Mindanao Daily Set A (February 23, 2017)

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Volume VI, No. 222

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Senator seeks probe into Tanay bus crash SENATOR Paolo Benigno Aquino IV on Tuesday filed a resolution seeking for a Senate inquiry into a bus accident in Tanay, Rizal which killed around 15

college students over the weekend.

“We will be filing a resolution to look into the matter in the Committee on Education,” Aquino, chair of the

committee, told reporters in an interview.

Aquino said that he hopes the probe would help the Senate panel See probe, page 7

Palace to LTFRB: Make sure all buses are safe and roadworthy full-fledged. Aminoden D. Guro signs his appointment paper Monday (February 20, 2017) after he was appointed as full-fledged regional director of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for Northern Mindanao. Photo courtesy of Mecaellah Saud

Following the fatal bus crash in Tanay, Rizal that claimed the lives of 15 people, Malacañang has ordered the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to make sure that all public transportation buses in the country are safe and roadworthy.

“The Palace expresses its condolences to the families of the victims who died in the fatal bus mishap in Tanay, Rizal. The LTFRB has already been directed to ensure the road worthiness of the buses and to remind public utility drivers

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Regionwide transport strike looms in Normin

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City-Transport organizations in Northern Mindanao prepare to join the planned nationwide transport strike on February 27, 2017, a transport leader said Wednesday.

ECC warns public against bogus claims

By MARK FRANCISCO Staff writer

THE Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) alerted the public nationwide on a scam that originated in Region 1.

In a press conference in Cagayan de Oro City a day before their roadshow in Valencia City on Wednesday, ECC Executive Director Stella Banawis said that a person from Badoc, Ilocos Norte is sending letters bearing the signatory Arnold Magalong who is purported to be the ECC board secretary, alleging that the recipients are entitled to ECC benefits in exchange for a certain amount.

The letter also told the target victims that they passed a January 24 vetting by one Atty. Arnold Ford who is purported to be the chairman of the international board of directors of the ECC. To receive the benefits, recipients allegedly need to attend various paid ECC seminars, meetings and conventions.

See warns, page 7

Joe Gabatan, of the Solidarity of Transport in Region 10 (STAREX), said that the STAREX would join the local Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) in the nationwide strike that might last for three days.

He said that all transport

organizations in Northern Mindanao that include taxicab drivers and operators, public utility jitneys, passenger buses, and all other public utility transport vehicles would join the mass action here.

Aside from demanding the rollback of the prices

of oil, the local transport group would also demand the reconsideration of the phasing out of old public utility vehicles, Gabatan said.

He said that Land Transportation Office (LTO) has earlier pushed for the elimination of the old PUJ,

See buses, page 7

which the drivers and jitney operators are vehemently resisting.

“What would happen to our livelihood, if the old PUJs would be eliminated?”

Gabatan asked.

He said that all PUJs, running in the streets and elsewhere in the city of

Cagayan De Oro and in Misamis Oriental, would certainly be abolished if the new LTO directive would be implemented.

Gabatan said that the transport group would conduct a city and a region wide information campaign See strike, page 7

Fish landing center eyed in Camiguin THE construction of the P3 million worth community fish landing center (CFLC) in Barangay Yumbing, Mambajao town, Camiguin is almost complete, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said.

The fish landing is a twostorey building, designed to house a post harvest facility equipped with freezers and solar dyers to reduce post harvest losses. The building will also serve as fisher folks activity center for information sharing and skills training.

BFAR likewise reported that installation of 10 fish cladding and 20 fish stalls Girl Scouts make a tower of coins during their yearly camping last Saturday at Vicente de Lara (formerly McAr- in all public markets around thur) Park, Cagayan de Oro City. More than a thousand Girl Scouts from all over Northern Mindanao participated the island-province. --Jorie C. Valcorza PIA-10 in this annual gathering. Photo by Mark Francisco for Mindanao Daily News

‘Death penalty is best way to give justice to victims of heinous crimes’

A senator on Wednesday reaffirmed his support for the capital punishment saying that it is the best way to give justice to victims of heinous crimes.

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, an ally of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, said he wanted

death penalty to be imposed only on offenses involving sexual exploitation of children, and offenses involving large quantities of illegal drugs.

“Bringing back the death penalty is the best way to send child rapists and drug

lords on the one-way express to Hell,” Gatchalian said.

Gatchalian said he believes that child rapists and drug lords should “not be forgiven” as these crimes cause what he described as “irreparable damage” to the country.

“Criminals who wage war against the fundamental values of our society by polluting it with drugs and sexual violence against children cannot be rehabilitated, and they should not be forgiven. Child rapists and drug lords are beyond

saving. They must be put to death,” he added.

Gatchalian pointed out that the Constitution bestowed upon Congress the power to reimpose the death penalty for compelling reasons to punish See crimes, page 7

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XU rallies vs death penalty DepEd: Field trips

By MARK FRANCISCO Staff writer

THE Jesuit-run Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City has rallied its students for possible signature mobilization to pressure Congress to scuttle the death penalty bill currently being calendared in its two Houses.

Also, at least 15 professors and instructors from various departments in the university have committed to set aside a one-hour session to their classes and discuss the disadvantages of death penalty if it is reinstituted in the country.

Nestor Banuag, Xavier University advocacy coordinator, said that the department which he heads, the Social Development Office, has formulated a one-hour module for the professors and instructors to guide them in their anti-death penalty lectures in these so-called “alternative classes.”

Otherwise, it is up for the lecturers to improvise.

On Tuesday alone, four Philosophy classes were lumped together at the spacious Xavier University Little Theater to hear a lecture by visiting Ateneo de Davao University law professor Romeo Cabarde.

Elsewhere within the week, two more Religious Studies and one Phi-

losophy classes heard visiting lecturers discuss the demerits of the proposed measures – Senate Bills 185, 186 and 187, and House Bill 4727. The visiting lecturers were identified as Baht Latumbo (Balay Mindanaw Foundation), Commission on Human Rights (CHR) 10 director Pilipinas Palma and Nathalie Igot (Archdiocesan Good Governance Apostolate).

Banuag said the university will continue to oppose the four bills lodged before Congress, saying that death penalty is not the solution to spiraling crimes in the country.

During the forum with Cabarde last Tuesday, students signed petitions for the bills’ disapproval that were initiated by Amnesty International.

Banuag vowed that more actions will be undertaken by the university on the matter.

Meanwhile, leadership of the House of Representatives has decided to put the death penalty bill to a vote for second reading on February 28, much earlier than the expected date of March 8.

Emerging from a super majority caucus on Monday afternoon, Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas also said that the congressmen reached a consensus to water down the bill by reducing the number of offenses

punishable by death from the original 21 to just treason, plunder and drug-related crimes.

Of the eight-drug related offenses included in the bill, drug possession will be struck off the list, he noted.

“The agreement is that we whittle it down to a minimum number of offenses first… [This include] drug related offenses and then plunder and then treason,” said Fariñas in an interview.

The changes, however, will reflect once the bill undergoes the period of amendments, which is set either on Monday or Tuesday next week.

