RECONSE (Religion and Contemporary Search for Self)
Maraming nangyayari ngayon sa ating paligid, marami tayong katanungang pilit hinahanapan ng kasagutan. Ano ang tugon sa mga isipang uhaw malaman ang hinaharap? Matutuklasan kaya ng mga Pinoy ang kahulugan ng buhay sa kapirasong karton na kung tawagin ay BARAHA?
This documentary is about the education system in the Philippines, with focus on elementary education, and the problems it is facing. Interviews with the students and teachers from elementary schools in Mandaluyong, as well as Department of Education officials from the division of Mandaluyong.
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Education in the Philippines
EDUCATION: Philippine Agenda
And while tuition is free in public elementary and high schools, average expenditures for the rest of the items are in the order of P15,000 - P20,000 per year.
Now, for tertiary education, tuition alone averages P437 per unit for the country as a whole, with tuition in Metro Manila almost double that - P855 per unit, which translates to tuition averaging P16,000 to P30,000 per year, although annual tuition can go as high as P125,000 a year.
Little wonder then that the higher the level of education, the larger the number of dropouts.
According to the latest Philippine Human Development Report, out of 1000 children who enter grade 1, by grade 2 some 140 will have dropped out, and by grade 4 another 100 will have dropped out.
Out of these 760 children who reach grade 4, only 670 will make it to grade 6, and only 650 children will actually complete the full elementary cycle of six years.
But the story does not end there. Of those 650 who finish elementary school, only 580 will go on to high school. Seventy will dropout of these 580 and only 420-430 will graduate from high school.
Of those high school graduates, only 230 will enroll in college. It used to be 260 when I first started tracking these figures. Out of that 230 who go to college, only 120 of them will actually graduate, or obtain a college degree.
In sum, only 120 out of 1,000 Filipinos who start grade 1 will finish college, the other 880 will have dropped out along the way.
And the worst is yet to come: Of those 120, who finish college only 1 will come from the poorest of the poor - from families at the bottom 10% of the income ladder.
In other words, most of the dropouts are going to be from the lower income groups, whose poverty is perpetuated because they lack the necessary education and skills.
It is a vicious circle, which, as yet, the government has been unable to break.
Another way of illustrating the magnitude and depth of what has been called the crisis in Philippine education is to look at enrollment figures, as shown in the recently launched Philippine Human Development Report of 2008-2009.
The annual average growth rate in public elementary and high school enrollment over the 12-year period 1995-2007 was about 1.78%.
But one sees declining rates over the period, starting with 3.37% growth rate between first and second year of that time period, and ending with less than 1/3 of 1% between the 11th and 12th year.
And not only that: The absolute number of enrollment actually declined in school year 2005-2006 for the first time in recent memory.
At the college level, the same thing happened in school year 2002-2003 (from 2.47 million enrollees to 2.43 million) and in 2004-2005 (from 2.43 million to 2.40 million).
The bottom line so far, with respect to enrollment and dropouts, is that as of 2007, there were 1.84 million out-of-school youth ages 6-11, and 3.94 million ages 12-14; that a total number of out-of-school youth will be 5.8 million young Filipinos who will be eventually entering the labor force with very few skills, and not enough education to allow them to increase those skills and therefore their earning ability.
These almost 6 million unfortunate Filipinos should be the prime targets of the so-called stimulus package of this government.
The State of Philippine Education by Lawrence Anthony S. Dimailig reflects the educational status of the Philippines. The video clip serves as a call to the Philippine Government to strengthen education in the country because it is the foundation of a better future.
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A documentary about the so-called 'rizalistas' who greatly idolized the Philippine's national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. They are group of people who become controversial because of the way they patronized Jose Rizal, some people will say that these groups are cults, as they treated Rizal like a God.
This documentary will show the facts about the 'Rizalista's'. It will answer the question about who is Rizal for them and why did they establish their group? Are they cult or not? and what they really believe in.
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From Case Unclose Show
Jose Rizal's final days
Some historians claim that during the last few days, Rizal retracted all his strong views of corruption and abuse of power by the Spanish friars. If proven true, it can be a basis to question Rizal's status as our National Hero.
There are some that believes that the retraction letter is a hoax and a lie told by the Spanish friars to protect their name.
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May ilang historian na naniniwala na binawi ni Rizal ang mga adhikaing ipinaglaban sa pamamagitan ng pagpirma ng isang kasulatan. Kung totoo ito, dapat umanong pag-isipan kung karapat-dapat bang maging bayani si Rizal.
