A CEBUANA working student will graduate with flying colors as summa cum laude with a degree in accountancy at Kean University in New Jersey, USA.Wynell Omaña Morga, 22, of Green Village, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, will receive the highest academic honor an institution can give for an undergraduate course during the university’s commencement exercise on […]
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Limpag: Ateneo’s Try-It-All director
In our numerous talks on the sidelines of events, Rico Navarro, the late athletic director of the Sacred Heart School and columnist of The Freeman, said he always encouraged parents to let their kids try sports, any sports. Sometimes, parents also tend to forget the purpose of sports and get too focused on winning, and […]
Limpag: Sports, politics and the presidential election
The first time I saw a crowd in a sports event made its almost unanimous choice known for a presidential candidate was back on April 23, 2016. It was Nonito Donaire Jr. vs Zsolt Bedak at the Cebu City Sports Center.When Donaire’s name was mentioned during a lull in the undercard, the cheers for “DO-NAI-RE!!!” […]
Sun Savings Bank obtains P200M loan from DBP to help teachers rebuild homes
SUN Savings Bank has secured a P200 million loan facility from the state-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to assist public school teachers in Cebu Province primarily in rebuilding their homes which were badly hit by Typhoon Odette (Rai) in December 2021.“There is a huge demand now to fix up their homes, and we […]
FEU to invest P70M in Good Samaritan Colleges
FAR Eastern University, Inc. (FEU) on Wednesday announced that it had forged a memorandum of understanding with the Good Samaritan Colleges, Inc. (GSC) in Cabanatuan City to acquire 34% of the latter’s total outstanding capital stock. The partnership will “also allow both schools to partner together in expanding the educational offerings and operations of GSC,” […]
PSC’s Rise Up! Shape Up! goes back to back for Women’s Month
THE Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC) Rise Up! Shape Up! web series tackles the vital role of women in sports and society as it joins the celebration of Women’s Month in its episodes this coming Saturday and Sunday. On March 5, the spotlight will be on the hardworking people behind successful sports programs, projects, and activities, […]
13 schools in upland Cebu City named for pilot run of F2F classes
THE Cebu City government and the Department of Education (DepEd) have identified 13 schools as pilot facilities for the resumption of face-to-face classes, which will possibly start this August.City Councilor Joel Garganera, deputy chief implementer of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), revealed Monday that the decision was made during a consultative meeting with the DepEd […]
DepEd: Class suspension amid Covid-19 surge is up to LGU, local school officials
The Department of Education (DepEd) 7 has left the discretion to suspend modular distance learning classes to the 19 schools division offices (SDO) and the local government units (…
Gemilang International Limited secures contract to deliver 140 units of fully-electric school buses to USA in 2022
JOHOR, MALAYSIA, Jan 6, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Gemilang International Limited (“GML”) – an Asia-leading bus and bus body manufacturer, is expected to deliver 140 units of fully-electric school buses to California, USA in 2022, as it continues to drive its mission to promote the adoption of environmentally-friendly solutions for buses and […]
Student shoots, kills 3, hurts 8 at US high school
OXFORD Township, Mich. — A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a deputy’s patrol car on the way to a hospital, authorities said. Eight other people were wounded, some critically, including a 14-year-old girl who was placed on a ventilator after surgery. […]
Teachers’ union demands release of overtime pay
TEACHERS under the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) 7 Union are demanding the immediate release of their overdue service credit and 25 percent overtime premium for the 77 extra workdays of school year 2020-2021. “Despite the uncertainties of the pandemic, our teachers have never stopped working to ensure that we can guarantee a quality education […]
STI reports 18% enrollment increase
STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc. reported an 18% increase in enrollment for this school year, which totaled 82,629 compared with last year’s 70,223 after a 40% climb in students signing up for college. In a disclosure to the exchange on Tuesday, the listed educational institution said it saw 56,342 students enroll in its tertiary education […]
382 more public, private schools in CV ready to hold F2F classes
AROUND 372 public and 10 private schools in Central Visayas are poised to join in the proposed expansion of limited face-to-face (F2F) classes in the region. Salustiano Jimenez, Department of Education (DepEd) Central Visayas director, told SunStar Cebu that initially, two private schools in Cebu, which are the Sisters of Mary Schools Inc.-Boystown in Minglanilla […]
Cebu teachers, students meet face to face after almost 2 years
FOR the first time in almost two years, public school teacher Rabie Pasturan donned his uniform on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 not to face his laptop, but to finally see in person his students at Pilar National High School (NHS) in the Camotes Islands. “I was teary-eyed when I saw them because I knew that […]
8 Cebu public schools to start limited F2F classes on Nov.15
NOT more than 1,000 students will attend the limited face-to-face (F2F) classes in eight pilot public schools in Cebu Province Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Department of Education (DepEd) 7 Director Salustiano Jimenez told SunStar Cebu that the number of students allowed inside the classrooms depends on the number of learners per grade level in a […]
DepEd 7: 8 public schools in Cebu ready for limited F2F classes
THE Department of Education Central Visayas (DepEd 7) said all the eight pilot public schools in Cebu are ready for the limited face-to-face (F2F) classes on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. DepEd 7 Director Salustiano Jimenez said there is already a go-signal for the eight public schools as they all passed the readiness assessment conducted by […]
Dusit International partners leading culinary institutes to develop The Food School, Thailand’s First International Multi Brand Culinary School
BANGKOK, Oct 30, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Dusit International, one of Thailand’s leading hotel and property development companies, is set to expand its hospitality education business in the kingdom with ‘The Food School’, a unique joint venture offering experiential training in Italian, Japanese and Thai cuisines, plus exclusive business incubation services for […]
Dusit International partners with leading educational and culinary institutes to develop Thailand’s first academy of gastronomy with business incubation facilities – ‘The Food School’
BANGKOK, Oct 28, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Dusit International, one of Thailand’s leading hotel and property development companies, is set to expand its hospitality education business in the kingdom with a unique joint venture offering experiential training in Italian, Japanese, and Thai cuisines – plus exclusive incubation services for food and beverage […]
260 Tuburan students get cash aid
AROUND 260 indigent public school students from Tuburan town, northwestern Cebu received cash assistance through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and a partylist. The cash assistance was formally given to the beneficiaries through a formal distribution led by Tuburan Vice Mayor Danilo Diamante, Representative Alfred Delos Santos of the Ang Probinsyano Partylist […]
Deped, DOH: Teachers for pilot F2F classes must be vaxxed; in CV, only half of teachers jabbed
TEACHERS and non-teaching school personnel who will participate in the two-month pilot study on limited face-to-face classes in low-risk areas are expected to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), officials said Monday, September 27, 2021. In Central Visayas, however, only around half of the public school teachers are fully vaccinated so far, although […]