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was submitted to Malacanang on March 18, to certify the extension of the transition period as a priority legislative measure of the ruling administration. Lawyer Mary Ann Arnado, secretary general of the Mindanao People’s Caucus, said that senators have been racing against time for the plenary deliberation of Senate Bill 2214, which seeks to reset the holding of the first elections in the BARMM from 2022 to 2025. She said that senators, who usually conduct sessions from Monday to Wednesday, agreed to hold a session Thursday afternoon to continue tackling the measure given the short time before they adjourn next week. But in the House of Representatives, the bills seeking to extend the term of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), the interim body tasked to govern the BARMM government until June 30, 2022, remained stalled in the committee level with just four session days until Congress adjourns sine die on June 4, she added. “If the extension of the transition period hurdles the Senate, which we are positive it will be, but not in the House of Representatives, consider the bid as a dead horse,” Arnado told an online press conference. According to her, Duterte’s certification of the extension bill as a legislative priority measure is crucial for the Lower House to expedite their action on the matter. Professor Abdulhadi Daguit, chair of the Federation of Bangsamoro Coordinating Councils of the Philippines, said that Malacanang remains mum on the petition of at least one million individuals for Duterte
to certify the extension bill as the administration’s legislative priority. “There’s still no feedback from Malacañang about the one million signatures that we submitted back in March,” he told the same presser. Malacanang announced earlier that Duterte favors the bid to extend the transition period in the Bangsamoro region. In the past two days, Daguit said they have been rallying at the Senate grounds, under the scorching heat, for the passage of the extension of the transition period in the Bangsamoro. For the lawmakers who will not support the term of the BTA, he warned they could lose the “Bangsamoro vote” during the 2022 elections. Daguit said the gains of the Bangsamoro peace process need to be sustained, which “can be done with the extension of the transition phase in the BARMM.” “We are supporting the extension of the transition period for peace and for the sake of the future Bangsamoro generations,” he stressed. Samsodin Amella,
convenor of the Civil Society Organizations Movement for Moral Governance, said that extending the life of the BTA will allow the BARMM government to implement the spirit of Republic Act 11054 or the Organic Law for the BARMM, popularly known as the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), and the larger Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB). Two years after the creation of the BARMM, he noted that the BTA has so far approved only the administrative, civil and education codes of the region. “If the transition period will not be extended, the BTA will a have hard time delivering the priority legislations mandated by the BOL,” Amella said. The BTA has yet to approve the electoral, local government and revenue codes, the other priority legislations under the BOL. In November 2020, the Bangsamoro parliament passed a resolution urging Congress to extend the transition period, as the implementation of its targets have been hampered by
the ongoing onslaught of the coronavirus disease pandemic. The creation of the Bangsamoro region is a key component of the CAB, the peace deal between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed in 2014 after 17 years of peace negotiations. Under the CAB’s Annex on Normalization, MILF fighters have to be decommissioned and their camps transformed into peaceful and productive economic zones. At least 12,000 of the 40,000-strong MILF combatants have been decommissioned as of last year. Carlito Galvez Jr., Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process said the implementation of the decommissioning process has been pushed back by the pandemic. Hashim Manticayan, chair of the League of Bangsamoro Organizations, said that extending the transition period will give both the national and Bangsamoro governments time to implement the provisions of the CAB to achieve a just and lasting peace in Mindanao.
DIRECTORY
Importance of Implementing Health Protocols in School CARMELIE A. TORRES SOUTH 1-A CENTRAL SCHOOL 10TH EAST TUBOD, ILIGAN CITY
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the big worldwide health crises that happened in the history. We are all involve in this pandemic and we must all do our part to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Our big contribution to this is to follow health protocols as implemented everywhere especially in our respective homes. The Department of Education had prohibited faceto-face learning but schools are
mandated to implement health protocols. Most specially that modular distance learning is widely used as the learning modality. Safety is the key word because we need to follow health protocols. It will benefit us and it help us reduce the spread of COVID-19 virus. Let us protect each other by making simple precautions as a new habit like washing or sanitizing our hands regularly. Using facemask and face shield as we go out our homes, avoid close
contact with someone who is sick and limit social gatherings and time spent in crowded places. In establishment, malls, offices and schools some health protocols are also implemented like filling up contact tracing form, temperature check, stepping a footbath and sanitizing the hands. Let us all remember that having the knowledge on health protocols is not enough. We need to practice it regularly and religiously.
Impact of Covid-19 on education systems of 3rd world countries By: AMY YASAY TEDLOS Master Teacher I Luyong Bonbon Elementary School
Coronavirus affected the education system in the world. Schools, colleges, and universities are closed to control the spread of the coronavirus. The School closures brought difficulties for students, teachers, and parents. Educational systems adapted distance learning as a solution to continue the education system. However, the lack of network infrastructures, computers, and internet access is challenging distance learning in developing countries. Hence, countries are designing strategies to use educational technology, zero-fee internet educational resources, free online learning resources, and broadcasts teaching. During closures, educational institutions designed curriculum that prepare teaching-learning strategies for post-coronavirus. The educational institutions designed strategies to recover lost learning, and return students to school when schools reopen. Coronavirus has been impacting the face-to-face education system of developing countries. Therefore, developing countries started to enhance broadcast teaching, online teaching, and virtual class infrastructures. The coronavirus (COVID-19) is a pandemic disease that affects the education system of different income level countries. A lot of pandemics have occurred in human history, and affected human life, education system, and economic development in the world.
Today, researchers believe that coronavirus is spreading exponentially and many countries are locked in their education system, and enforcing their people with strict quarantine measures to control the spread of this highly contagious disease. Education has been the pillar of development of every country, so education is principal to the development and growth of all countries. The education system has been affected by several challenges ranging from changes in the education curriculum to closing down the education system due to widespread pandemic diseases.. As UNESCO reports that 87% of the world’s student population is affected by COVID-19 school closures. It has launched distance learning practices and reaching students who are most at risk. According to the UNESCO, over 1.5 billion students in 195 countries are affected by COVID-19 pandemic school closures. COVID-19 impacted not only the overall economy and our day to day life, but also emotional, mental, and physical health, also, losses in national and international business, poor cash flow in the market, locked national and international traveling; moreover, disruption of the celebration of cultural, and festive events, stress among the population, the closures of hotels, restaurants, religious, and entertainment places. In many developing countries the economic shock has come first, as
governments have locked down their economies to reduce the speed of infection. As a result, developing countries like ours are suffering their greatest economic decline and closures of their education and transportation system. Distance learning solutions contain platforms, educational applications, and resources that aim to help parents, students, and teachers. Digital learning management systems is being implemented withmassive open online course platforms, and selfdirected learning content (However, due to lack of internet connectivity, information technology, educational materials, and digital technology skill distance learning is difficult for teachers, students, and families in developing countries. Some developing countries deliver classes through radio, television, and online platforms. However, the poorest families and students have not radio, television, and other devices to access the resources and to learn at their home. So, some developing countries provide resources such as textbooks, radios, equipment, and study guides to the poorest students. The impact of coronavirus on the education system, impacts of COVID-19 on children, students, teachers, and parents, the recommended solutions about the continuity of education system during COVID-19 is massive, thus online learning challenges, and opportunities, and adaptive education system are now practiced.
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