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Mindanao Daily DepEd Bukn hires 664 new teachers Your Mindanao-wide Network Newspaper Volume II, No. 014
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teachers needed, 664 or 62% were hired for assignMALAYBALAY CITY ment to 30 school districts 20 towns with a student (MindaNews/) – The in population of 220,000 for Department of Edu- both elementary and high cation in Bukidnon school. has hired 664 new More than half of the teachers for school- newly-hired -- 354 of 664 were assigned to high year 2013-2015, a -schools while the remain“welcome develop- ing 310 were assigned to ment” according to elementary schools. Dr. Ingrid Racoma, DepEd also hired 259 schools division su- of the 475 new teachers needed for kindergarten. perintendent. The new teachers are Racoma told MindaNews among 61,510 teachers that out of the 1,070 new DepEd hired nationwide to By Walter Balane
“finally solve the shortage of teachers in public schools. DepEd Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro was quoted by Manila reporters to have described the hiring this year as “historic” since DepEd usually hires only about 10,000 new teachers every year. Racoma said they are grateful for the additional teachers especially because most of the schools in Bukidnon need new teachers. But she noted that the national office identified where the new eachers teachers | page 11
Bukidnon reforests 19,925 hectares of denuded lands By Fredelyn Ragandang
MALAYBALAY CITY - Bukidnon, the largest province in Region 10, which ranks as eighth largest in the entire country, is geographically a landlocked plateau at the
center of Northern Mindanao. The province was able to reforest 19,925 hectares of its 1,049,859 hectares land area. Some 380,332.75 hectares or 36.23% of the province’s land area is ‘Alienable and Disposable.’ Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO)-DENR Forester Felix S. Mirasol, Jr. PHD, stated in his Accomplishement Report during the Provincial Government of Bukidnon’s Monday Convocation on June 3, 2013 at Kaamulan Open Theater, Malaybalay City. Dr. Mirasol emphasized the importance that this province should maximize its efforts in planting and growing trees to comply with the mandate of the National Greening Program (NGP) that 1.5 billion trees should be planted in 1.5 million hectares of lands of the public domain for a period of six (6) years from CY 2011 to CY 2016. Therefore, all government employees shall be individually required to plant a reforests | page 11
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES: Grade school pupils from Brgy. San Martin in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental receive educational materials and supplies from energy-firm STEAG State Power Inc. in time for the opening of classes early this week. The support is part of the company’s continuing commitment to help school children especially from various rural villages in Misamis Oriental through the company-funded SEED (Social Empowerment through Education) Program. More than P5.8 million worth of SEED projects and activities have been implemented so far. These include construction of school buildings, provision of school chairs, scholarship grants, support to technical and vocational courses , as well as accreditation and equivalency interventions for school drop-outs.
Seda Centrio: An ‘emerging int’l’ destination in Cagayan de Oro of their way to make my stay very pleasant.” Lim Solar Philippines/ Mendoza Solar LLC are solar integration companies which are looking to help Mindanao solve its power crisis with renewable solar energy. Mr. Mendoza recently held a presentation in one of Seda Centrio’s function rooms and found the facilities and service up to his standards. Architect Romolo Valentino Nati, chairman and CEO of Makati-based Italpinas Euroasian Design and Eco-Development Corporation, shared the same sentiment. Although he’s been By Mike Baños “Seda Centrio has a unique living in the Philippines for service, outstanding atten- the past five years, it was CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY tion to details and personal his first time in the recently Foreign visitors and Balik- requirements, they go out centrio | page 11 bayans to this City of Golden Friendship are finding Cagayan de Oro’s latest and plushest hotel a destination in itself. “I have traveled around the world and stayed at 5-star hotels on business,” said Winston Lorenzana Mendoza, Chairman of Lim Solar Philippines and CEO of Mendoza Solar LLC based in California, USA.
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