Not easy but possible
THE RIGHT of children to education can still be fulfilled even if schools are closed, even in times of emergencies. Exploring available learning modalities...
Garbage mgt in the ‘new normal’
BUSINESS establishments are starting to re-open. This is a good time to remind them about proper waste segregation.
Our authorities should make garbage source separation...
Blended learning
PARENTS and students are facing uncertainty as school year 2020-2021 approaches, and their apprehension is understandable since the number of active cases of COVID-19...
All for nothing?
WHAT’S the community quarantine for without a clear and systematic widespread testing for COVID-19?
The recent statements of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque that the government...
‘New normal’ in education
THE GOVERNMENT has two months until August to finish its “greatest homework” of adjusting the school system to the pandemic reality, which is to...
COVID-19 exposes weaknesses of PH education system
THE “no vaccine, no school opening” call is understandable coming from parents and even from education workers. This is indicative of their lack of...
Good example, bad example
THE IMMEDIATE superiors of two Iloilo policemen caught violating the quarantine-related liquor ban were relieved from their posts.
The rationale, according to Police Brigadier General...
Is DepEd really ready?
WITHOUT the support of a sufficiently massive technological preparation, what do we make of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) push for its “Learning Continuity...
Community quarantine futile sans widespread testing, contact tracing
WE NEED widespread COVID-19 testing for workers and employees returning to work; teachers and students resuming face-to-face instruction. The cost should be shouldered by...
A reasonable appeal
ILOILO City’s Mayor Jerry Treñas appealed to the Inter-agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to amend its guidelines on physical distancing to...