by magnolia_eic | May 22, 2011 | National News
The Department of Education (DepEd) reiterated on Thursday its “no collection” policy in all public schools, in preparation for the opening of classes in June.
“We would like to reiterate that the Department is strictly implementing the no collection policy in all public schools nationwide. All collections agreed upon by the PTA (parent-teacher associations) during the school year are voluntary and teachers or any school officials should not be involved in the collection,” said Tina Ganzon, director of DepEd’s Communications, Coordination and Crisis Management Office (C3).
“Our goal is to see every school-age child in school and we do not want parents to worry about fees,” she said.
DepEd imposes a similar policy during graduation time, when some public schools opt to collect voluntary fees to fund graduation rites.
DepEd also said public schools would be open to students who could not afford to wear proper uniform and footwear.
Some 22 million students are expected to troop to schools on June 6.
by magnolia_eic | May 22, 2011 | National News
Gipasaka na karong hapon sa Department of Justice (DOJ) sa Makati Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) ang bag-ong kaso batok ni kanhi Batangas Governor Jose Antonio Leviste human ang walay pagtugot nga pagsulod-gawas niini sa bilanggoan.
Matud pa ni Senior State Prosecutor Lilian Doris Alejo, gi-aprubahan na ni Prosecutor-General Claro Arellano ang iyang resolusyo nga pasakaan og kasong paglapas sa Article 157 sa Revised Penal Code o evasion of service of sentence si Leviste.
Pasabot ni Alejo, adunay tugbang nga silot nga unom ka tuig nga pagkabilanggo ang maong kaso.
Gibase sa prosecutor ang iyang desisyon sa mga gidusong ebidensya sa National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), apil na niini ang video footage sa pagka-aresto kang Leviste.
Alas-5 sa hapon niadtong Miyerkules sa dihang gi-aresto si Leviste sa taga NBI-National Capital Region ug Intelligence Division didto sa gipanag-iya niyang LPL Towers sa Legaspi Village, Makati City.
Si Leviste nasentensyahan sa korte nga mabilanggo og 6 hangtud 12 ka tuig sa kasong pagpatay sa iyang aide nga si Rafael delas Alas niadtong Enero 12, 2007.
by magnolia_eic | May 22, 2011 | National News
Giseguro kagahapon ni Senador Edgardo Angara, chairman sa committee on education, arts, and culture nga maaprubahan ra usab sa Senado ang balaodnon nga nagtinguha nga idili ang ‘no permit, no exam’ policy sa mga tunghaan.
Ang maong balaodnon napalabang na sa House of Representatives ug gipaabot na lamang nga mapalabang sa Senado ug tukion kini sa plenaryo.
Giingong mahinungdanon nga aduna nay balaod nga magdili sa mga tunghaan nga dili motugot nga pakuhaon og eksaminasyon ang mga estudyante kun wala makabayad og tuition fee og dili hatagan og permit.
Sigun pa ni Angara, dili angay bawalan ang mga estudyante nga makakuha og exams tungod kay mahimo man mohatag og promisory note ang mga estudyante.
Halos tanang mga unibersidad ug kolehiyo sa nasud ang dili mohatag og examination sa mga estudyante kun wala kini nakabayad og tuition sa saktong oras.
by magnolia_eic | May 22, 2011 | Local News / Bohol Balita
Tagbilaran City, Bohol, May 20 (PIA)—REACHING in for their collective identity from their depths of their past, Garcia Hernandez local officials find a need to revive the Sinugbuan Festival and make it an annual affair to mark their forthcoming Foundation Days Celebration.
There is something that our younger generations should know, something they can own and be proud of; that would be Sinugbuan, shares Lindsey Marie Vismanos, the town information and tourism officer.
Sinugbuan, according to her is the old name of Lungsodaan, which hosted the first town center as soon as the Spanish Government finally acceded to the people’s request for independence for Jagna town.
Sinugbuan, according to her, comes from a local term for a place with many wallowing ponds, one that may still be very visible at several areas in Barangay Lungsodaan of the town.
And, as to their Administrative Code, the town of Garcia-Hernandez was founded on May 27, 1854 through the intercession and influence of two Spanish Priests sympathetic to the people’s cause.
