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BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO PALAWAN (August 18)—The United States Embassy Civil Affairs Team (CAT) donated P1.6 million ($30,000) in tents and medical supplies to support local humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness in Palawan province. The embassy said the assistance was turned over to the Palawan provincial government during a ceremony in Puerto Princesa City on Aug. 12, 2022, attended by Palawan Gov. Dennis Socrates and US Embassy Acting Public Affairs Officer Nina Lewis. The embassy said members of the Philippine Coast Guard and US sailors from the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) aided the delivery of the tents and supplies. Since July 27, 2022, the USNS Mercy has been docked in the Philippines to participate in Pacific Partnership 2022, the largest annual m...

MANILA (August 18)—The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the abuse of four elementary school teachers perpetrated by an unarmed suspect in the municipality of Ocampo in Camarines Sur province. The Department of Education (DepEd) said that on Aug. 8, 2022, the teachers were preparing for the school opening when they were harassed inside the campus. The police investigation also revealed that the suspect took the cellphones and cash of the teachers. In a statement, lawyer Jacqueline Ann de Guia, CHR executive director, said it is "reprehensible that valuable and committed teachers suffered such a brazen act of abuse." "It is also utterly alarming that this gender-based violence happened on school grounds, which are supposed to be safe havens for learners and teacher...

The Mariano Marcos State University College of Teacher Education has enhanced its curriculum by adding a three-unit Teaching Beginning Reading to improve the literacy of the country’s early-grade learners. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO ILOCOS NORTE (August 18)—The enhanced curriculum of Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) College of Teacher Education (CTE) with an elective course on teaching reading for its elementary education students is expected to contribute to improving the literacy of the country's early grade learners. According to Dean Aris Reynold Cajigal of MMSU-CTE, there was a resolution coming from the Region 1 Teacher Education Advisory Council and the Regional Development Council in Ilocos Region for institutions to adopt the inclusion of Teaching Begi...

Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture management committee members together with the new graduates and their families. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO LAGUNA (August 18)—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) commended 34 scholars who completed their graduate studies in the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 through a testimonial ceremony on August 4, 2022. Searca said these were 24 full Master of Science (MS) and 10 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) scholars. Out of the 24 full scholars, eight were supported by Searca's collaboration with the German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD, Nagoya University in Japan and the Philippine Carabao Center. At the Searca headquarters on the campus of the U...