Apportunities

by Fritzi Mae Gapuz

To survive challenging business conditions, ‘treps need two things: adaptability and flexibility.

As much as we would like to put COVID behind us, things are still unpredictable and businesses will need to continue to be agile. With back-to-back lockdowns persistently approaching, entrepreneurs need all the assistance they can get with modernizing their current services and further developing approaches to reach new customers through online and digital apps.

In just a few years, we’ve changed from deskbound to palm-fixed as we turn to devices in the form of mobile phones but with the smarts of fullblown computers. The popularity of smartphones has also given way to the creation of applications, or simply apps, a familiar ubiquitous word in the global lexicon.

Being an entrepreneur you need to wear many hats: bookkeeping, deals, staff planning, or HR, so discovering great business applications to assist with making life somewhat simpler may be exactly what you need.

“Businesses and consumers that we’re able to ‘go digital’ have helped mitigate the economic downturn caused by the pandemic,” UNCTAD Acting Secretary-General Isabelle Durant said.

The trend toward e-commerce is likely to continue throughout the recovery from COVID-19. However, some countries’ customers and organizations haven’t profited from pandemicinduced online business opportunities because of obstructions. These include expensive broadband

Cheaters go Techy

Amid the pandemic shift to remote schools, the rise of cheating is forcing The Department of Education (DepEd) to adapt to the unintended punishment or consequence of students learning from the comfort of their homes.

Online learning is simply not as good as being in the classroom and neither is taking tests online. Even before the pandemic, cheating has always been a challenge to the education system. In a twist from sneaking across a classroom aisle at a classmate’s paper, kids are now messaging and texting each other to get answers.

There’s been a rise in cheating and academic dishonesty as students engage with learning online.

Filipino students were using a Facebook group to share notes and answers to tests with one another during blended learning. “This is alarming. It is not helping that instead of the children putting in their efforts to learn, they just copy from each other,” Education Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio said. The services, overreliance on cash, lack of customers’ trust, poor digital abilities among the population, and the government’s limited attention to online business.

Two critical stages that stood apart for this sector in the Philippines were Shopee, with around 54.6 million web guests, and Lazada with around 38.3 million month-to-month guests, individually. Physical stores were temporarily shut down due to lockdowns and so as new trends emerge, Filipinos highly consider convenience, live selling, and shopping online—shifting to online platforms for their daily needs including food delivery, groceries, and even financial transactions.

We are hooked on browsing and shopping for goods and services and are described as adventurous shoppers, with 80 percent interested in trying new and different ways of shopping.

We’re all doing our best to learn how to cope and change our game plan to accept this current new norm. When it comes to business, it’s obviously pretty hard. Everything needs to be re-evaluated. To stay relevant and keep some semblance of income coming in, we have to think of ways to move our businesses online.

Business owners who have the ability to recognize the opportunity or necessity of change are quick to pick up and adapt to external factors. This was something that the Filipino ‘treps had to learn the hard way.

by Fritzi Mae Gapuz

“Online Kopyahan” community at one point numbered more than 600,000 members, but after a local TV report aired on Friday, half of the members left the now archived group.

There is still no information if DepEd had addressed the issue to Facebook. However, many are jumping to the conclusion that DepEd allegedly reported it, due to a server error experience including all social networks.

Homework-help sites and apps make it a lot easier to cheat. Kids can crack even complex math equations just by uploading a photo of the problem.

While multiple of these same lecture assistants can also instruct kids how to work out challenges on their own, the temptation to take the quick road is always there.

By focusing too much on how students cheat, a study from the American Psychological Association says we may be

MOGCHS STE conducts rainfall warner research

by Eleah Jaizel Cabili

ignoring some underlying core issues that are driving the behavior. There could be pressure or something significant going on in the student’s life in which they’re not getting enough support to do the work, so cheating becomes a coping mechanism.

As we were shoved into a lot of responsibilities and stress, online learning has become more of a compliance issue for students. Regardless, we failed to understand the real value of education. To learn and adapt one step at a time. But now, we just simply comply and finish the tasks.

Fueling stress has corrupted learning by narrowing and defining achievement as little more than scoring well on an exam. Because they are sitting alone in the privacy of their own home, students can switch between onscreen windows to look up test answers while they are taking online tests.

DepEd has set new measures not necessarily developed to prevent cheating but alternative ways of measuring and assessing the progress of learners. The authorities have taken the lead to prevent academic dishonesty amid the pandemic.

Even if we flip the world upside-down, it’s no rocket science that cheating is a disguised choice. May it be a result of a personal issue or just general laziness, it is still wrong and should never be used under any circumstances.

Students from the Special Program in Science and Technology (STE) at Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School (MOGCHS) have developed a research paper titled “Innovate Battery Operated, Light-Emitting Water Level Alarm.” It aims to assist the community and improve the standard of living, particularly during these rainy days.

Flooding is the most common natural disaster in the world and recent events in Cagayan de Oro City. According to Twingkle Martinez, the research leader, they came up with the idea for this study while talking about current events. They were about to choose a topic related to COVID-19 that could help people because of the pandemic, yet they believe their knowledge is insufficient to create it. They did, however, consider the monsoon.

In some cases, the phrase is also used to denote locally heavy but brief rainfall. It is commonly used to refer to rainfall without mentioning the winds. Although technically, there is also a dry phase, the term monsoon is usually used to refer to the rainy phase of a seasonally shifting pattern. The monsoon is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when the mean surface wind changes direction from summer to winter.

According to Twingkle Martinez, the research leader, they came up with the idea for this study while talking about current events. In some cases, the phrase is also used to denote locally heavy but brief rainfall. It is commonly used to refer to rainfall without mentioning the winds. The monsoon is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when the mean surface wind changes direction from summer to winter. If the color is yellow, you should be closely monitored and keep an eye out for typhoon updates.

The three-water signal downpour, according to her, will also alert three times and illuminate light.

The project is made out of recyclable materials, it is economical but effective. However, they will employ inexpensive and low-cost components, resulting in a product that is merely restricted in terms of alarming. It will only cover a small number of individuals.

In agriculture, the proposed irrigation technique saves water by automating the process. Rainfall is an important natural occurrence for agricultural activities to meet their water needs. However, we have no way of knowing when pessimism will strike. Nobody knows when, how, or why.

Rainfall is becoming our greatest nightmare as we journey back in time, as we saw Typhoon Sendong in 2011. Indeed, with Martinez’ project we will never see 51,757 homes be washed again by flooding.

Eumir Marcial takes fourth SEA Games Gold

by Rayu Tuanda

Eumir Marcial made his way to victory after handily beating Delio Anzaqeci Mouzinho of Timor Leste in the men’s middle-weight final at Bac Ninh Gymnasium in Vietnam on May 22, Sunday. Marcial gained his gold medal after his first-round stoppage win as he claimed his fourth straight SEA Games gold and third consecutive middle-weight.

Marcial landed a jab punch on his opponent in the first round as Mouzinho defended himself followed by more punches from Marcial scoring his two standing eight counts before the referee called off the lopsided bout.

Following that, Ladon claimed his flyweight gold after winning over Van Thao Tran of Vietnam, while Bautista punched his way to victory after beating Naing Latt of Myanmar on May 22, Sunday in the bantamweight final. Irish Magno claimed her silver medal in the women’s 48-51kg after defeating Indonesian Novita Sindia on May 20, Friday.

At seven years old, Eumir Marcial learned how to land his first punch. His first coach was his father, Eulalio and as he improved his skills, he also joined in competitions in annual fiestas where local politicians organized amateur boxing. With every win, Marcial received 300 pesos.