Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Two OFW kids shine in int’l moot court tilt

By Mylah Reyes,VERA Files WASHINGTON, D.C.—Two children of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) helped propel the University of the Philippines College of Law into the circle of the world’s top four law schools, after taking part in the most prestigious moot court competition in the U.S. Christopher Louie Ocampo, whose father works as a pumpman for [...]

April 4, 2012  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Education, General  8 Comments

DepEd questioned on P1.32B textbook contracts

By Yvonne T. Chua VERA Files If things go as planned, the Department of Education will start delivering this month 61.4 million copies of textbooks and teachers’ manuals worth P2.58 billion to public elementary and high schools nationwide. The shipments consist of some 40 titles, both old and new, all of them expected to be [...]

December 5, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Education, Vera Files  3 Comments

Hotdog Reunion: The Repeat

I did this story for VERA Files Musician and advertising executive Dennis Garcia said there are five simple reasons why you should be at Dusit Thani at 8 p.m on July 26, Tuesday: One, you will enjoy one and a half hours of fond memories; Two, you will enjoy more hits than going to a [...]

July 16, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Arts and Culture, Music  3 Comments

Ang Coke at ang kalusugan

ATLANTA-Tinanong ng isang reporter and mga opisyal ng Coca-Cola Company kung masasabi niya na hindi masama sa kalusugan ang kanilang binebentang inumin at deretso sinagot ng isang opisyal na “Coke is not unhealthy.” Sa mga interaksyun sa media na ginanap sa 125 na taong anibersaryo ng Coca-Cola, nagkaroon ng sesyun sa kalusugan (Health and Well-Being). [...]

May 9, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Abante, Economy, Education  16 Comments

More protests over education budget cut

By Mario Ignacio VERA Files Some 300 students of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City staged a rally on the second day of their protest against the P1.39 billion budget cut on state universities and colleges (SUCs). UP’s University Council supported the protest saying, “A low budget has a debilitating effect [...]

November 27, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Education  34 Comments

Ang pangmatagalan na salot ng raket nina Mary Ann Maslog sa textbooks

Nagkataon naman na school opening ngayon dito sa Pilipinas at nahuli itong si Mary Ann Maslog na nasangkot noon sa anomalya sa textbooks sa public schools. Tamang-tamang paala-ala sa taumbayan ang malaking perwisyo ng kurakukutan sa textbook sa edukasyon ng mga Pilipinong mag-aaral at sa hinaharap ng bansa. Ni-report ng VERA Files noong Biyernes na [...]

June 20, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Education  15 Comments

Pinay in textbook scam nabbed in the US

by VERA Files Mary Ann Maslog, the woman who delivered a P3-million bribe in Malacanang 11 years ago in connection with a P200-million textbook contract and was on the run for a string of swindling cases in the Philippines and the United States, has finally been arrested. A newspaper in the state of Virginia reported [...]

June 19, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Education, Vera Files  18 Comments

Pinay in textbook scam wanted in the US for swindling

by VERA Files The woman who shook the nation by delivering P3 million in bribes to Malacañang 11 years ago is wanted in the United States for swindling and is believed to be in hiding in the Philippines. Former textbook agent Mary Ann T. Maslog, who tried bribing officials of the Department of Budget and [...]

June 17, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Education, Vera Files  39 Comments

CenterLaw’s Bagares wins fellowship to France

Before Romel Bagares became a lawyer, he was a journalist, covering “Defense” for the Philippine Star. As a lawyer, he was in the forefront in giving support to the families of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre, a number of them his friends. At the CenterLaw, where he is the executive director, he handles the [...]

June 6, 2010   Posted in: Education, Human Rights  9 Comments

MVP’s embarrassing moment

While the Christian world was recollecting the martyrdom of Jesus Christ, telecommunications super executive Manuel V. Pangilinan was experiencing his own calvary. He admitted to having committed plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined in online dictionaries as “to commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.” If it [...]

April 5, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Education  38 Comments