, mo-export ang Pilipinas ug 50 mil ngadto sa 150 mil toneladas nga yellow corn nagdto sa Vietnam.
Matud ni Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap, ang commercial nga pag-export sa mais masugdan samtang gihipno na sa kagamhanan ang pagsabutay sa Vietnam.
Kini nga balita usab gikalipay sa mga mag-uuma nga medyo gitugkag kabalaka sa dagwayg sobra nga produksyon sa mais ning panahona.
Padayon pa ang Isabela, Pangasinan, Mindoro, Bukidnon ug ubang lalawigan sa maidason sa produksyon samtang giplastada na sa kagamhanan ang palit gikan sa mag-uuma.
Gikan sa tag 6.50 matag kilo, paliton na sa kagamhanan ang mais sa tag P10 ang kilo, matud sa Departamento sa Agrikultura. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Aug 24, 2009 | Headlines, National News
OVER insistence of the rebels demanding the releases of 16 jailed comrades and dropping off some charges against them, the government may again sink the peace talks, says Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Avelino Razon Jr.
This as the planned resumption of talks to end one of Asia’s longest communist rebellions hang anew because of the demands the government could not immediately grant.
Razon said, “We cannot subvert our legal process.”
Malacañang ruled out acceding to the demand of the Communist Party of the Philippines that 14 communist leaders be released from detention as a precondition for the resumption of formal peace talks because some of the prisoners they want freed are facing “common crimes” such as “murder” and “kidnapping.”
In a statement, CPP founder Jose Maria Sison demanded the release of the 14 senior communist leaders, insisting that they were “consultants” in the peace process. (PIA)
