Last Monday, I was formally recognized for winning first prize in the recently concluded 2019 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) essay writing contest – teachers’ category. My essay was about the movie “Rainbow’s Sunset,” which featured veterans Gloria Romero, Eddie Garcia, and Tony Mabesa. My
Local government units (LGUs) in several areas in Luzon have announced the suspension of classes in their respective constituencies for today, June 14, because of inclement weather caused by the southwest monsoon or habagat. Some LGUs began the announcement of class suspensions as early as Wednesday night.
Primary and secondary schools nationwide will be celebrating the National Nutrition Month or “Buwan ng Nutrisyon” this coming July. According to the National Nutrition Council (NNC), the theme for this year’s celebration is “Ugaliing magtanim, Sapat na nutrisyon aanihin!” The NNC said that this year’s theme aims
Teatro Tomasino, the official theater group of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), will have “Kasaray Duma: Mga Supling ng Sigwa” as its last offering for its 40th theatrical season. Penned by Palanca Award-winning writer Eljay Castro Deldoc, “Kasaray Duma” features the story of a proud island tribe threatened to be torn
The much-awaited results of the University of the Philippines College Admission Test or UPCAT will be released this April 30, Monday. That is according to Frederick Mikhail “Spocky” Farolan, a member of the UP Board of Regents. In his Facebook post, Farolan said that the
The Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) has released the names of Grade 12 senior high school students who have qualified for a scholarship for school year 2018-2019. In a press release, the DOST noted that 8,994 of the 46,434 who took the scholarship
(UDATED, 8:00 AM) Several educational institutions around the country have announced class suspensions for Monday, March 19, due to the scheduled transport strike by the militant jeepney organization Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide or PISTON. In a statement, PISTON secretary general George San
The Philippines will be marking the 149th birth anniversary of General Emilio Aguinaldo, officially recognized as the country’s first president, this March 22, Thursday. The day has been declared a special non-working holiday in Aguinaldo’s home province of Cavite according to President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation
With the current school year now on its final weeks, the Department of Education (DepEd) has already released the official theme to be used for the 2018 graduation ceremonies in public nursery, kindergarten, elementary, and high schools nationwide. It is “Mag-aaral ng K to 12: Handa
The Chinese community in the Philippines will celebrate their annual Spring Festival, which is usually referred to as the Chinese New Year, this coming February 16. Chinese New Year is a special non-working holiday nationwide as mandated by President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation 269, which he signed last July 2017. It is the first nationwide special-non working