Fariñas said it will be up to the anti-death penalty lawmakers to maintain the quorum since it is their turn to speak against the bill.

“If they cannot maintain the quorum to listen to them by Wednesday (then) it’s over…,” Fariñas said.

Lawmakers opposing death penalty have been constantly questioning the quorum as a dilatory tactic to stall the proceedings of the House on the contentious measure.

Earlier, Deputy Speaker Fredenil Castro said at least 200 lawmakers are expected to vote in favor of the measure reviving the death penalty.

With a report from the Philippine News Agency

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are not mandatory

THE education department has reminded parents, school officials and personnel that while educational field trips are meant to supplement classroom learning, joining them is not mandatory.

The department issued the reminder Wednesday, following the recent bus accident in Tanay, Rizal that claimed the lives of 14 students of Bestlink College, a teacher, and the driver. The students were to undergo medical and survival training at the Sacramento Adventure Camp in Tanay as part of the National Service Training Program.

Citing Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 52 (2003), the department stated that no punitive measure will be imposed on students unable to join a field trip, who will instead be given activities to be done in school.

The order also notes that teachers must refrain from using field trips as basis for exams and that no field trip should be undertaken without the written consent of the parents or guardians.

The department meanwhile called on schools to plan educational tours well ahead of time, verify the proper registration and road-worthiness of the buses or vehicles to be used, ensure that drivers have the appropriate know-how and frame of mind when on the road, and discuss safety measures with students before the trip. (PNA)

CHED commissioner files moratorium on field trips, educ’l tours

Commission on Higher Education (CHED) commissioner Prospero de Vera filed a request at the en banc on Tuesday to issue a moratorium on field trips and educational tours, following the accident in Tanay, Rizal that killed 14 students of Bestlink College who were complying with National Service Training Program requirements.

According to a statement from the commission, de Vera said the moratorium will allow the commission to investigate the tragedy and review current policies on field trips.

Educational tours are regulated by CHED Memorandum Order No. 17, which also requires colleges and universities to inform the CHED regional office of such trips a month before they are held.

“While it is true that field trips are essential to give students the opportunity to see and explore new things, enhance their learning experience in a natural setting, and provide for interest-driven and hands-on training, the safety of the students on field trips must be ensured at all times by school authorities,” de Vera said.

CHED ordered the officials of Bestlink College to submit an incident report immediately, which would help determine whether its regulations were violated.

“We will expedite the necessary investigation to determine if proper procedures were observed by school authorities, impose the necessary sanctions, if warranted and determine whether existing policies adequately protect the safety of students,” the commissioner said.

De Vera also slammed the college for continuing the activity despite the tragedy. (PNA)

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Tanay road mishap fatalities now 15; victims’ kin blame Bestlink College

By Saul E. Pa-a of PNA

TANAY, Rizal--The number of fatalities in the bus accident in Tanay, Rizal Monday morning rose to 15 on Tuesday, a report of the Calabarzon Office of Civil Defense (OCD) showed.

Me anw h i l e , t e ar f u l reunions among families and relatives of the fatalities and some 40 survivors took place earlier today at funeral homes and hospitals where the injured are confined after the tragic road mishap in Sitio Bayukan, Barangay Sampaloc in Tanay, Rizal.

Parents of the college students who perished in the accident were furious and expressed regrets they signed the school waivers for their students to join the field trip at Tanay’s Adventure Camp as a National Service Training Program (NSTP) and graduation requirement.

Other relatives disclosed their children earlier informed them it was mandatory to join the educational trip for fear of being given failing grades or barred from joining the graduation this March.

Of the 15 fatalities including the bus driver, a student was reported to be the family’s breadwinner; another was a working student while another was a returning OFW who resumed her studies to finally earn a college degree.

At M a h a r F u n e r a l Homes in Novaliches, Quezon City where 14 remains were brought, parents who trooped to claim their loved

ones’ bodies were furious, blaming the management of the Bestlink College of the Philippines also in Novaliches, where the students studied.

They questioned the school management for pushing with the field trip that led to the tragedy a few kilometers from the campsite and the Peligrino Farm in Barangay Sampaloc, Tanay.

Thirteen of the remains of the students were already claimed by parents Tuesday after learning the school management’s alleged miserable treatment of the bereaved families and slow action to their plight.

There was a report of a 16th fatality - that of a Muslim student whose body was said to be immediately buried following Muslim tradition - but this remains unconfirmed.

The 15th body that was brought to the San Isidro Memorial Homes in Tanay, Rizal was later identified as that of 23-year-old Emmangel Garinto whose parents Emma and Angel traveled all the way from Matnog, Sorsogon to the funeral parlor to identify their son’s body.

The common-law wife Aniceta Asireta of bus driver Julian Lacorda whose lone remains were left at the funeral parlor, recalled that she and Lacorda exchanged text messages 30 minutes before the accident.

Asireta said Julian was a long-time and experienced provincial bus driver and did not mention any untoward incident or anything wrong with the bus until

Preventing bullying in school

By Cleofe N. Baldon Tigbao Elementary School

Bullying can threaten students’ physical and emotional safety at school and can negatively impact their ability to learn. However, bullying does not only happens in school but it is also present in their own homes and it causes a different behavior to the child, to the learner that is why the best way to stop bullying is to better stop it before it happens, before it occurs.

To better address bullying, teachers can somehow use these following strategies and apply it in their own setting. 1) Assess bullying in your school- conduct assessments in your school

to determine how often bullying occurs, where it happens, how pupils and adults intervene and whether the prevention efforts are working; 2) Engage parents and the youth- it is important for everyone to work together to send a unified message against bullying, launch an awareness campaign to make the objectives known to the school, parents, and community members and better establish a school safety committee or task force to plan, implement and evaluate your school’s bullying program; 3) Create policies and rulescreate a mission statement, code of conduct, school-wide rules and a bullying reporting system, these will establish a

she lost contact with her husband around 9 a.m.

She also sought understanding from the student victims and families as she too felt grief-stricken for the loss of Julian who she said could not be blamed for the accident.

Zanny Samsona, Bestlink College school activities coordinator, assured the college management’s assistance to the families of the victims although he denied forcing the students to join the trip and confirmed the participants submitted their waivers before joining the survival training seminar.

Meanwhile, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has ordered the cancellation of any scheduled field trip, educational tour or off-campus activities of all collegiate schools, colleges and universities in the country effective immediately as the latest bus tragedy is under investigation.

CHED officials are also set to review the collegiate policy on the National Service Training Program as a curricular requirement for higher education institutions.

Engr. Inofre Carlos, head of the Tanay Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said they are also inspecting the accident area to make sure road signs are in place as the terrain is uphill.

Carlos also said they are now coordinating with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district engineers climate in which bullying is not acceptable and better off communicate and disseminate it widely; 4) Build a safe environment- establish a school culture of acceptance, tolerance and respect, use staff meetings, assemblies, class and parent meetings to establish a positive climate at school, and reinforce a positive social interaction and inclusiveness; and 5) Educate students and school staff- build bullying prevention material into the curriculum and school activities and train teachers and staff on the rules and policies and give them the skills to intervene consistently and appropriately.