Pero may ilan ding naninindigan na walang katotohanan ang kasulatan at sinasabi pang imbento lang ito ng mga kastila.
Lady Gaga invites 10-year-old Canadian girl to perform on stage with her (updated)
Gaga on Maria Aragon: 'Can't stop crying watching this. This is why I make music. She is the future.'
A 10-year-old Winnipeg girl who's become an instant YouTube star could be gracing the stage with her idol — one of music's biggest stars — come March.
Maria Aragon, just 10 years old, is garnering some attention of Bieber-esque proportions on YouTube with her cover version of the Lady Gaga song Born this Way.
And the Grade 5 student was overcome with emotion as she had a phone conversation with Gaga herself on Friday afternoon as part of an event organized by the Toronto-based radio station 99.9 Virgin Radio.
"Not only do you have such a beautiful voice and you are so joyful to watch, but every once in a while, whether people believe it or not, I have a very bad day," Lady Gaga, reached by phone, told the stunned girl. "I was not having such a good day, and when (entertainment blogger Perez Hilton) sent me the video of you singing Born This Way, I was so overjoyed that I began to cry
The conversation with Gaga came as a total surprise to Aragon, who could hardly believe her luck. "I just want to say I love your music, thank you so much," she gushed.
Virgin Radio has offered to fly Aragon to Toronto to see Lady Gaga's concert in March, but it looks like the young performer might do more than watch.
"Maybe you're just going to have to come on stage with me and sing that song," Lady Gaga said to the ecstatic youngster.
"Do you have anything you want to ask me, darling?" Lady Gaga asked mid-chat, to which the girl replied, "Where do you get your outfits?"
Two days ago, Aragon was performing renditions of pop songs with a smile for an online audience in the low thousands on her sister's YouTube account. But an enthusiastic Twitter message from Lady Gaga — sent to her eight million followers — launched Aragon skyrocketing to international fame on Thursday.
The young Winnipegger was the most viewed video for the day on YouTube, with roughly two million views and counting.
And media attention is also gaining. Since Gaga's fateful Tweet, Aragon has been the subject of hundreds of online articles and blog posts worldwide — even being featured on ET Canada and Access Hollywood, among other outlets.
The student at Winnipeg's Isaac Brock School is a Twitter sensation, with a huge push to get the young performer on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show — spurred on by a supportive message on Twitter from Ellen herself Thursday. She's also garnering widespread interest from new fans in the Philippines and has had interest from at least one record company.
"If you watch anything on the Internet today, it must be THIS!!!" Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton tweeted Thursday, claiming credit for bringing the video to the attention of Lady Gaga.
Aragon had planned to fly to Toronto to perform on Toronto Virgin Radio Friday, but foul weather prevented her from making it. They chatted with her by phone instead.
If you watch anything on the Internet today, it must be THIS!!!
Some one Tweeted this video to GaGa last night - and she loved it!
She Tweeted it to all her little monsters this morning - and they ADORE it!
Check out arguably one of the most talented kids we have ever laid eyes on (above)! This is Maria, singing her version of Born This Way!
"I was not having such a good day, and when Perez sent me the video of you singing Born This Way, I was so overjoyed that I began to cry," Lady GaGa told Maria Aragon when she called in to Toronto's Virgin Radio Friday.
The little girl's piano-based cover of the song has gone viral, getting over 5.7 million views in just over 48 hours!
Watch the very touching interaction between GaGa and Maria (above)!
Our wifey even invited Aragon to go see her in concert!!!!
Vehicular accident is one of the major causes of death, physical injury and damage of property. Being one of the developing countries, undeniably the number of individuals who are using vehicles increased. It brought us to saturated highways that results into various accidents.
Binangonan is politically subdivided into 41 barangays. It has 24 mainland barangays and 17 island barangays. It also has 213, 579 population in mainland and 25, 352 in Talim Island according to Census 2007.
Subsequently, the Philippine National Police Binangonan recorded and reported registered total cases of 225 vehicular accidents or in legal term Reckless Imprudence from January 26 to November 2, 2010. One hundred thirty five (135) of these cases resulted into damage of properties, fifty nine (59) leads into physical injuries; one (1) instance of reckless imprudence resulting to multiple injury; one (1) case that brought to devastating multiple murder in barangay Lunsad; and twenty nine (29) results into damage of property simultaneously physical injuries.
