Malacanang appeals to candidates to help Metro
Manila Development Authority cleanup campaign paraphernalia
Malacanang appealed to all candidates who
participated in the May 13 midterm elections to help the Metro Manila
Development Authority in cleaning up all campaign paraphernalia that still
litter the country’s streets.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte
issued the appeal in a press briefing aired over government-run radio station
dzRB Radyo ng Bayan on Sunday.
She said it was the candidates’ duty to show the
true meaning of public service by joining hands with the MMDA and clear all
campaign paraphernalia.
“Sa lahat ng kandidato, sana naman huwag niyo
namang iwan yung kalat ninyo. Tulungan ninyo naman ang MMDA,” Valte said.
“Kahit hindi kayo nag-wagi o kaya hindi kayo
pinalad, pakita natin ang puso natin para sa public service by helping MMDA
clear yung mga posters, tarpaulin at yung iba’t ibang paraphernalia na iniwan
niyo mula nung huling eleksyon,” she stressed. PND (rck)
Malacanang says Hollywood stars' recent visit to
the Philippines ' good press'
Malacanang said on Sunday that the recent visits
to the Philippines by big-name Hollywood stars meant “good press” for the
country that could result into more tourist visits and further spur the
country’s economic progress.
Hollywood’s A-list celebrities Vin Diesel and
Sarah Jessica Parker were in Manila last week to lead the Asian premiere of the
sixth installment of the action movie “Fast and the Furious” and to formally
open retail giant SM’s newest mall in Taguig City, respectively.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte
said the stars’ visit to the country meant that they “have had good experience
here with us” that she hoped would be passed on to their friends and fans to
entice them to visit us also.
“That’s good press for us kasi naging kasama ang
Manila doon sa Asian premiere ng nasabing pelikula and certainly generates good
press for us especially since the reports that have been coming out are that
these personalities have had good experiences here with us,” Valte said.
“…and hopefully this reaches their friends and
their fans and that this will encourage them to visit us also,” she added. PND
(rck)
Malacanang says graduates of DepEd and
Philippine Business for Education's 1,000 teachers program to be given hiring
priority to teach in schools
The graduates of a scholarship program
spearheaded by the Department of Education and the Philippine Business for
Education will be given hiring priority to work as teachers in the country’s
public schools, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said on Sunday.
According to Valte, the DepEd and PBEd’s
flagship scholarship program called the 1000 Teachers Program aims to uplift
the image and quality of the teaching profession by attracting the best and the
brightest to join the teaching ranks.
Under the program, promising high school
graduates, who are part of the top ten percent (10%) of their graduating class,
are recruited and given four-year B.S. Education scholarships in select schools
all over the country. Scholars may major in Math, Science, English, Elementary,
or Early Childhood Education and are required to maintain an average of B to
stay in the program.
The scholarship includes free tuition and
miscellaneous fees care of PBEd’s reputable partner teaching institutions
(TEIs), Php 2,000 monthly allowance, Php 2,000 semestral book allowance, and
LET review and exam fees. Immediately after passing the LET, scholars are
required to teach in a local public school for five (5) years as return
service.
The 1000 Teachers Program agreement between PBEd
and DepEd is in support of the Department teacher requirement under the K-12
program which the Asian Development Bank estimates at 84,616 items for around
two million senior high school students in 2017.
The pledge to hire graduates from the
scholarship program is included in the Memorandum of Agreement signed between
the DepEd and the PBEd last May 16. PND (rck)
