Division of City
Schools in Quezon City, hold a Reading Carnival
"Read and Lead" in Quezon Memorial Circle on
Thursday. Almost 31 thousands Elementary and High School
students coming from public and private school to
Participate the Reading Carnival for Guiness World
Record entry. Photo By Ruy Martinez
Based on what he saw in the Quezon City schools
he visited that day and what his Department of Education subalterns
from all over the country told him, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus
had many things to be happy about in the smooth and orderly opening
of schoolyear 2008 to 2009 on Tuesday, June 10.
IF there is one set of statistics to show that the Philippines is
largely dirt poor—despite the life of luxury and conspicuous
consumption exhibited by the 2 percent of the population that
sustains the elite department stores and expensive restaurants—it
is the annual decline of basic-education enrollment and the annual
increase of dropouts.
SULU: Recruits are flocking to join Muslim
extremists who are holding a prominent broadcaster and her cameraman
hostage in southern Philippines, an intelligence official said on
Saturday.
Damage to agricultural sector, aquatic resources
cited
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the
Philippines has stepped up the pressure for the provincial
government of South Cotabato to stop a big mining project in
Tampakan town.
IT WILL be raining punches in Las Vegas when
champion “Dangerous” David Diaz and challenger Manny
“PacMan” Pacquiao lock mitts on June 29 (Manila time) for the World Boxing Council
(WBC) lightweight title.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: A desperate hunt was under way Saturday for more than 1,100 prisoners who escaped a jail in southern Afghanistan when Taliban rebels blasted it open, killing 15 guards, officials said.
The average home-maker needs all the help when it comes to setting
up a home. While other home depots present a myriad of choices when
it comes to housing accessories,...
Microfinance refers to the provision of
financial services to low-income clients, including the
self-employed. It also refers to a movement that envisions “a
world in which as many poor and near-poor households as possible
have permanent access to an appropriate range of high quality
financial services, including not just credit, but also savings,
insurance, and fund transfers.”
THE Senate takes pride in the “quality” of its bills, compared
to the ones introduced in the House, which, some senators say, are
mostly of “local application.” The Senate exercises “quality
control” on bills referred to it by the lower chamber, so goes the
claim.
Some congressmen say however a lot of
intellectual theft takes place in the Senate, where members copy
bills filed by their peers and re-introduce them as their own.
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It is common knowledge that a small percentage
of the population, the socioeconomic classes AB or the
Philippines’ most affluent, continues to drive personal
consumption expenditure in this country. Considering the size of
this group, marketers often treat it as a single and homogenous
niche.
Papa was a rolling stone Joey Pepe Smith, godfather of Pinoy rock, on
surviving his abusive alcoholic dad and being the father to five
children from three different mothers
These are dysfunctional times. Today’s young
couples strive to be better parents by being nothing like their
fathers or their mothers. Work overseas sunders thousands of
families. Migration dislocates cultural identities. Yet countless
single parents raise exemplary children nonetheless.
