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Starting on Monday, Feb. 8, classes at the PNU will be called off to allow students to rest as provided under University Memorandum No. 021, series of 2021.
From Feb 8 to 13, synchronous and asynchronous classes and activities will be suspended.
“Pahinga muna tayo (Let us rest first). Indeed, let’s enjoy the break we all deserve,” PNU University Student Council posted on Facebook.
PNU implemented its first academic break on Nov. 18 to 21 last year following the onslaught of Typhoon “Ulysses.”
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 3) Naty Crame-Rogers, one of the pioneers of Philippine theater, died on Monday night. The matriarch of my family took her final bow, said Bam Bam Tiongson, the grandson of the 98-year old theater actress and educator, in his Facebook post. He did not state Rogers cause of death
Singer Sweet Plantado-Tiongson, Rogers granddaughter-in-law, posted the theater legend s deteriorating health condition hours before she died. Sad to say that she s nearing departure. Lungs, kidneys no more. Heart getting tired. She s on breathing machine. Palliative care is only thing we can do, Plantado said in her post.
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President Duterte placed the Philippines under a state of public health emergency in mid-March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after health authorities confirmed localized transmission of the virus.
The Department of Health (DoH) repeatedly urged the public to avoid crowded places and observe social distancing as among the precautionary strategies against the spread of COVID-19.
As part of this measure, the President decided to suspend classes in areas affected by the outbreak on the first week of the enforcement of an enhanced community quarantine to prevent possible exposure of students to the virus and to contain the spread of the disease.
Sen. Joel Villanueva
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Villanueva, chairman of the Senate higher education committee, lamented that the average passing rate in LET over a period of 11 years only stood at about 30 percent.
Based on the September 2019 LET, a total of 445 schools had zero passing rate, he added.
“With all due respect, we want to be realistic, unbiased, and to look at the whole picture. Hindi po okay ang 30% passing rate kasi more than 100,000 naman ang pumapasa taon-taon. In 2019, out of 386,840 examinees, 147,353 passed the LET, while 239,487 examinees failed,” Villanueva said.
“Imagine the government resources and the hard-earned money that our