As teachers, yes we can do it and we can make a difference in doing so.

Establishing good relationship with students

By Lucille N. Quiriado Libona National High School

Improving students’ relationship with teachers has important, positive and longlasting implications for both students’ academic and social development. Solely improving students’ relationship with their teachers will not produce gains in achievement. However, having good rapport and relationship with teachers, for students,

is quite alike since having a harmonious relationship with everyone is necessary.

Take for example, a student who feels a strong personal connection to her teacher, talks with her teacher frequently, and receives more engagement in learning, behave better in class and achieve at higher levels academically. Positive teacher-student relationship draws students into the process of learning and promote

in their desire to learn.

That is why as teachers as well¸ we should treat our students fairly and squarely and we should establish a good relationship to all of them not just to a group of them. As their second parents, we should let them feel that they have a family in school so that in one way or the other, they will be better inspired when they come to school.

for any improvement on road worthiness and safety to avoid a repeat of the tragic accident.

The bus wreckage and accident site were blessed by a priest who officiated in the candle-light memorial ceremony for the victims and the crumpled vehicle was later removed from the area after the solemn rites.

Tanay police also confirmed there could be break malfunction in the bus although student passengers who survived the accident smelt of burnt rubber while they were traversing the area.

Police are now investigating the civil liability of the bus company and the school management’s accountability and responsibility to their students as the event happened as a school activity requirement.

The injured victims are still confined at the Rizal Provincial Hospital-Morong; Amang Rodriguez memorial Hospital and Philippine Orthopedic Center although the families have sought assistance that their patients be moved to better equipped hospitals especially those who have to undergo major surgeries and post-accident trauma treatments. A report from the Philippine News Agency

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL SUR 12TH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 10 Hall of Justice, Marawi City IN THE MATTER OF CANCELLATION OF THE CERTIFICATATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF JAMIEL DALIG MANABILANG under LCR Registry No. 477, Page No. 19, Book No. 04

SPL PROC. 2431-17

JAMIEL DALIG MANABILANG

Petitioner.

-versusTHE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MARAWI CITY and THE ADMINISTRATOR And CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES STATISTICS AUTHORITY

Respondents.

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LANAO DEL SUR

ORDER

Before this Court is a verified petition for cancellation of certificate of live birth of Jamiel Dalig Manabilang dated January 10, 2017. and which reads in part: 1. Petitioner is of legal age, Filipino. married and resident of Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur where he may be served with notice and other court processes; 2. Respondent Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, is the custodian of all records of birth Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur, whose office is located at the City Hall Compound.

Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur, where he/she may be served with summons and other court processes; 3. Respondent City Civil Registrar General and Administrator of Philippine Statistics Authority is the central custodian of all records of birth in the country and may be served with orders and other court processes at the NSO Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City.

4. Petitioner was born on 15 September 1976 at Raya Madaya, Marawi City to parents Myrna Bacua Dalig and Dimalo D. Manabilang and his birth was belatedly registered under Registry No. 98-414. a copy of said Certificate of Live Birth is attached as Annex “A”.

5. Petitioner is consistently using and reflecting 15 September 1976 as his date of birth in all his transactions as evidenced by petitioner’s Voter’s I.D, PNP I.D’s, PNP Payslip, NBI Clearance. PNP Service Record, Taxpayer’s I.D.. and Drug Test. copies of which are hereto attached as Annexes “C”, “D”, “E”, “F”, “G”. “H” and “I- respectively; 6. Recently, when the petitioner secured Security Paper (Secpa) of his Certificate of Live Birth from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), what appeared is another Certification of Birth under Registry. No. 477, Page No. 19 of Book 04 of the Civil Registry of Marawi City where his date of Birth is erroneously entered as September 15, 1974, copy of said erroneous Certification of Live Birth is attached as Annex “B”, 7. This petition is filed without any slightest intention to defraud or prejudice the government or any person, its ultimate purpose is to rectify erroneous entries in the public records of the Civil Registry reflective of the petitioner’s true and correct date of birth as appearing in all his records; 8. Petitioner submits that nobody will be prejudiced by granting this petition nor is there a pending case filed against him.

Finding, the aforesaid petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the same be set for hearing before his Court on MARCH 14, 2017 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

Let a copy this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in Lanao del Sur or Marawi City or Iligan City for three (3) consecutive weeks.

The Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City and the Civil Registrar General, or any person or party who has interest in the petition, may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this Petition or from the last day of publication of this Order.

Further, let this Order be posted for fifteen (15) days prior to the date of hearing in the Bulletin Board of the Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City and the Bulletin Board of this Court, at the expenses of the petitioner.

The petitioner is directed to notify this Court of the publication of this Order not later than three (3) days before March 14, 2017.

Furnish copies of this Order, together with the copies of the petition to the Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City, the Hon. Solicitor General, Marawi City; and Hon. Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Sta. Mesa, Manila.

SO ORDERED,

Marawi City, Philippines, febraury 6, 2017.

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Finger-pointing in Rizal tragedy is necessary

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice…” (Proverbs 17:23, the Holy Bible).

-oooFINGER POINTING IN RIZAL TRAGEDY IS NECESSARY: I am sorry if I am to engage in fingerpointing in connection with the grim accident in Tanay, Rizal on Monday, 20 February 2017, in which 16 people, mostly students of the Best Link College in Novaliches, Quezon City, were killed after the tourist buy that was to take them to a camping site bumped an electric post and then rammed into the side of a hilly portion of the road.

Finger-pointing is in order, at least as an attempt to prevent similar occurrences in the future, where Filipinos lose their lives senselessly through reckless driving. That having been said, I believe that our lawmakers---congressmen and senators alike---should first be blamed for this Tanay tragedy and similar tragedies elsewhere in the country.

I blame them because I have been repeatedly urging them, through this column, to review the present laws on accidents with the end in view of imposing heavier

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dent laws, so that it would be greatly unpalatable for drivers to be reckless and careless at any given time.

I suggest that hefty prison terms, like 10 to 20 years imprisonment, should be the standard punishment for erring drivers.

Then, the owners and operators of the vehicles that are involved in accidents should likewise be made criminally liable.

After all, it is these owners and operators who chose and employed the reckless drivers and it is just but fair that they should be made to share in the criminal liability of their employee-drivers. Finally, drivers’ licenses should be confiscated and no longer renewed. What do you think, folks?

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PAT SAMONTE CHRIS PANGANIBAN Regional Editor Caraga Regional Editor-Davao I AGREE without doubt

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reality diabolical creatures once they get behind steering wheels.

Then, let us also blame the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). If only their officials’ corruption is reduced to the barest minimum, then they would not be issuing licenses to people who are clearly sick in, or are out of, their minds, who absolutely did not have any training at all on driving, or allowing clearly unworthy vehicles to serve the public.

-oooAMEND TRAFFIC AND ACCIDENT LAWS NOW: The result of all these is that, maniacal and diabolic drivers do not have any incentive at all to be circumspect and careful in their driving. They know that even if they kill hundreds in a vehicular accident, they will not be going to jail. What is more, the bail required for their provisional liberty while the court cases against them are pending is grossly minimal and therefore highly affordable.