Binangonan PNP identified the top ten barangays which recorded the most cases of accident. January to November 2010: Calumpang, 37; Pantok, 31; Tagpos, 23; Tayuman, 22; Bilibiran, 19; Darangan, 17; Pag-asa, 16; Mambog, 12; Batingan, 11; and two barangays namely Macamot and Palangoy, 9 vehicular accident cases.
According to PO1 Erwin Dalisay of Operation PMPC, most of vehicular accidents recorded are two (2) wheels vehicle and most drivers are teenagers.
“Masyado kasing agresibo ang mga kabataan ngayon kaya mas madami ang biktima ng sakuna dahil di nila alam kung saan ang takaw aksidente na lugar,” PO1 Dalisay added.
From URS Binangonan via highway Macamot, up to Batingan road is risky because motorists tend to increase their speed for the reason that it’s a highway road. Most of the victims suffered from serious physical injury or death on the spot.
On the other part, from URS Binangonan going to Calumpang is also dangerous because it’s a residential area and most of the cases recorded are Reckless Imprudence resulting to damage of property. “Lalo na dyan sa Pantok, iisa lang ang pasahero na bababa traffic na agad”, PO1 Dalisay commented.
The main road of Pag-asa, Tayuman, Tagpos, Palangoy, Pantok and Darangan are the most danger zone because heavy traffic exists specially during rush hours. “Kaya naman sobrang traffic sa kahabaan na ‘yon dahil walang alternative route, kaya gitgitan talaga”, he added. Aside from it, it is a residential area.
Identifying the danger zone somehow helps commuters and motorists in lessening the number of accidents in town.
Maganda at well Done ang Naganap na Events Pero ang Pinagtataka ng Fourth Year at ng Adviser ay Bat wala ang Dance sport na Event dapat Panalo ang 4rth year Dahil tanging kami lang ang may entry. Dapat di nila e- withdraw ang isang Game kung alang kalaban.
Sa Student Council sana Magawan to ng Paraan Dapat 4rth year ang panalo Overall. Nakakalungkot lang para sa team namin!!!
December 5. 2010 The Team Pillar went to a battle sa Lucban Quezon for the Regional Presscon. Baon nila ang mga angking talino at galing para sa Individual Category. Kalakip nito ang dala nilang mga sandata: The Pillar Tabloid ( The Official Publication of University of Rizal System Binangonan); Speculum ( The Official Literary Art Folio) ; Le Pelier ( The Official Magazine of the Same University).
December 7,2010
Dumating ang Team bitbit ang mga bagay na nakakapagpaligaya sa pamilya ng Pillar ANG MGA CERTIFICATE OF AWARDS sa mga ibat ibang larangan sa journalism.
I am so proud as a literary Editor dahil naramdaman ko na ang tunay na pagiging journalist . Mahirap pero masaya ka kapag nakita mo na ang tanging inaantay mo.
Mandated by the republic act of the Philippines, he University of Rizal System Binangonan campus performed the earthquake and fire drill last July 27, 2010 at exactly two o’clock in the afternoon. The said exercises were done for the aw...areness of the students and faculties on what to do during such calamities.
Behind the breath-taking courses of actions was Mr. Jubred Peñano, URSB Mountaineering Society adviser who facilitated the said event. To make the activities schematic and realistic, Peñano invite various groups that are expert in this field. The Municipal Fire Expert headed by SFO4 Eliezer C. Gonzal, SFO3 Fernando C. Espiña, FO1 John Gilbert L. Tirona and Fir Aide Federico Brown. The URSB Mountaineering Society (MOTSOC) headed by Julie Ann Abinez. The Red Cross headed by URSB campus nurse Al-janet Blas P. de Ungria, RN. Rescuing team leaded by 2Lt. Christian P. Santiago (RES) PA. the Damdam Kalilimodan Art Guild headed by Jonathan Orbuda.
Before the event proper, the team was gathered together with the faculties for the orientation. “Kailangan talaga ng proper knowledge sa ganitong mga calamities,” SFO4 Gonzal discussed. “Lalo na dito sa URSB, around 3000 lives ang nandito,” he added. “Dapat 4 to 5 minutes lang makalabas na ang lahat,” he explaines to the faculties. Further discussions followed and the classes was cut after the meeting. The activity aims for the readiness of URSB when uncertainties come. “Kung ire-rate ko ang preparedness ng URSB, masasabi kong out of ten, nasa six lang,” Mr. Peñano said. “We are already educated in line with this event yet the facilities in rescuing and first aid is not that available” he added. The exercise was successfully done with the cooperation of the student and the faculties. “May susunod pa na drill para naman sa mga students na morning session,” Mr. Peñano’s last words.
