Letitia, 45, and Joseph, 40, are the only children of Francisco and Antonia who died three months earlier. The estate consisted of a 1,200 square-meter lot where the family home stood, the same house where Letitia had been living with her parents before their death. Because of Letitia’s condition–she has total paralysis of the lower [...]
The Philippine government has different programs and policies for population management and education. Gloria Arroyo openly bows to the Catholic church diktat of no artificial birth control. At the same time, she has listed education among the top priorities in her 10-point program.
There is only one tree–population explosion and dwindling quality of education are only [...]
As though public school pupils and students in the Philippines were not facing enough problems with the lack of facilities and qualified teaching force, it now appears that they have to contend with lack of qualified textbooks as well.
Local government officials bought most of the defective textbooks used in public schools from publishers that have [...]
Ideally, education should not simply be a matter of getting good grades. Or even passing grades. It should not just be about finishing one level and going into the next. Education is about learning. Youngsters who receive their grade school and high school diplomas but who are not equipped with the basic skills they should [...]
In “The jobless ‘professional’: A paradox“, the deteriorating quality of Philippine education is cited as one of the reasons why even college graduates cannot manage to land good jobs. According to the writer’s point of view, there are enough jobs for professionals (note that her discussion does not include non-professional jobs). It’s just that most [...]
A canopy of white and pink roses adorn the canopy of the Reyna Emperatriz in the 2004 Gay Santacruzan in Marikina City.
More Santacruzan photos.
This photo was taken with my old Kodak point-and-shoot, the worst digital camera I ever used.
The Philippines today has the highest birth rate in Asia.
”If our birth rate is to go unchecked, it will impact on food production, health and education services, the environment, housing and so on. It will be a major problem for any government,” he [Tomas Osias, executive director of the Commission on Population] said. [The Manila [...]
