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PH education: A tale of two countries SUNDAY STORIES MARLEN V. RONQUILLO
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E have read this story before. Graduates of the International School Manila (ISM) — where privileged kids indulge in occasional and guarded visits to the poverty-stricken areas in the Philippine capital for their immersion program — will mostly go to elite schools in the US, the UK and Canada. Some of these schools, such as Harvard and Stanford, have acceptance rates of less than 6 percent, which means that only the world’s best and brightest gain entry into their campuses. We have a term for this: parang pumapasok ka sa butas ng karayom (like going through the eye of a needle).
China denies hit-and-run
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HINA on Saturday admitted that a Chinese vessel “bumped� a Filipino vessel, but denied that the incident was a hit-and-run.
The Chinese Embassy in Manila said THE VESSEL INVOLVED WAS A kSHING BOAT from Guangdong province. The embassy claimed that the Chinese ship CAPTAIN TRIED TO SAVE THE &ILIPINO kSHERS The embassy said in a statement the vessel, “Yuemaobinyu 42212,� was “besieged� by SEVEN OR EIGHT &ILIPINO kSHing boats. “During evacuation, 42212 failed to shun a Filipino fishing boat, and its steel cable on the lighting grid of larboard bumped into the Filipino pilothouse. The Filipino kSHING BOAT TILTED AND ITS stern foundered,� it added.
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HK leader suspends extradition measure
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Court orders release of WellMed owner
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s embattled leader on Saturday suspended a hugely divisive bill that would allow extraditions to China, in a major climbdown after a week of unprecedented protests and political unrest. 4HE INTERNATIONAL kNANCE HUB WAS ROCKED by the worst political violence since its 1997 handover to China on Wednesday, as tens of thousands of protesters were dispersed by RIOT POLICE kRING TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS Those clashes came three days after Chief Executive Carrie Lam refused to be budged by a record-breaking rally in which organizers said more than a million people marched through the streets, calling for the bill to be scrapped. After days of mounting pressure — including from her own allies — Lam relented on Saturday, announcing that work on the bill would be halted with no deadline set for its introduction. The decision is a rare concession from the city’s pro-Beijing leaders, who have
It also added that the Chinese captain TRIED TO RESCUE THE &ILIPINO kSHERS BUT WAS afraid “of being besieged by other Filipino kSHING BOATS u g(AVING CONkRMED THAT THE kSHERMEN from the Filipino boat were rescued ONBOARD OF OTHER &ILIPINO kSHING BOATS 42212 sailed away from the scene. The above shows that there is no such thing as ‘hit-and-run,’� the embassy said. “The Chinese side attaches great importance to China-Philippines friendship and safety of life at sea, and will continue to properly handle this issue with the Philippines in a serious and responsible manner. The two sides are maintaining close communication through diplomatic channels,� it added. The incident sparked an uproar and
A DAY TO REMEMBER
A father plays with his two sons at a playground in Manila on Saturday. The nation pays tribute to fathers on the third Sunday of June. PHOTO BY ENRIQUE AGCAOILI
A MANILA Metropolitan Trial Court (MTC) has granted the petition for bail for the release from detention of Dr. Bryan Christopher Sy, one of the owners of WellMed Dialysis and Laboratory Center. Judge Jerome Jimenez, presiding judge of MTC Branch 6, issued the order on Saturday after the accused posted a P72,000-cash bond. “You are hereby directed to release from custody the person of Bryan Christopher Sy Wang, accused in NPS (National
Prosecution Service) Docket No. XVI).1 & FOR ESTAFA AND FALSIkCAtion of private documents, after accused posted his personal cash bail bond in the amount of Seventy Two Thousand Pesos 0 UNDER /2 OFkCIAL RECEIPT .O 6343449, dated 15 June 2019, unless he is being held for some other lawful cause,� the release order stated. But Kris Gargantiel, one of Sy’s lawyers, said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) refused to comply with the COURT S ORDER ! JAIL OFkCER REFUSED TO HONOR the court’s order on the ground that nobody from the NBI would sign the release order. The lawyer pointed out that the NBI had
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Sandigan throws out graft complaint vs Elenita Binay THE Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division has disMISSED THE GRAFT COMPLAINT kLED AGAINST FORMER Makati mayor Elenita Binay. The case stemmed from the alleged anomalous award of the deal for the supply and delivery of panel fabric partition and connector bracket for the furnishing of the new city hall in 1999. In a 31-page resolution promulgated on June THE COURT SAID THERE WAS NO SUFkCIENT EVIDENCE to convict Binay. “After a careful examination and evaluation
of the Prosecution’s evidence, and taking into account the Prosecution’s own admission that it had no direct evidence available for the proper prosecution of the charge against accused Binay, THE #OURT kNDS THE EVIDENCE AGAINST ACCUSED "INAY INSUFkCIENT TO SUPPORT A kNDING OF GUILT BEYOND reasonable doubt. In particular, the Prosecution was not able to present the necessary evidence to prove that accused Binay acted with manifest partiality, evident bad faith or gross inexcusable
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PAINTING INTRAMUROS
An artist draws the Manila Cathedral as he participates in The Manila Times’ painting contest titled ‘Intramuros on Canvas.’ PHOTO BY ENRIQUE AGCAOILI
11 journalism students graduate from The Manila Times College
THE GRADUATES
Caps fly as 11 Journalism students of The Manila Times College celebrate after their graduation ceremony at the Savoy Hotel in Pasay City. PHOTO BY DJ DIOSINA
ELEVEN journalism students graduated from The Manila Times College (TMTC) on Saturday. Those who earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism degree were Rafael Adriano, Frances Mari Birco, Jassi-Ann de Mateo, Lance Librorania, Vivian Jane Mempin, Christine Joyce Mesa, Nicolle Morales, Jean Monique Palileo, Mary Noelle Pineda, Jannilene Tubon and Dhaina Marie Zipagan. 4HE 4-4# ALSO AWARDED CERTIkCATES OF COMpletion to members of the third batch of its Journalism Plus internship program, namely Denielle Ann Abolencia, Miguel Diego Baleros, Christirene Rose Bitancor, Sochukwuma Ezukwo, Angelica Ann Hernaez, Cathreen Principe and Reselle Quinto.
Dante Francis Ang 2nd, president and chief EXECUTIVE OFkCER OF The Manila Times, recalled how the Times started the TMTC with the idea THAT JOURNALISM SHOULD NOT BE CONkNED TO classroom learning, but “that it should be a hands-on training� also. The TMTC’s 7th Commencement Exercises was held at the Savoy Hotel in Pasay City and WAS ATTENDED BY ITS OFkCIALS FACULTY MEMBERS and the graduates’ parents. The Manila Times Publisher-Editor Nerilyn Tenorio, the guest speaker, reminded the graduates to move with the changes brought by the technological advancements in their work as journalists. “It is good to remind oneself, as the world
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