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CHED to shut down poor teacher educ programs

By J.Lo 

 “CHED resolution has yet to be translated into CHED memorandum order  implements  resolution. Implementation is also  different matter entirely,” Rep. Kristine Alexie Besas Tutor (Bohol, 3rd district), chair of  House committee on civil service and professional regulation said Commission on Higher Education must deliver on its recently issued resolution  promises to order  closure of teacher education programs that fall below minimum standards.

Tutor said CHED must now turn its resolution into  memorandum to implement  policy.
 
Lawmaker   said  promises to close down non-performing and non-compliant teacher education programs have been made several times in the past.

“I want to believe it will finally happen because it must be done to stop  further deterioration of basic education nationwide,” Tutor said.

Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) said  CHED had revised its memorandum order nos. 74 to 80 and 82, series of 2017, designed to ensure  quality of pre-service teacher education in the country.

Revised  policy states  CHED will now issue  notice of immediate closure of programs, among  other intervention, for teacher education institutions consistently found to be non-performing in  Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) and non-compliant with  minimum standards set by CHED. 

Based on  study that looks at 12-year data from  Professional Regulatory Commission and  Commission on Higher Education (CHED), over half, or 56%, of all TEIs have performed below average in  annual licensure exam for teachers in elementary and secondary education.

The 2023 study by education advocacy group Philippine Business for Education found tonly 2% of schools offering teacher education can be classified as “high-performing” or those with passing rates of at least 75%.

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Apayao, UNESCO recognized forest conservation

By Nidz Godino

“As stewards of Apayaos Biosphere Reserve, we aspire to inspire other educational hubs for conservation and sustainable development across Philippines and globally,” Apayao Governor Elias Bulut Jr., said Apayao province received international recognition as UNESCO Biosphere Reserve for its outstanding efforts in conserving its forests and natural environment.

Announcement  came during  36th session of  International Coordinating Council of the Man and Biosphere Programme (ICC MAB) of UNESCO on July 5, 2024, held in Agadir, Morocco.

Award  marks Apayao as  protected area dedicated to biodiversity conservation.

Journey  towards becoming  UNESCO biosphere reserve began when Apayao Province discovered  first active Philippine Eagle nest in Luzon within its forests.

Discovery  spurred  Provincial Government of Apayao into action, collaborating with organizations such as  Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) and United States Forest Service (USFS) to navigate rigorous UNESCO requirements through preparation, training and documentation.

Efforts  suffered delays during COVID-19 pandemic as restrictions hampered many of  needed processes.

Bulut upon accepting  UNESCO award, described it as  monumental achievement not only for Apayao but for  entire nation.

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Halving food waste reduce hunger for 153 M people — report

By J.Lo

“This target is  highly ambitious upper bound and would require substantial changes by both consumers and producer side,” UN’s food agency said halving food waste could cut climate-warming emissions and end undernourishment for 153 million people globally,.

Around  third of food produced for human consumption gets lost or wasted globally, according to  Food and Agriculture Organization  resulting in useless emissions and less available food for those who need it.

By 2033,  number of calories lost and wasted between produce leaving farms and reaching shops and households could be more than twice number of calories currently consumed in low-income countries in a year,  report warned.

Cutting in two  amount of food lost and wasted along  journey from farm to fork “has  potential to reduce global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 4% and  number of undernourished people by 153 million by the year 2030,” according to the report.

Agriculture, forestry and other land use account for around one-fifth of global human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.

UN nations have committed to cutting per capita food waste by 50% by 2030 as part of sustainable development goals but there is no global target for reducing food loss along  production supply chain.

Between 2021 and 2023, fruit and vegetables accounted for more than half of  lost and wasted food given their extremely perishable nature and relatively short shelf life, according to  report.

Cereals followed, accounting for over  quarter of lost and wasted food.

FAO estimates  approximately 600 million people will be facing hunger in 2030.

“Measures to reduce food loss and waste could significantly increase food intake worldwide as more food becomes available and prices fall, ensuring greater access to food for low-income populations,”  report said.

Halving food loss and waste by 2030 could result in increased food intake by 10% for low-income countries, 6% in lower middle-income nations and 4% in upper middle-income ones, it added.

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Painting roofs white  lower city heat

By Nidz Godino

“We comprehensively tested multiple methods  cities like London could use to adapt to and mitigate warming temperatures, and found that cool roofs were  best way to keep temperatures down during extremely hot summer days,”  study’s lead author, Oscar Brousse from UCL said white or reflective paint is more effective at cooling cities than covering roofs in solar panels or greenery, scientists say, and could offer some relief on extremely hot summer days.

