Tales about different kinds of love regaled more than 100 children on Feb. 15 in the special Inquirer Read-Along session that featured Miss Universe 2011 third runner-up Shamcey Supsup, Sophia School principal Ann Abacan and students from Optimus Center for Development.
It was a morning filled with dreams, ambitions and inspiration. Gathered in three classrooms converted into one big hall, almost a hundred children, with their teachers and parents seated at the back, shared what they aspired to become in the future.
It is a daily challenge for Divina Flores, principal of Mayor A.S. Fortuna Memorial Elementary School (MASFMES) in Barangay Guizo, Mandaue City, to encourage 1,200 pupils to love reading.
Set to indigenous Filipino music, a special Read-Along session featuring stories about unity and teamwork was held at the Inquirer office in Makati on Saturday morning.
Memories of previous typhoons and floods have taught children in the eastern Pangasinan town of Santo Tomas a thing or two about safety and taking care of the environment.
The Inquirer’s daily ration of free newspapers to all 243 public elementary and high schools and the city library here is “helping tremendously in the efforts to enhance learning in the city,” a city library official said.
“Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom!” At least 32 Grade 6 pupils shouted this each time Mayor Oscar Rodriguez asked them to approximate the noise from an erupting volcano.
CEBU CITY—This was one task he could perform with his eyes closed. No, former Tourism Secretary Joseph “Ace” Durano was not selling the country to the international market. He was reading a storybook to 30 children at Ayala Center Cebu. Like a pro, Durano removed his shoes, sat on the rubber mat and exchanged morning [...]