Fr. Victor Garcia, then parish priest of old town Loay and Fr. Narciso Hernandez, then parish priest of nearby parish in Guindulman, gave importance to the incessant clamor of the people and prominent leaders to be independent from the town of Jagna.
The name Garcia-Hernandez was chosen as an open expression of thanks and gratitude to the two who were instrumental to the realization of the people’s dream.
The first seat of government was in Sinugbuan or Lungsodaan and was transferred later to East Poblacion, the town admin code said.
Now, Garcia Hernandez mayor Miguelito Galendez wants to revive the Sinugbuan Festival which came up in 2006 stopped there.
“We want to make this an annual festival that marks our 157th Foundation Days celebration on May 26-27,” the mayor who is also an engineer said.
It would be a fully loaded two-day celebration where our people would be feted to a showcase of local culture, tradition, sports and other activities aimed at achieving an integrated development for the town and people, he said.
The celebration starts off, like any town populated by conservative Catholics, with the Blessing, that of the towns buildings at 8:30 on May 26.
Nearby is the set up of the Agro-Industrial Fair which will be formally opened with the ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:00, a program provided to the media stated.
At the same time, an Inter barangay Volleyball Tournament starts at the West Poblacion Public market.
For successful residents, the Municipal Achievers’ Awards would be handed and to ebelish the night of pride, a Fold Dance Competition also unfolds at the Garcia-Hernandez Cultural Center, said Vismanos.
The following day would be another full day which starts off with a Commemorative Mass at the Sinugbuan site of the old town in West Lungsodaan.
A short motorcade from the venue of the mass to the Municipal Hall ensues at 9:30 which also would usher in the Open PARO Individual Tournament at the Basketball Court in front of Municipal Hall.
At 1:30 PM. A grand parade happens where people participating in the mass movement would be assembled at the G-Hernandez Farmers Training Center, which winds to the G-Hernandez Elementary School Grounds, venue of the 2011 Sinugbuan Festival.
There, the awarding of Agro-Industrial Fair Winners would be awarded by the town leaders.
The celebration caps with the Sangguniang Kabataan sponsored Disco at the Farmers’ Training Center.(Rey Anthony Chiu)
by magnolia_eic | May 22, 2011 | Local News / Bohol Balita
Tagbilaran City, Bohol May 20 (PIA)—IN the current economic scrimp that affects both labor and management, there are workers who would settle for the P255 minimum wage as long as it is strictly enforced.
Department of Trade and Industry Regional Director Asteria Caberte shared this amidst ripened talks that workers are now goading the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB) for another series of wage increase, less than a year after the board set the new increase.
Caberte, who is the RTWPB vice chair added that the board noted a common feeling across the regions that a new series of wage increase may be irrelevant if the P255 minimum wage could not be properly enforced.
It is a common belief that there the enforcement still needs improvement, Caberte said in a radio interview this week.
It is the RTWPB who sets the minimum wage but as to the implementation of and enforcement of the minimum wage set by the board, its is lodged with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
The DOLE therefore is directed to direct compliance, she continued.
It is a common observation and it is not just in Bohol, she stressed.
Caberte said their consultations also show that the implementation could be weak in a sense that there are already complaints of non-compliance surfacing.
The RTWPB has been moving across the regions gathering inputs as to the laborer’s demands especially in the fluctuating prices, but hinted that there could be problems of increasing since its has been less than a year since the board recommended the last increase.
On the other hand, DTI, which has been monitoring basic commodity prices every week, said they have noticed a spike in the prices after three months.
These spike may be one of the supervening condition wherein an additional wage increase could be considered even if it would be within a year after the last board recommended pay raise was implemented, she clarified.
Meanwhile, Bohol DOLE Chief, during the recent peace and order council meeting revealed that the RTWPB may still have to fill in a vacancy in one of the sectoral representatives.
The members of the RTWPB are presidential appointees headed by the Regional director of DOLE and with the regional directors of DTI, NEDA and two representatives of the management and another two representative of the labor sector. (Rey Anthony Chiu)
