An organization of employees under the Department of Education (DepEd) with Head Teachers (HTs) positions in the national plantilla reiterated its call on the agency not to dissolve their positions to create an expanded career progression system for public school teachers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA...
ANGADANAN, Isabela – Police arrested a 35-year-old elementary teacher in a buy-bust operation in Purok 7, Barangay Centro 1, here on Monday afternoon, Jan. 9. The Police Regional Office 2 (Cagayan Valley) identified the suspect as Virgilio Estrada Jr. Estrada, considered by the police as a...
The honesty of a nine-year-old Muslim boy in Davao del Norte was commended by the Department of Education (DepED). (Photo courtesy of DepED) Ashnor Abbas Cadato, a Grade 3 learner of Sto. Niño Central Elementary School, Talaingod District, was cited for his honesty after returning a lost envelope...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez announced that around 3,900 public school teachers will receive an additional P1,000 in their monthly Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) from the city government starting January 2023. Olivarez said the increase will give the teachers a P4,000 monthly COLA from the...
City Savings Bank, Inc. (CitySavings), UnionBank’s thrift subsidiary, has ramped up its Teacher Care initiatives, earning them another recognition from the Department of Education (DepEd). Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, who led the DepEd’s Partners Appreciation Ceremony...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A public high school teacher was charged for allegedly raping his 16-year-old student in a motel here on Wednesday, Nov. 23. On Wednesday, the victim reportedly complained of an upset stomach, prompting the teacher to volunteer to bring her to the hospital. Instead of...
A public school teacher from the Department of Education (DepED) Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) was recognized for his unwavering commitment to serving his students and community and teaching children to pursue their dreams. (Photo courtesy of DepED) Junmerth T. Jorta, a Teacher I and...
Long-time mentor Liwayway Cruz passed away on Oct. 21 in San Rafael, Bulacan due to myocardial infarction. She was 73. Cruz was a devoted teacher for nearly 50 years, starting in 1973 as instructor at Martinez Memorial College; master teacher at Tondo High School; assistant professor at the...
Elmark Joaquin is a special education teacher for 17 years now. His concern was that his students who are learners with disabilities (LWD) should have skills to get jobs after graduation. He started a project called "Competency Alignment for Employment to Community Inclusion” which trained his...
This teacher has another job – a clown performer in parties and events. The experience has helped him discover his skills in teaching a class. He has gone a long way in two careers – from making children laugh as a clown, to teaching students, to a doctorate in Applied Cosmic Anthropology. ...
CEBU CITY -- Police on Monday night, Oct. 17, arrested the suspect in the killing of a public school teacher in the City of Naga in southern Cebu. Elmar Gemida, 24, was arrested by pursuing policemen in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Gemida is the suspect in the killing of Jhun Leo Pañares,...
CEBU CITY – A 33-year-old teacher was found dead with stab wounds inside the teacher’s office of the Inuboran Elementary School in Barangay Inuboran, City of Naga, Cebu on Sunday, Oct. 16. PANARES Police identified the victim as Jhun Leo Panares of Barangay Tinaan, City of Naga. Major Junnel...