‘School heads may switch to ADM’

THE Department of Education reiterated over the weekend that school heads have the authority and responsibility to suspend face-to-face classes and shift to modular distance learning owing to extreme heat situations exacerbated by power outages in several parts of the country.

Agency spokesperson Michael Poa reminded school authorities of DepEd Order No. 37, series 2022, that provides for a shift to modular distance learning if classes are canceled or suspended “due to natural disasters, calamities, and human-induced hazards” to ensure learning continuity.

Poa showed a copy of a memo issued to public and private school heads dated April 20 that allows the switch to alternative delivery modes (ADM) “in cases of unfavorable weather and environment such as, but not limited to, extremely high temperatures which may considerably affect the conduct of

Perpetual Help, Grandsoul open Japanese caregiving training site

IN 2019, the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Calamba Campus and the Grandsoul Japan Co., LTD sealed a partnership to address the demand for highly skilled caregivers in Japan.

Dr. Anthony M. Tamayo, President of the University of Perpetual Help System Dalta, studied projects that the need for caregivers will steadily increase as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose health risks across the globe.

Thus, Grandsoul Japan Co., LTD commits itself to helping every Filipino fulfill their dreams and donated a state-of-the-art facility to the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA in Calamba Campus.

By replicating its caregiving facili- classroom learning and put the learners’ health and wellbeing at risk.”

“Schools have different situations. Thus, school heads should determine what learning mode is best for them. We are concerned about the effect of hot weather on learners’ health. We remind the school heads that they can immediately switch to ADMs,” Poa told reporters.

Weather bureau PAGASA has warned of even warmer days ahead, with the heat index expected to hit 56°C in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, and 50°C in Cabanatuan.

On Thursday, the heat index was at ties in Japan to support the establishment of the UPHSD-Grandsoul Japan Center for Japanese Caregiving Education, enrollees get six months of quality Japanese language training and Japanese Nursing Care Training and eventually will have the opportunity to work as caregivers and have the chance to live in Japan.

43°C in Dagupan in Pangasinan and at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City.

A survey of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) showed that a huge majority of teachers in the country reported that students are finding it difficult to concentrate on their studies due to “dry season heat.” Meanwhile, Occidental Mindoro has been placed under a state of calamity due to the 20-hour daily power outage for the last month and a half, according to Governor Eduardo Gadiano on Friday (see related story on A1 – Editors).

The country’s “untouched” oceans are rich in mineral resources, such as palladium, manganese, iron, nickel, platinum, copper, silver, gold, lithium, and even “elusive” rare earth elements “crucially needed in the electronic and renewable industries, he said.

“We welcome the approval of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on the issuance of an executive order to operationalize the nation’s tariff commitments under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership of the Asian Southeast Nations,” Aragon told reporters.

“Offshore mining may benefit from preferential tariff reduction for imported industrial goods and equipment,” he said.

The new mining scheme needs allout support from the government, Aragon said, emphasizing that oceans can also utilized for mining, apart from fishing.

UPHSD-Grandsoul Japan creates opportunities for every Filipino through its world-class Japanese Caregiving Training Facility.

Well-trained instructors from the Allied Health Department of the university underwent three-month intensive training in Japan so enrollees acquire exceptional knowledge and the skills set required for the job.

Roy Tomandao