Two separate studies looked at  effect of ‘cool roofing’ and found using white or reflective coatings could reduce outdoor city temperatures by up to 2 degrees Celsius.

Scientists at University College London (UCL) used  model of Greater London to test various cooling methods against its hottest days of 2018, when  city endured  record-breaking summer.

Results, published  in  journal Geophysical Research Letters, found  if adopted widely, cool roofs could reduce  surrounding temperature between 1.2C to 2C.

Other approaches, like planting vegetation at street level or installing solar panels, provided  much smaller cooling effect at about 0.3C on average across London,  study found.

Covering roofs in greenery had  “negligible” impact on temperatures, it found, though could offer other benefits like better water draining and habitats for wildlife.

“Other methods had various important side benefits, but none were able to reduce outdoor urban heat to nearly  same level.”

Scientists also found  air conditioning,  transfers heat from inside buildings to the outside, could warm  environment by as much as 1C in dense central London.

“By reflecting rather than absorbing heat, cool roofs have  dual benefit of not only cooling  outside urban environment but  inside of buildings as well,”  report said

Separate  study published in March looked at real-world results from painting not just roofs, but also roads and outside walls white in industrial district of Singapore.

Researchers demonstrated  overall temperatures were reduced up to 2C in the afternoon, helping pedestrians feel 1.5C cooler in tropical climes.

Lighter surfaces reflect heat rather than absorbing it,  effect known as albedo.

Surfaces with high albedo include snow and ice, or light-colored urban materials. By contrast, asphalt has low albedo, absorbing more energy and therefore heat, as do oceans and forests.

Roofing made of white plastic materials have been found in other studies to reflect 80 percent of sunlight that reaches it.

Among other locations, cool roofing has already been rolled out in Greece,  vulnerable to scorching summer highs, and parts of India where heatwaves can be extreme.

Some experiments painting roads and footpaths white have proven less popular, with some complaints about glare and dirty surfaces in cities that tested this approach in the United States and France.

Cities are ‘heat islands’  experience higher temperatures than their surroundings, with energy from the sun absorbed in buildings and roads.

As  world’s population continues to migrate to cities, and heatwaves become longer and stronger because of climate change, finding ways to adapt will become  priority for urban planners.

White roofing was “minimally intrusive solution for urban cooling that has an immediate effect compared to other options” that require more intervention, said E V S Kiran Kumar Donthu, the lead author of  Singapore study.

TODAY’S GOD’S MESSAGE

Psalm 138:2

² I will bow down toward your holy temple
    and will praise your name
    for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
    that it surpasses your fame.

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Fiancé Cohen, Lopez  bodies found in Capas

By J.Lo

“We are committed to ensuring that justice prevails, not just in this case, but in all instances where  innocent suffer,” Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said in  statement two decomposing human remains found in Capas, Tarlac have been confirmed to be those of beauty pageant candidate Geneva Lopez and her Israeli partner Yitshak Cohen, based on their clothing and items found on the corpses.

Operatives of  Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) found  corpses buried in  lot in Barangay Sta. Lucia at around 7 in the morning. They carried out  operation based on search warrant issued on Friday by Judge Edwin Bonifacio of Tarlac City Regional Trial Court Branch 111.

With  discovery of  victims’ remains, Marbil vowed to bring  perpetrators of  crime to justice.

Lopez and Cohen, residents of Barangay Malabanias in Angeles City, Pampanga, were reported missing by their relatives on June 22,  day after the couple went to Capas, Tarlac to check  property that they planned to buy.

Pampanga Gov. Dennis Pineda, who was present when corpses were dug up, said  bodies were those of  couple.

“This was confirmed by the police based on  victims’ clothing,” Pineda said on Facebook.

Pineda vowed to help  couple’s families achieve justice. “Let’s pray for their souls…my condolences to their families,” he said.

PNP public information officer Col. Jean Fajardo said  relatives of Lopez and Cohen positively identified them based on  clothes they were last seen wearing before they went missing on June 21.

Fajardo said autopsy would be performed on the victims’ remains to determine  cause of death. Investigators will also lift tissue samples from  corpses for DNA testing to confirm their identities.  Cadavers  were brought to  funeral parlor in Tarlac City.

Five persons of interests including two former police officers are in police custody after being arrested separately in Tarlac for illegal possession of firearms, Fajardo said.

Two former police officers were arrested yesterday while  third,  civilian, was nabbed on Friday.

“There are two other POIs ,persons of interest in police custody,” she said in  phone interview.