So what do we do? I reiterate an appeal I have already raised several times: revise and amend current transportation and acci-

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penalties to drivers who either kill or maim their passengers or the public in general, but nobody among these supposedly honorable men and women are paying attention. Is it because there is no monetary gain for them in reviewing the present crop of archaic laws on accidents?

-oooP E NA LT I E S F O R RECKLESS DRIVING TOO TRIVIAL: At present, even if a reckless driver kills 100 or more people by his senseless driving, the maximum penalty of imprisonment that could be meted to him is four years. No offending driver will ever be jailed under this condition, because, under present laws, a penalty of only four-years imprisonment can be subjected to probation---which means the driver is not to suffer detention even for one minute only!

Why have our lawmakers, through time, refused to even look at the laws that impose penalties for reckless driving? Your guess is as good as mine---that is, no lawmaker is interested to review these laws because there is no pecuniary benefit that they could get from. Consequently, we have to make do with the stupid drivers who are in

celled in numerous fields of endeavors as professionals. Our doctors, lawyers, nurses, accountants and a lot others are making waves in foreign lands. But on the other side of the coins, we have genius in criminality. Perhaps, they were born to criminal parents or whatever, they could be influenced by factors in the environment. My opinions on these nasty matters are based mostly on newspaper headlines almost every day.

The new type of crime, the-so called car rental scam is the latest in line that was not known years ago. It was inexistent. This indirect carnapping victimizing so many people who seems outsmarted by these incredible individuals. I see there is big money involves that would really cause teardrops upon the eyes of so many people who fell into the dragnet

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Honestly, I read newspapers everyday but I never heard of this style anywhere around the world. It is only in the Philippines that such foolishness was created.

This is another thing for the world’s book of records that could be attributed on our foreheads. Well, we are in the top five in Asia’s crime record, according to a recent survey.

The approach in the car rental crime is so attractive, car owners will easily fall.

Imagine, your car, while on mortgage by dealers, can earn thousands of pesos faster than sounds and certainly no one would miss a rare opportunity. But once you part ways with your vehicle that would be the last time you will ever see it. Is this not terrifying?

This skill in making crimes, needless to say, proliferates farther into gambling, prostitutions, robbery, murder and practically all in the world of criminals. It

is Filipino ingenuity, to use an appropriate but shameful word. After all, criminals are shameless people to say the least.

In the world, therefore, of criminality our country leads the way. We are top on the line and some of us deserve monument for crimes well done. And its scandalous adjective upon our person truly give us a duplicate of a devil’s face envied by hard core criminals. So sad but so true--we are objects of sarcasm and jokes. I sympathize with the good ones whose honor and integrity are in the shadow of doubts.

Sometimes I blame our system of education for being obsolete. It was good decades ago when there were not so many people in our land. Not anymore when 106 millions Filipinos are walking in our streets from Aparri to Jolo. It has to be updated to be in parallel with present standard.

Ben Emata Jr.

Gone are those days when we ride on a carabao and enjoy gathering guavas. In this modern age of nuclear weapons and submarines, we must strive to depart from ignorance or innocence.

If our heroes were alive today, I am certain they will feel so sad because of these dreadful, horrible and terrible image of us. Many have relatives now in their graves and they too must be in pain for some of us being in state of crimes.

I only hope time can change this picture of Filipinos in the gallery of criminality. Each one of us must endeavor for a change that would catapult us back in time when history was in the making. In the name of next generations, we must.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.

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A culture of selfless service

(Message of Vice President Leni Robredo delivered at the launch of Angat Buhay and Xavier University Social Development Week Celebration at Xavier University / Ateneo de Cagayan on 20 February 2017)

It feels so good to be back in Mindanao, particularly in Cagayan de Oro, and most especially in Xavier University. My husband and my adult children were all educated in Ateneo. My youngest, Jillian, is still in Philippine Science High School, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she goes to Ateneo, too.

My family and I admire Xavier’s culture of selfless service, something that

resonates well with our own family values. If one truly embraces the Ignatian values and tradition of cura personalis, magis, and contemplative action, embracing a culture of selfless service especially to the marginalized and disenfranchised is not a struggle. It is an exciting, fulfilling goal.

I am impressed that each Xavierian is exposed to serving the poor at a young age because learning in this university is not limited to the four corners of the classroom.

Through Service Learning Programs, students get to apply the skills and knowledge they learn in school to create their own footprint of transformation

School Administration

By Eltrick John S. Alerta

School Principal I Victory Elementary School Lantapan District

In order for an educational institution to operate successfully it requires c omp e te nt a d m i n ist r a tors. School administrators manage the day-today activities and provide instructional leadership i n pre - s c h o o l s , s c h o o l s d ay c are C e nte rs , c ol leges and universities.The educational programs of business es,cor re c t iona l institutions, museums as well as job training and community service organizations are also directed by education administrators.

School administrators’ responsibilities include setting educational standards and goals and establishing the policies and procedures required to achieve them .Administrators also supervise managers,support staff, teachers,councilors, coachers,librarians and

other employees,Their job is to develop academic programs,monitor the e du c at i on a l pro g re s s of students,train and motivate teachers and other staff.

They also manage career counseling and other student services,administer recordkeeping, prepare budgets and perform many other duties.

Also handle relations with parents, current and prospective students,employers and community. In a small organization,such as a small day care Center,all these functions may be handled by one administrator.In universities or large school systems,there are many administrators,each with specific function,that share the responsibilities.

In charge of elementary, middle and secondary schools are called principals.They work actively with teachers in order to develop and maintain high curriculum standards establish performance goals and objectives and formulate mission statements.Principals

Fostering positive discipline in everyday teaching

By Lucille N. Quiriado Libona National High School

As teachers stand as second parents to the students at school, teachers have this parental supervisory among her or his students, thus, like parents, teachers also want nothing but the best for the students.

Effective discipline is positive and constructive.

According to the Primer for Teachers in Positive Discipline in Everyday Teaching, it basically involves setting

goals for learning, and finding constructive solutions to challenging situations. With this, schools should respect children’s developmental levels, their rights to dignity, and their right to participate fully in their learning.

Moreover, the Positive Discipline in Everyday Teaching approach is based on sound pedagogical principles and practices as it is: 1) Holistic- it applies not only to student’s behavior but to all aspects of their learning and social interactions, 2) Strength-based-

Educator’s Reflection

By Alma A. Moreno – Teacher I Libertad Elem. School - Division of Bukidnon

Educating the young minds is a noble profession because the main job of the teacher is not only educating the child but also shaping his character, bringing out the real potential of a student, correcting him whenever he makes mistakes, developing his personality, teaching the art of problem solving and etc.

There are many things I need to consider as an educator; pupils’ behavior and their parents, the community and co-teachers relationship. I need to be flexible in dealing with all of them since they have different level of mind setting.

But then again I’m thankful of a very harmonious relationship with my co-teacher and they are always there to support me.

in communities where the need is greatest. I believe that when the youth is immersed in an educational system like yours, they are taught that the world is bigger than themselves.

They are trained to be aware of the urgent needs of people around them.

And they are coached in collaborating and engaging others to walk with them in this journey of transformative change.

This is not just an excellent strategy for educating our young. It is critical in building our nation. In today’s polarized society, where the values of empathy, dignity, integrity, and liberty are constantly being eroded, teaching our young

hire and evaluate teachers and other staff and also confer with them to advise on,explain or answer procedural questions.They visit classrooms,observe teaching methods,examine learning materials and review instructional objectives.Their pay frequently is based on performance rating.

Principal also meet with other administrators,stu dents,parents,and representatives of community organizations.Amid a shift in decision making authority from school district central offices to individual scho ols,principals,have become more flexible in setting school policies and goals. However,when they make administrative decisions they need to pay attention to the concerns of teachers,parents and other members of the community, Principals’ responsibilities also include preparation of budgets and reports on various subjects,including finances,attendance and student performance. it identifies and builds on the student’s strengths, 3) Constructive- it is aimed at strengthening student’s selfesteem and self-confidence, 4) Inclusive- it recognizes and respects the diversity of all students, 5) Pro-active- it identifies the roots of behavioral and learning difficulties and implements strategies to promote success and avoid conflict, and 5) Participatory- it engages students in the learning process and in the school community.

Thus, teachers are very much encouraged to foster and better off impose positive discipline in their everyday teaching.

To become more effective, my challenge this year is to gain more knowledge by attending seminars-workshops, read more articles and even surfing the net for more informative information about my profession. I know I already gave my best in the past school year but then I know I still have more best left in me and that I’m going to use it as I about to face another school year, another challenges in my teaching career.

Vice President Leni Robredo delivers her message at the launch of Angat Buhay and Xavier University Social Development Week Celebration at Xavier University / Ateneo de Cagayan on 20 February 2017. OVP photo

to be inclusive envelopes them in courage and hope.

It allows them to experience first-hand that people deserve respect, rather than disdain. That the good will always triumph over the bad. Next to our homes, it is in universities and schools where these are best taught.

Examples of your students’ selfless service already show this: in Miarayon, a mountainous IP barangay in Talakag, Bukidnon, your Biology students have been conducting dengue awareness trainings among barangay health workers.

Your Agriculture students are teaching farmers how to wash, slice, and handle carrots properly so they can be sold at a higher value.

Your Engineering students are already exploring the creation of water systems to improve irrigation and domestic supply of water.

Let’s take some time to acknowledge the hard work of both teachers and students who have made this happen. Please stand up if you are here.

There are so many more examples, proving that Xavier University is our best partner in helping create transformative change here in Mindanao. We are seeing beautiful transformations in the 50 LGUs Angat Buhay has adopted, and I cannot wait to see those meaningful changes happening here.

For instance, in Miarayon, we can partner in supporting nursing students as they provide first aid training for simple ailments like stomach aches, colds, and fever. Business students can explore ways to help farmers market, package, and develop coffee-based products. I heard that Miarayon’s coffee is better than

Engaging parents in learning

By Cleofe N. Baldon Tigbao Elementary School

Schools take a variety of creative approaches to involve parents in their child’s learning, as we believe that the involvement and participation of the parents play a vital and significant role to the child’s holistic development and even academic success in the future.

In engaging the parents, make sure that parents are being able to listened to.

With this, schools must take the lead and be as flexible as possible. Parents must feel that they belong and indeed they are our partners for

this cause. They are the ones who know their child best, therefore, a teacher should work hand in hand with the pupils.

One thing also, is to involve them in doing home works and teachers must be creating in holding events and activities at school. Parental support is very important, actually not just support but their presence as well.

Also pupils, our learners feel secure when they can feel that they have their parents’ back in their academic journey. That is why it is very important that we should have parent meetings

that of Starbucks!

We will also look at the hunger situation in these c om mu n it i e s , m a k i ng sure that the silent crisis of hunger, malnutrition, and irreversible stunting among Filipino children are lessened. We will bring in the models of development that have worked in Naga City, like the zero-hunger program we copied from an international-awardwinning program in Brazil.

Through this model, government feeding programs buy produce from local farmers, solving the problem of hunger and stunting among children, and poverty among farmers at the same time.

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and assemblies wherein we can update them in the whereabouts of their child.

Parents, as stakeholders, should be engaged in the kind of learning the pupils are into today. Time is the most precious gift that a parent can share and impart to his child, and through this, a child can feel the attachment, the support that his or her parents are giving.

In this sense, schools as well capitulates to promote value-laden program and activities, most specifically and significantly, those programs and activities that could strengthen family bonds and family ties.

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Listening: Can It Be Improved?

By Michael I. Galleros, Teacher I Lumintao Elementary School Lumintao Quezon, Bukidnon

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak: Courage is also what it takes to sit Down and listen” -Winston Churchill To listen actively and attentively is very hard to achieve. Listeners are good leaders as well when we listen we can get some new knowledge that is applicable in our daily living. I guess all of us

are familiar with the saying a river that is deep is quiet and the shallow one is noisy.

“The problem among us Pilipino is we talk too much and do too little” says Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte. This makes us usually caused not able to understand on account of not listening, we are not paying attention who is

PROTECT A CHILD COULD SAVE HIS FUTURE

By Glaiza F. Culita, T-I; Cabulohan-Paradise National High School - Annex

The Department of Education aims to orient the child and to let them understand their rights through implementing the DepEd Child Protection Policy.

Pursuant to the 1987 Constitution, the state shall defend the right of children to assistance, including proper care and nutrition, and special protection against all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty and exploitation and other condition prejudicial to their development.

There has something to do with conducting of orientation to the school regarding knowing and understanding child protection policy so that they would be awaken and believing the fact that life is not miserable.

Teachers should practice scheduling home visitation because this was one of known and best solution

so far to know very well and understand the situation of a child. Though it is worth sacrificing but if we only think on the positive outcome, those experiences would be a big trademark for a courageous teacher.

A teaching profession is known as the most sensitive job because you have a lot of things to consider which should always be in line. If all Filipino teachers do their responsibility not just because of a big salary, all learners will have a great future. And the same that if all personnel who manage the Department of Education do their job not because of a bigger salary but following up for training the teachers and evaluate e them, and encourage them to pursue on one goal of education, maybe that goal would be achieved.

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talking we are only good in arguing instead of listening.

Listening is the conscious processing of the auditory stimuli that have been perceived through hearing. But how can we improve the listening skills especially for the students?

Teachers usually do is repeating ourselves in the classroom will produce lazy listening in our students.

If k ids are acc ustome d to hearing instr uc tions twice, thrice, and even four times, listening the first time around becomes un-

necessary. Begin the year by establishing that you are a teacher who rarely repeats instructions and this will surely pick up ears. Turn and Talk is one way to inspire active listening in your students and this give them a listening task.

Lastly, use Motivating words good listeners are both rare and valued.

Make eye contact, show interest, and restrain from cutting others off in a conversation -- are easy to like and respect.

SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT

By Glaiza F. Culita, T-I; Cabulohan-Paradise National High School - Annex

Promoting SBM allows competent individuals in the schools to make decisions that will improve learning. It gives the entire school community a voice in key decisions. It focuses accountability for decisions. It leads realistic budgeting as parents and teachers become more aware of the school’s financial status, spending limitations, and the cost of its programs; and it improves morale of teachers and nurture new leadership at all levels.

In order to have good achievements in our school, we need to consider some important factors that should be practiced by the internal stakeholders. A good leader must have good moral values from the school head. If good personality starts from the leader, the members will get influence and will follow what-

ever instructions that he may give. A good leader should also have a good communication with teachers and staffs. If there is a proper approach and response between the leader and the member, then there is a good relationship outcome in a way that each of them has no showing of any gaps. Good management of the school can only be attained if the leader shows good personality and communication to his members at the start up to the present. It starts from his personality. I know his a kind of perfectionist but he needs also to understand his surroundings before he push his plans to his members.

A good school head should orient his members on their responsibilities and showing encouragement by introducing useful output plan for the school year.

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January 10, 2017

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No.1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that RAQUELITA B. BUENO has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name from “ROCALITA” to “RAQUELITA”, the correction of entry of child’s birth month from “AUGUST” to “JULY” and child’s birth date from “01” to “03” in the certificate of Live Birth of ROCALITA ANTICAMARA BACALSO at Digos, Davao and whose parents are Presioso B. Bacalso and Narcisa Barot.

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Most Australian firms prefer the Philippines to explore offshoring opportunities, as opposed to other rival potential business process outsourcing (BPO) destinations in the region, such as India, according to a study by government think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies.

Favorable geographical time zone, highly literate workforce, and competitive labor rates are among the reasons Australian firms are attracted to the Philippines for their offshoring needs, according to former PIDS visiting research fellow Peter K. Ross and businessman Mike O’Hagan.

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OVER PROTECTIVE PARENT: What IsThe Negative Effect on Their Children

By Lelybeth M. Paguta - Teacher I Zubiri Village Elementary School Quezon I District

A parent always look at the good side of the coin for the future of their children.

What many over protective parents fail to see is, that their over fears from childhood are now being lived out through their children, thus creating new generation. They want to protect their children from harm, from hurt and pain from unhappiness, bad experiences,rejection from hurt feelings, failure and disappointments .They prevent their children from trying new activities such as discovering the joy of climbing and safe risk taking at adventurous playground. Many sporting activities which would include opportunities for gaining social competence .It is very difficult for the over protective parents to admit reality of their fears on their children. They are creating fear filled, anxious, emotionally immature chil-

dren. All these protection of overprotective parents to their children is good but what about the feelings of their children? Are they happy or not? This type of parenting or smothering rather than mothering is ineffective and fail to instill virtues and values such as responsibility and courage.

Self-esteem, self-respect, confidence of your child.

Over protected child cannot deal adequately with hardship and other frustrations in life, in other word they have very low tolerance for frustration and crumble at the first sign of it. So this ,over protective children cannot stand on their own way, no decision making and always follow the do’s and don’ts of the protective mother because they believe, they are the best who could offer good life for their children, have the best life.

WEAVING ICT SKILLS INTO TEACHING

By CHERRIE MAE B. SAJULGA, Teacher I Zubiri Village Elementary School

Weaving information and communication technology (ICT) in education is relatively needed nowadays.

With technology, there is a lot that we can do to improve the teaching-learning process among our pupils. It is indeed a blessing. It is meant to serve man in all aspects of life including instruction.

In the context of classroom, the teacher is the one who determines how technology ought to be used in order to reap the maximum benefits that come along with ICT. The integration of ICT in the instructional process would be very helpful in establishing interactive and meaningful learning, the development of creative and critical thinking, the development and nurturing of teamwork and lastly for efficient and effective teaching.

In line with this, Zubiri Village Elementary School

teachers heeded the call to take necessary trainings to enhance their knowledge and skills about ICT. It is the goal of the school through its ICT Coordinator that all teachers will be trained and be fully equipped with ICT skills to integrate it in their teaching.

In Zubiri Village Elementary School, they have already undertaken ICT literacy workshops. Teachers mentored one another while having fun in exploring the Microsoft office, computer applications and educational websites. During the workshops, the teachers enjoyed much and had full appreciation of the new learnings they have acquired. In fact, they have already started applying the knowledge and skills they have gained. They believe that through this, it will aid more on giving desirable impacts to the education of their respective learners.

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and transparent communities.

These are approaches that have worked in other areas and proven internationally, but when we work with communities, we don’t impose these approaches.

We listen with empathy and ask powerful questions first. We have found that the most powerful solutions come from the people themselves—ensuring that there is no shortage of transformative solutions.

There are so many ideas in creating societal transformation—enough to envelope all of us in courage and hope.

This is how we roll out Angat Buhay. As you learned from our AVP, Angat Buhay is a program that the Office of the Vice President has designed, to bring about collaborative change and empowering transformation in some of the poorest and most remote places in the country.

Through much consultation, we have chosen 50 local government units to become the pilot areas for this project. We have chosen them not just because the need is great in the places where their people dwell, but also because of their leaders’ transparent and accountable leadership. We are focusing on six areas: food security and nutrition, universal health care, rural development, education, women empowerment, and housing.

Since the OVP does not have much resources, we are linking them with development partners who will provide the resources.

Trust, not funding, is our common currency.

Angat Buhay is the crystallization of our commitment, to bring the concerns of those in the margins of society at the forefront of nation building. The Office of the Vice President traditionally is mostly filled with ceremonial duties, receiving foreign dignitaries, representing the country in some events, etcetera. But I do not see myself doing these for six long years.

You see, I was also exposed to a culture of service early in my life because of the teachings in my family and also in Universidad de Santa Isabel, where I studied.

This was perhaps what drove me to be a lawyer for the poor, serving where the need is greatest, even if it meant walking long distances on foot, tricycle, or bancas.

Even if it meant sleeping on boats or makeshift huts.

So when I assumed office, the first thing we did was reinvent our office to make it more advocacyheavy. We immediately set to work. Our search for meaningful transformations brought us to places like Agutaya, a far-flung, 5th class community in Northern Palawan with a 12,000 population. You have to take a ten-hour grueling

boat ride from Coron just to reach its shores. Agutaya has no electricity, and access to safe, potable water is still a problem.

During the height of Typhoon Yolanda, their only school building was destroyed – leaving many children with not enough classrooms to use, even up to this day.

When my team and I went to Agutaya two months ago, some of the locals were on the verge of tears. We were told later on that it was the first time that a national government official visited their area.

While walking around, we noticed that the Grade 5 students were as small as the Grade 1 students.

Those children were stunted and would never get better.

Stunting is an irreversible condition. We left Agutaya with broken hearts, but we went home with determined spirits. We promised ourselves that we will be back with help.

There are many more places like Agutaya and some of them are right here around us, here in Mindanao. Alam po ninyo, this land and its people are dear to me and Jesse. As a lawyer for the poor for several decades, I’ve done much work helping Sumilao farmers get their land. And Jesse, through his work in Synergeia Foundation as well as his stint in DILG, has been in many corners of Mindanao training Mayors, school administrators, and many others in good governance. We both believe that the progress of Mindanao is critical to our success as a nation.

