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Published May 31, 2021, 2:40 PM Seeking to actively take part in the government’s vaccination program, the Department of Education (DepEd) is expected to issue a memorandum that will lay down the guidelines on how the education frontliners nationwide “can effectively engage” and help out in the drive to address vaccination hesitancy among the Filipinos. (DepEd) This was disclosed by DepEd Task Force COVID-19 (DTFC) Chairperson and Undersecretary for Administration Alain Del Pascua during a town hall meeting on government’s inoculation program for school health personnel held on May 18...

Photo from DepEd Undersecretary for Administration Alain Del Pascua, in a statement issued Monday, May 10, said that these initiatives are part of DepEd’s preparation for the PEN where “we will connect all schools, all DepEd offices through various technologies.” During the EduAksyon sa Norte virtual visit in April, DepEd turned over 2,972 smartphones and 82 laptops to selected learners and teachers from Regions 1, 2, 3, and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). The said donation, DepEd said, was conducted to help the learners, especially the student-leaders, to facilitate and actual...

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?’” ...

BusinessWorld FDCP and Nat’l Artist Kidlat Tahimik join forces in short film tilt 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 Divisi...

PASIG CITY, Mar. 2 -- To keep its stakeholders accurately informed on the COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of Education (DepEd) has participated in the launch of the vaccine education campaign dubbed “Ugnayang Pang-paaralan tungkol sa Pagbabakuna para sa Kalusugan ng Bayan.” In partnership with UNILAB’s AKAP Guro CONNECTed program, the campaign is organized by the government’s Vaccine Cluster - Task Group on Demand Generation and Communications to inform the general public about the national vaccine deployment plan. During the campaign's launch, Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones encou...