What it takes to send a family of Filipino domestic workers abroad
Her sister nearly died as a domestic worker abroad. But her dream to work overseas lived on.
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Cristina Chi
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Can public schools pandemic-proof their classrooms before students’ in-person return?
Overcrowded classrooms would no doubt be dangerous in the middle of a pandemic, says an infectious disease expert. This only mounts more questions on how public schools can come up with enough learning spaces without waiting years for new classrooms to be built.
Pandemic exacerbates challenges in K to 12 program as DepEd’s subsidies fall short
Economic difficulties arising from the pandemic have seen Grade 11 and 12 students from private schools flocking to public schools struggling to implement the K to 12 Basic Education Program. Over a hundred private schools offering senior high school education have closed because of low enrollment.
Red-tagging of UP students, orgs worsened during pandemic — student councils
Red-tagging incidents toward UP students and organizations increased last year with some of the accusers state forces themselves, student councils revealed during the 50th General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC) Monday.
UP to give up more than half of QC’s remaining rainforest for PGH Diliman
In a metro sprawling with towering buildings, a thatch of forest allows its residents respite from the urban jungle. Lined with trees that provide oxygen, its roots go all the way back to the 1950s — older than most of the students who used to go there for research.
UP students could lose voice in university decisions as SR term expires
Students across the UP system could lose their sole representative to the Board of Regents (BOR), the university’s highest decision-making body, as the UP administration has gone over a week…
Inclusive education an enduring dream for SPED teachers, students
Persistence is a time-honed quality for students like Bless Adriano, 22, whose college experience so far has been one big test. It is not, however, a test of her intelligence.…
Illegal mass arrest of volunteers mark Labor Day 2020
A spate of arrests has marred this year’s Labor Day celebration as more than 70 individuals across the country, mostly relief operations volunteers, have been rounded up in just one…
PH journalists wade in ‘uncharted waters’ as COVID-19 shakes the country
As the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads across the country, people contend with a Luzon-wide ‘enhanced community quarantine’ (ECQ) that orders them to stay inside to quell the spread of…
[OPINION] No, the coronavirus pandemic is not the planet’s way of ‘healing’ itself
In the event that humans would vanish from Earth, many imagine this would heal the planet. It is an intriguing thought, especially now when many people worldwide stay indoors to…
Business as usual? Anomalies in CBA dean selection surface
Text by Jewel Patricia Desipeda and Cristina C. Chi College of Business Administration (CBA) students and faculty denounced the appointment of new college dean Joel Tan-Torres after the Board of…
Arboretum residents face displacement, trapped inside barriers
Residents of the University of the Philippines (UP)’ Arboretum, Quezon City’s remaining rainforest, are threatened with displacement as officials sent a notice December 2018 of the planned construction of Diliman’s…