With our partnership with Xavier University, we can reach more Agutayas here in Mindanao.

But more importantly, we will have more citizens involved in the work of transformative change where it matters most.

And the best citizens to partner with are Xavierians, who share with us this culture of excellence and selfless service.

Thank you from the deepest parts of my heart.

For all that you do, and for all that you are.

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determine what reforms to make on guidelines on school field trips.

“We want to find out what happened and what reforms to make out-of-school activities safe,” Aquino said noting that field trips should be voluntary and not mandatory.

The senator said that he agreed that field trips are important but noted that it must be done in a safe environment.

“We are hopeful that we find better guidelines for the future. We also want to make sure for the rest of the public that this won’t happen again,” he added.

Aquino meanwhile expressed support for efforts of the Commission on Higher

Thursday, February 23, 2017 Education (CHED) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to conduct their own probe on the incident.

He also offered sympathies to the families of the students killed in the accident.

Sen. Grace Poe, like Aquino, said that she also plans to file a resolution on granting permits for drivers of commercial buses.

She pointed out that the accident was more than a matter of school guidelines, but allowing buses 15-yearsold or older to operate.

“There is no room for mistake and negligence in public transportation because one mistake could lead to tragedy among passengers,” Poe said.

“Let us ask, what are the safety features of buses now that buses 14 or 10-yearsold don’t have? The drivers should also have experience.

It’s not enough that they have licenses after driving for three months,” she added.

Sen. Cynthia Villar, an advocate of students’ rights and welfare, urged schools to exert efforts to ensure the safety of their students.

She pointed out that buses or other transportation vehicles should be properly checked before any field trip or out-of-the campus travel is permitted.

The tourist bus Panda Coach Tourist and Transpo, which rammed into an electrical post while traveling along Sitio Bayucal in Barangay Sampaloc in Tanay on Sunday morning.

Reports also noted that the students were going to attend a camping activity as part of their National Service Training (NSTP) Program at Sacramento Adventure Camp in Tanay when the accident took place. (PNA)

official called for the suspension of all college field trips until investigations into the bus crash completed.

CHED Commissioner Prospero de Vera said the suspension is necessary in order to carry out a proper investigation as well as to review the policies covering field trips.

“It must also be determined if higher education institutions comply with safety guidelines and whether current policies on school trips protect the students adequately,” De Vera said. (PNA)

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on Saturday to persuade all transport operators and drivers to join the transport strike Monday next week.

The information campaign would also urge the commuters, workers, employees, and students to support the transport strike and ask them to stay home during the duration of the strike.

The strike might last for two or three days, depending on the consensus of the transport operators, drivers, and stakeholders that would be known in a scheduled meeting on Saturday, Gabatan said.

Gabatan , however, assured the public that emergency vehicles like ambulances and those engaged in rescue operations would not be affected by the transport strike.

“We would also discourage and disallow any attempt to throw ‘spikes’ and blunt objects on the street that might cause flat tires that might hamper vehicles for emergency transport,” Gabatan said.

He said that the wives and family members of the transport groups in Northern Mindanao had already expressed support of the transport strike after receiving calls and commufrom page 1 nication that the nationwide to guarantee the safety transport strike would push of all their passengers. The Monday next week. passengers must safely arrive at their respective destinations,” Presidential Spokes- from page 1 Banawis said the ECC person Ernesto Abella said during a Palace press brief- never have any personnel named Arnold Magalong ing Tuesday.

“The Commission on and Atty. Arnold Ford.

Furthermore, the agency Higher Education (CHED) is likewise conducting the never sends letters to its necessary investigation to beneficiaries, requiring determine if proper pro- them to attend seminars, cedures were observed by meetings and conventions.

“There is no need of any school authorities,” Abella letter. As long as there is an added.

On Monday, a tour- employer-employee relaist bus carrying students tionship and the sickness, from Bestlink College of injury or death is workthe Philippines smashed related, the employee shall into an electric post along receive employee compensaa curved road in Barangay tion benefits,” Banawis said.

In explaining the proSampaloc in Tanay.

The students were on cess, Banawis said benefitheir way to medical and ciaries or their claimants survival training at the Sac- must file their application ramento Adventure Camp directly with the Governas part of their National ment Service Insurance Service Training Program System (GSIS) or the Social Security System (SSS) as the (NSTP).

The crash killed at least case may be.

“Let us all be wary when 15 people -- 13 students, a teacher and the bus driver transacting with people. It is better to be careful than be -- and injured 40 others.

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the names in our website President Rodrigo Duterte. and it is better to call our (PNA) offices. You can also contact us through our Facebook page,” Banawis said. from page 6 Australian firms. It is the same as Perth, Western from page 1 Australia, while there is only a two-hour difference heinous crimes.

He stressed that the so- to the Australian Eastern cial impact of illegal drugs Standard time. This allows in the Philippines is “com- Australia-based managers to pelling enough” and urged work with their Philippinehis fellow lawmakers to take based staff in real time,” notice of the public clamor they explained.

Likewise, they noted to revive the death penalty.

The neophyte senator that Australian shifts are claimed that credible private also popular with Metro surveys have shown that Manila-based BPO workfour out of five Filipinos ers, as the time difference support the move to bring allows them to arrive and back capital punishment. leave work two hours before “As representatives of the Metro Manila’s main peak People, we must give them traffic times. In terms of gethe justice they demand,” ography, the two countries’ proximity makes it easier Gatchalian said.

Despite his strong sup- for Australian managers port for executing child to commute to and from rapists, pornographers, ex- the Philippines with less ploiters, and other sexual resources.

“Philippines also has offenders, Gatchalian said he is open to Senate Major- a highly literate and wellity Leader Vicente Sotto educated workforce curIII’s proposal to limit the rently increasing by around reimposition of the death 600,000 tertiary graduates, penalty to large scale drug including more than 3,000 public accountants annuoffenses.

He said that limiting ally. The variety of Filipino the scope of the new death tertiary graduates also propenalty law to cover only vides the varied skills that offenses involving large Australian SMEs need, such quantities of illegal drugs as the ability to speak in might be the only “realistic” English fluently,” Ross and way to get the bill through O’Hagan added.

Meanwhile, offshoring the divided Senate.

“I will support the com- to the Philippines also gives promise if that’s the case,” Australian firms huge savings, which the authors he added.

On February 7, the Sen- approximated to be around ate suspended hearings on 70 percent in terms of labor the proposed reimposition costs. Based on their estiof death penalty after con- mates, median labor rates cerns on possible violation in the Philippines for call by the Philippines of an in- center type of work is about ternational treaty was raised eight times lower than in Australia. during the deliberations.

“While BPO rates are Sen. Richard Gordon, confidential and vary dechair of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human pending on client requireRights, said that Philippines ments and the employee’s happens to be a signatory role and experience, evito the Treaty of Interna- dence from this research tional Convention on Civil suggests that the full cost and Political Rights of the of an administrative or cusUnited Nations Human tomer service worker would be around AUD 15,000 to Rights Office.

