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Published March 12, 2021, 4:37 PM
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) will allow more Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) that offer medical and allied health sciences to conduct limited face-to-face classes amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
In a virtual press conference on Friday, March 12, CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III said that at least five more HEIs are currently “under evaluation” before they will be allowed to hold limited in-person classes.
“There’s an ongoing evaluation for at least 5, we will to see if they are compliant with the guidelines set before they will be approved,” De Vera said in a mix of English and Filipino.
DAVAO CITY – There is no evidence yet of local transmission of the UK variant or B.1.1.7 here nearly a month after health authorities confirmed that a 10-year-old boy had tested positive for the more infectious variant of the COVID-19, City Health Office (CHO) acting head Dr. Ashley Lopez said.
Sen. Grace Poe
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“We must provide all the necessary support to our students, especially those whose only dependable access to learning is through the broadcast media at this time of pandemic,” Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public services, said in a statement on March 11.
“Ibuhos natin lahat ng ating magagawa lalo na para sa ating mga mahihirap na mag-aaral upang sila ay matuto at hindi mapag-iwanan sa gitna ng kanilang kalagayan (We should do all that we can especially for poor students so that they will still learn and not be left behind due to their situation),” she added.
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DOST-ASTI Chief Science Research Specialist Alvin Retamar said Maya-2, along with the two other cube satellites under the fourth Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project or BIRDS-4 Project, is set to released in space from ISS on Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
“The BIRDS-4 Satellites (Maya-2 Philippines, Tsuru [of] Japan, and GuaraniSat-1 [of] Paraguay) are scheduled to be released in space from the International Space Station on Sunday, March 14, 2021, 5:30 p.m. (Phillippine Standard Time),” he said in a Viber message.
BIRDS-4 Project is a global small satellite development project under a strategic partnership pact between the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) and the Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA).