Luistro pushes for health screening in all schools

Education Secretary Armin Luistro ordered yesterday all schools to screen their students, particularly kindergarten pupils, for diseases and other medical conditions. Luistro, who opened the 11th School Health and Nutrition Congress at the Teachers’ Camp in Baguio City, said he would like for the Department of Education to have a complete profile of the health and nutrition conditions of every public elementary and high school student so DepEd could determine which school should have health interventions. … [Read more...]

DepEd: 10,000 classrooms up for PPP bidding

MANILA, Philippines - An initial batch of 10,000 classrooms will be constructed under the administration’s public-private partnership (PPP) scheme by the second quarter of next year. Education Secretary Armin Luistro told The STAR the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has made “substantial approval” of the initial guidelines set by the DepEd technical working group (TWG) in charge of coming out with the parameters and bid documents that will be issued to groups participating in the bidding for the classroom construction. … [Read more...]

Lapu mayor, DepEd told to account for suspended workers

The Ombudsman-Visayas is checking whether its order to suspend 18 Lapu-Lapu City officials for six months for their involvement in the 2005 overpriced purchase of 470 personal computers has been carried out. The anti-graft office has yet to receive written confirmation from the Lapu-Lapu City government about its compliance with the order issued last July. … [Read more...]

School principal suspended for 3 months

CEBU CITY -- The Department of Education has suspended the principal of a public high school here for allegedly initiating cheating at the National Achievement Test (NAT) conducted last year. … [Read more...]

Brokerville Offers Potential Customers for Financial Consultants and Life Insurance Brokers

Brokerville, a new service that offers business leads to financial advisors and also life insurance agents, is doing a fine job of matching shoppers with personal financial professionals who can provide assistance.The business presents buyers informative booklets about various economic subject areas including income tax reduction, ETF investing, long-term care insurance, {life annuities and so on. Brokerville subsequently takes the individual request and matches these buyers with the personal financial professional within their immediate geography, frequently within 5 or perhaps Ten miles. This geo-targeted matching makes it possible for the client to seek out financial help within their immediate area as well as permits the financial specialist to add neighborhood clients to their practice.Brokerville annuity leads also gives instruction for the financial expert concerning conversing as well as selling to these consumers. The business makes tries to position the specialist as a … [Read more...]

How to select a proficient Los Angeles Web Design Agency

A well developed website works as an influential marketing tool. Employing the services of a proficient Los Angeles Web development agency assists a business to create continued online presence and an exclusive corporate identity. It also helps to develop a professional looking and easy to navigate website. A specialized website development company completely understands how to create a website that is search engine friendly and attracts sufficient amount of visitors. On the other hand, if freelancers are employed for website design, they are not fully capable to handle visual, technical and web marketing minutiae required to design an effectual website.Los Angeles Web Design Agency- What needs to be consideredThere are a lot of web design firms in Los Angeles that are using hottest tools and technology to provide a highly effective website. Their enthusiastic teams of experts combine technical, creative and marketing expertise to offer effective website solutions. They aim to develop … [Read more...]

DepEd, Smart launch blog competition

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd), in cooperation with Smart Communications, Inc., has launched the second “Ano ang Kwento Mo” contest, one of the three major competitions under the “Doon Po Sa Amin (DPSA)” project where teacher-student perform basic community mapping exercises to create video blogs to feature a distinct characteristic, place, or culture in their respective communities. … [Read more...]

Unilab taps youth to promote health and wellness in communities

United Laboratories, Inc. (UNILAB) calls on the youth to help improve the health and wellness of the country, one community at a time, through its Unilab Ideas Positive, an idea-generation contest on social marketing programs that address health and wellness issues in communities. … [Read more...]