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“As our youth are digital natives who are adept in navigating online tools, we saw this opportunity to bring our student leaders at the forefront for the national campaign for Philippine Identification System that will help their fellow youth and Filipinos to access public services,” said Education Secretary Leonor Briones in a statement issued Thursday, May 6.
In line with its commitment to provide learners better public services and opportunities, DepEd spearheaded the national orientation on the PhilSys for Student Government Officers early this week.
“We are engaging our youth leaders in our National ID program to provide them better knowledge on its benefits, which includes having wider access to education and public services,” Briones said.
Published April 29, 2021, 5:00 PM
Launched on April 27 through the initiative of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in partnership with the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) is Kidlat Tahimik’s inaugural Unsung Sariling Bayani (USB) Short Film Competition.
In a recent press conference, Kidlat Tahimik, National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts, explained the effort as hinged on redefining heroism.
He said, “Para sa akin, magandang catalyzer ito bilang pang-udyok para maka-focus tayo on heroism but also maybe redefine it: ‘Ano ba talaga ang heroism?’”
According to Kidlat, 78, heroes aren’t the only ones found in books. It could be anybody.
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SMALL acts of kindness and heroism are often overlooked, with some of these stories known only to one person or local community. Those stories can now be told in film through Kidlat Tahimik’s Unsung Sariling Bayani (USB) Short Film Competition.
The USB Short Film Competition was launched by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in partnership with the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC), with the support of The Bureau of Learner Support Services Youth Formation Division of the Department of Education.
Kidlat Tahimik, a National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts, hopes the competition will balance the influence of foreign comic book superheroes on the Filipino youth’s mindset with stories of our Filipino real-life heroes. The film competition’s theme takes its inspiration from the 500
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“Nurturing learners is one of our priorities to help them study efficiently,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said. “We want to give our thanks to our partners for the implementation of the school-based feeding program despite the pandemic because we know that learners still need the food and milk packs,” she added.
During the Central Office’s visit to the Schools Division of Rizal and Antipolo City, DepEd-Bureau of Learner Support Service (BLSS) OIC Director Lope Santos III explained how schools and local food producers coordinate to provide food commodities to the learners under the SBFP.
Santos explained that small and medium enterprises that supply nutritious food products to students were certified and accredited Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI).