Immediately after the much publicized suicide of a University of the Philippines (UP) Manila student, the number of calls to Hopeline spiked. Hopeline is the suicide counseling hotline set up by the Natasha Goulbourn Foundation (NGF).
An ear to listen, a shoulder to lean on and arms that care. Sometimes these are all a person, who is contemplating suicide, needs to keep from taking his/her own life, according to Dr. Romeo Y. Enriquez, new chair of Natasha Goulbourn Foundation (NGF) and 2012 president of the Philippine Psychiatric Association.
Technology is supposed to make the delivery of education, particularly to the underserved, faster, easier and more efficient.
For this group of 18-year-olds, who did not know parsley from rosemary, basil from dill, the field of culinary arts was an alien world.
The 465-meter University of the Philippines-Department of Science and Technology (UP-DOST) Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) made its maiden trip on the Diliman campus on Dec. 14, nearly a year and a half after it was launched. Constructed by Miescor Builders Inc., the P31-million AGT stands on a 6.1-meter-high, 465-meter-long track and runs on rubber wheels to reduce the noise factor. The DOST said the AGT is an entirely Filipino venture and will be a “fully automated, driverless” electricity-run monorail.
Michael Zink, head of Citibank for Asean and Singapore country officer, summed up succinctly the significance of the recent two-day Citi-Financial Times Financial Education Summit 2012.
Arts and crafts teachers looking for new, unique and interesting but inexpensive projects for their students to do, especially decor and gifts for Christmas and New Year, should take a look at the suggestions offered by the book “3Rs of Fun in Waste.” The crafts are also environment-friendly as they use items that would have otherwise gone to dumpsites.
AS AN ASSOCIATE professor of educational psychology at the University of the Philippines, Dr. Grace Shangkuan Koo keeps abreast of developments in her areas of interest—parenting, learning, motivation, work, stress, aging and life satisfaction.
IS THE “DILIMAN REPUBLIC” at risk of a crime wave?
For many people, a business education is all about making money—for the company and for the graduates who will become highly (even exorbitantly) paid executives.
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the media get reports of very serious cases of bullying at least once a week.
For class 1967 of Masbate National Comprehensive High School (formerly Masbate High School), campus journalism was exciting and memorable. Their school paper, The Ranch, was their pride and joy.
Bullying is not a one-off event. The physical, verbal, emotional and psychological harassment can go on indefinitely unless, and until, adults and responsible people take notice.