Sen. Pres. Pro-Tempore AUD 20,000 per year, less Franklin Drilon mentioned than half of the Australian it was clear that death pen- salary for an equivalent job,” alty could not be revived they explained.

However, despite these because of the treaty comadvantages, the authors cited mitment.

To date, only four sena- a number of challenges that tors who have openly ex- the Philippine BPO sector pressed being in favor of needs to address. Governdeath penalty are Senate ment red tape, conflicting Majority Leader Vicente government requirements, Sotto III, Senators Sherwin poor infrastructure, traffic Gatchalian, Panfilo Lacson, congestion, expensive and unreliable utilities, and biand Manny Pacquiao.

Sotto, Gatchalian, Lac- ased adjudication of labor son and Pacquiao have all cases are among the red flags authored bills to revive the identified by the authors.

“Many respondents said capital punishment.

Five senators belonging incorporating a subsidiary to the Liberal Party namely in the Philippines takes a Senate Pres. Pro-Tempore lot longer than the target Franklin Drilon, Senators period of government agenPaolo Benigno Aquino IV, cies. They further spend Leila de Lima, Risa Hontive- a long time queuing in ros, and Francis Pangilinan government offices to get have openly expressed being recurring requirements approved. Many respondents against death penalty.

Senators Richard Gor- also expressed disapproval don, Grace Poe are also about the overlapping and against the capital punish- sometimes conflicting requirements from different ment.

Death penalty is one of levels of government,” the the priority measures of the PIDS study stated.

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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Education

“AS THOU WHO SOW SHALL REAP, SOW THE WIND AND REAP THE WHIRLWIND”

By IRENE JANOBAS

We become of what we are now because of the things we did from yesterday. It is a phrase attributed to the biblical prophet Hosea. We all know that a prophet is someone who utters divinely inspired revelation. From this scripture “He who sow the wind shall reap a whirlwind”, the wind here refers to the actions of a man, and whirlwind refers to the consequences of the action. It clearly defined that there is an effect for every people do and say. And that the effort of a person puts into something will be rewarded appropriately in this life or the next.

This could be a reminder for us human to do good and to work hard. We believed if we will work hard we will get praises from the people and we might be success-

ful if we work diligently. But somehow this phrase may not be applicable to all. There are these people whom I can say the “hardworking” ones amidst of their sweats are still tied up to poverty. Nowadays, some of those who do good things suffer and those who do the bad profits. This is very evident in politics. There is a saying that good people don’t prosper which is honesty is not the best policy after all. But I’d still believed on the Hinduism perception on KARMA. For now these notorious people might be enjoying their luxurious life but in the end they will be paying their sins. We can really never escape the consequences of our actions.

Looking back to the history of man, in the bible it is stated that our first parents Adam and Eve disobey the Lord’s command which is not to eat the fruit of a particular tree.

Classroom management

By TESSIE L. LOOD Teacher I Lingating Elementary School Baungon District

RESEARCHERS from the University of Virginia want to determine what classroom management practices are effective in reducing disruptive behaviors in young children.

They conducted a controlled trial to examine the impact of a one-on-onetime teacherchild interactions in reducing disruptive behaviors.

The study tested two methods of classroom management

practices. The participants of the study included 183 teachers and 470 preschool children between the ages of three and five years old. The classrooms were randomly assigned to either Banking Time, Child Time or Business as Usual.

In Banking Time, teachers are encouraged to let the child lead the play. In Child Time, the one-on-one time interaction between the teacher and the child is dependent on what the teacher wants to these. The study found that both Banking Time and Child Time classroom

From this disobedience, death and sin came over to all the offspring of Adam, the human race. We their children have reaped the whirlwind.

This scripture reaping what we had sown could be a best food to eat so that it could give nourishment to our total human being as a mentor of the young minds. Being a teacher, we should be responsible in everything that we will do.

It is very important to be aware to which we create our own circumstances or specifically the bad ones.

If we show and give love, respect to our students and the people who surrounds us, rewards will come our way. Good things happen to good people. Giving our best with all the devotion to our profession, from our hands will beget good and righteous individual. Thus, we can reap what we had sown. management practices help reduce disruptive behaviors in problematic children compared to the usual classroom management practices. Furthermore, teachers who were seen to have high quality classroom-level teacher-child interactions at the beginning of the school year experienced fewer preschoolers with disruptive behaviors.

The researchers, the children’s parents and teachers all agree that spending quality time with children helps improve their behavior whether it be inside or outside the classroom.

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Qualities of a Good Teacher

By Susan M. Ermac, T-I

Teaching was considered as the sole hope of human salvation and known to be one of the noblest professions in the world.

It provides an individual the opportunities to show and have high moral character. Teachers have the power to touch lives and instill greatness in many who will go on and do good things. Children spend an immense amount of time with their teachers; and thus, teachers can do untold damage or imme asurable go o d to their students by shaping students’ minds.

It is very crucial to have a go o d te achers in our educational system tremendously, especially in elementary schools where children are the most impressionable.

According to the American Psychological Association (2010), students who received supportive environments and hig h quality education in the early school years exhibited higher academic achievement, lower rates of grade retention, rare need for special education services, and higher rates graduating from high school.

Kindergarten teachers also have a great influence

on their pupils. Pupils who were in higher quality classroom in kindergarten were found to be more likely to go to college than other pupils with otherwise similar backgrounds.

A teacher plays a critical role both in school improvement and student success .Providing quality education means that we should invest in higher standards for all children, improved curricula, tests to measure student achievement, safe schools, and increased us e of te chnolog y but the most critical investment we can make is in well-qualif ied, caring, and committed teachers.

Heeding the Call for School’s Decision Making Involvement

By CHERRIE MAE B. SAJULGA, Teacher I Zubiri Village Elementary School

In the school setting, the success of the educational endeavours is largely dependent on the involvement of all stakeholders in the decisionmaking activities. While each one contributes significantly to the betterment of educational outcomes, the role of teachers in the decision making process of the school is considered very crucial in the attainment of its goals.

The School-Based Management (DepEd Order No. 83, series 2012) is a powerful tool in increasing participation of stakeholders in governance practice and achieving organizational effectiveness. It encourages deliberate involve-

ment of teachers and other stakeholders in decisions relative to achieving school goals. The primary aim of the program was to enhance the quality of basic education through “participative decision making approach”.

In spite of this mandate, some schools find it hard to practice shared responsibility and accountability since many of the stakeholders were still confined to the belief that school leaders are the ones accountable for managing resources and teachers were the ones with the greatest responsibilities on the outcomes of instructional processes.

On some occasions teachers did not choose to be involved in

decision making because the issue lay outside their interest zone- an area referred to by Barnard Schneider (2005) as a zone of indifference- so that any directive was accepted without question and with little obvious interest.

With these realities, it is assumed that there is a gap in the mandate and implementation of the School-Based Management practices in most schools. Thus, it is necessary that teachers must be participative in the decision-making process for it has a great implication to School-Based Management Practices. If teachers want their schools to succeed and be productive, they should rise up and be involved.