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Teachers list for new DepEd chief

By J.Lo

“To start, we hope incoming secretary engages with stakeholders, especially teachers…he will encounter significant challenges, but addressing these can lead to substantial progress in our education system,” teachers group Teachers Dignity Coalition (TDC) has listed ten “critical areas” in  education sector outgoing senator Sonny Angara must immediately work on as  new secretary of  Department of Education.

Angara is set to replace Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, whose resignation as DepEd secretary will officially take effect on July 19, though resignation was announced by Malacañang and Duterte herself last June 19.

In  statement,  TDC said  while it previously called for appointment of  non-politician and someone with teaching background as next DepEd secretary, it still welcomes  appointment of Angara, adding that  group is willing to work with him “to improve  agency and education sector.”

TDC said pushing for  passage of legislation that would increase  salaries of teachers and education support personnel must be on top of Angara’s priorities.

TDC has been advocating for upgrade of teachers’ entry-level salaries to at least Salary Grade 15 (P36,000 to P39,000 per month) and  enactment of  P15,000 across-the-board salary increase for public school teachers.

TDC said Angara must also ensure  strict implementation of  welfare provisions of Republic Act 4670 or Magna Carta for Public School Teachers; provision of mandatory legal support for teachers facing charges while on duty and incorporation into  DepEd’s child protection policy  enforcement of discipline among students.

Furthermore,  TDC said Angara must ensure schools’ strict adherence to DepEd Orders 2 and 5, series of 2024 removing  administrative tasks of teachers, reducing their workload and payment for overtime services.

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Duterte family’s Senate ambitions hit

By Nidz Godino

“This is the height of bureaucrat capitalism, where  single family wants to control every aspect of  nation’s politics,” said ACT Teachers partylist Rep. France Castro in a statement slammed  plan of  Duterte family to expand their political dynasty following Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s announcement that her father and two brothers will each seek  Senate seat.

Recently, the vice president said  former president Rodrigo Duterte and sons Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte and Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte shall each seek  Senate seat in  2025 midterm elections. She also confirmed family is already preparing for  2028 presidential race, with Baste being groomed as their presidential candidate.

She noted  politicians are treating government positions like  business not only to enrich themselves but also to cover up their crimes to the people.

She stressed this development only “exposes  intensifying conflict between two factions of  ruling class,” apparently referring to  Duterte and Marcos families.

Lawmaker  called on Filipino people to remain vigilant and to resist these attempts by political dynasties to “monopolize power and perpetuate their rule at expense of democracy and interests of  masses.” 

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FMJ congratulates new British PM Keir Starmer

By Nidz Godino

“On behalf of the Philippines, I extend my warmest congratulations to the Labour Party and Keir Starmer,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. extended his congratulations to the new British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer Labour party’s landslide victory in  general election.

Marcos  is looking forward to strengthening relations between  Philippines and  United Kingdom following  UK parliamentary elections held on July 4.

“We wish  new government success and look forward to further strengthening our deep and longstanding ties,” Philippine leader said.

Labour, led by new Prime Minister Keir Starmer ended 14 years of Conservative rule.

According to  statement released by  Presidential Communications Office, diplomatic relations between  Philippines and  UK were established on July 4, 1946.

In 2021, both nations committed to enhancing bilateral cooperation through  UK-Philippines Enhanced Partnership,  focused on closer collaboration in trade, investment, technology, security and defense. 

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9 foreigners dumped in Pampanga

By J.Lo

“We also directed our chiefs of police to scrutinize all establishments to prevent or deter such crimes,” Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) is coordinating with  Pampanga police to get more details about  foreigners, three of whom were found in Porac, Pampanga where  illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hub, Lucky South 99, was raided for alleged human trafficking and other criminal activities. Nine foreigners, most of them Chinese nationals, have been killed and their bodies dumped in different areas in Pampanga.

At news forum at  Dapo Restaurant and Bar in Quezon City, PAOCC spokesman Winston John Casio said they have received calls from  embassies of China, Vietnam and Malaysia seeking more details about  foreigners.

Pampanga police director Col. Jay Dimaandal said six of the victims are Chinese nationals while  others are Vietnamese, Malaysian and Japanese. He did not disclose other details.

Dimaandal said they have filed criminal cases against suspects in eight of the cases while one case, that of  Chinese woman found dead in Mabalacat City last March 7, remains under investigation.

He said  three Chinese citizens found in Porac sustained gunshot wounds.  Investigation  showed they were kidnapped somewhere in Pasay City.

Another case involved  Vietnamese who was found dead and his remains burned in Bacolor.

Dimaandal said it is too early to say if  killings are connected to Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hubs.

As  proactive measure, Dimaandal has ordered  deployment of police along expressways and other areas to deter criminals.