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NEWS WRITING – ENGLISH (HIGH SCHOOL)

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DepEd will review K-to-12 curriculum – Briones

By Syrah Vivien Inocencio / INQUIRER.net intern

Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Wednesday said the Department of Education (DepEd) would
review the K-to-12 curriculum after two years of implementation

“We are going to have a thorough review of the curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd) after
we have been there for two years already, so we have made enough experience,” Briones said in a Palace
briefing.

“We will review the curriculum from Kindergarten to Grade 12 because we have been getting feedback as
well and we are welcoming feedback from the public about the curriculum content,” she added.

After two years, the curriculum would have to be reviewed, she said.

“Right now, as we are sitting, changes are occurring,” she said. “Many things are happening in this world,
which our children have to catch up well.”

Briones cited how education had focused on the demand for students to be taught good English following
the boom of call centers, which was believed to give employment to many graduates.

But she said call centers agents in other nations had started to be replaced by robots. “Call centers are now
replaced by robots in other countries,” she said. “So, if you are preparing our children to speak beautiful
English for call centers then perhaps we will truly be left behind. We have to teach our children to be the
ones to make the robots and this is why we are teaching robotics in the high schools.”

She said that students now should be taught how to respond and adapt to change, stressing the importance
of learning skills that students could apply after graduation.

“We teach them how to analyze, how to solve problems, how to respond to change and to accept change
because by the time they graduate, whatever we have taught them, not all of them, will be applicable –
because change is happening so fast,” she said.

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Mamamayan sa Bustos, Bulacan tutol sa pagtatayo ng waste-to-energy facility

By Ronda Balita Online News
TINUTULAN ng mamamayan ng bayan ng Bustos, Bulacan ang pagtatayo ng waste-to-energy facility sa
3-ektaryang lupa sa Brgy. Catacte sa nasabing bayan dahil sa negatibong resulta nito.
“Para ho sa akin, hindi po sana masama yung plano kaya nga lang makakaepekto dito sa mga mamamayan
ng Catacte (As for me, the plan is not bad but it will affect the residents of Catacte) ,” ani Merly Padilla,
residente ng Bustos.
Dagdag pa nito, “Sa palagay ko hindi tama dahil may mga kaakibat na maidudulot na problema. Ang punto
doon ay pwedeng magkaroon ng sakit yung mga tao dito kasi yung basura, kahit ano pa yung proseso nila,
basura pa rin po.”
Saad naman ni Brgy. Catacte Kagawad Boy San Diego, “ang Sangguniang Barangay Catacte sa
pangunguna ng punong tagapagpagganap si Kapitan Ponceng, nakapagpadala na po kami ng liham sa
Office of the Mayor na tinututulan naming yung pagtatayo ng planta ng basura dito sa Barangay ng
Catacte”.
Ayon naman sa the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources (MENRO), ang nasabing pasilidad ay
makareresolba umano sa problema sa basura ng naturang bayan na nahihirapan sa pagpapatupad ng “no
segregation, no collection policy”.
Nakakakolekta ng 10 hanggang 15 tonelada ng basura sa naturang bayan araw-araw ayon sa MENRO.
“Base sa kanilang presentation ay wala namang harmful na epekto sa tao kaya nga lang ay nagkaroon kami
ng problema sa kumontra dyan. Kung pag-aaralan talaga mas okey ang MRF. Yan talaga ang nasa 9003 na
dapat sundin ng mga tao kaya nga lang sa tigas ng ulo ng ating mga kababayan ay napakahirap ipatupad
ang waste segregation at source,” ani MENRO Officer Gerardo Agapito.
Sa kasalukuyan ay idini-dispose ng Bayan ng Bustos ang kanilang mga basura sa sanitary landfill in Metro
Clark in Tarlac at hindi rin umano magtatagal na mapupuno na ito dahil sa volume ng basurang itinatapon
dito araw-araw.
“We are looking for alternative solution kasi alam naman natin (because we know), let’s be real, ano kasi
yung lupa nauubos, yung basura dadagdag at dadagdag yan. Yung scientific logical na pamamaraan
(method) at (and) ecological ay hindi masosolusuyunan ang probelma sa basura ,” ani Secretary to the
Mayor Fernan Tadeo.
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Digital gadgets, maaaring makasama sa kalusugan ng mga bata – DSWD

Nina Rey Pelayo & Ruth Navales, UNTV News

MANILA, Philippines – Maaaring makaapekto sa kalusugan ng isang bata ang sobrang paglalaro gamit
ang mga digital gadget tulad ng smartphone, tablet at iPad.
Sa Southeast England, isang apat na taong gulang ang naitalang pinakabatang digital addict sa Britanya
dahil sa pagkakalulong sa digital games gamit ang ipad ng kanyang magulang.
Sumasailalim ngayon ang naturang bata sa digital detox sa clinic ni Dr. Richard Graham sa London
matapos kakitaan ng widrawal symptoms na gaya ng dinaranas ng isang adik sa alkohol at droga.
Gagastos ng 16,000 pound o halos 1-milyong piso para sa digital detox program.
Ayon sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), dapat ay limitado lamang ang oras ng
pagpapagamit ng digital gadget sa mga bata.
“Pati pagkain niya hindi nakakain that is very detrimental then halimbawa yung pati pagwiwi niya
pinipigil na niya basta wag lang siya maputol sa games niya, may effect din sa health niya kasi baka
magkaroon din siya ng UTI,” pahayag ni Cheryl Pacao-Mainar, DSWD-Protective Services Bureau.
Mapanganib din sa mga bata ang paglalaro ng mga marahas na internet games lalo na’t nasa
developmental stage pa lamang ang isang bata.
Ayon sa DSWD, posibleng gayahin ng mga bata ang mga ginagawa ng mga character sa mga online
games.
“We’ve seen and we’ve heared stories ba dahil nakaaadik ganung types ng games, tapos pag nakakakita
yung tipong namamaril parang feeling nila madaling gawin yun kasi barilan nga yung kanilang
pinaglalaruan.”
Bukod dito, maaari ding maapektuhan ang pagaaral ng isang bata kung hindi makokontrol ang kanyang
paglalaro.
“Yung grades niya pwedeng maapektuhan, pwedeng bumaba or yung school participation niya
maaapektuhan din kasi he’d rather play than interact with other children.”
Ayon pa sa DSWD, posible ring magtulak sa isang bata na magnakaw para lamang makapaglaro sa
internet shop.
Payo ng ahensya, kung gustong pagbigyan ang mga bata na gumamit ng mga digital gadget,
magdownload na lamang ng mga application na maaaring makatulong sa paglinang ng kaisipan ng mga
bata gaya ng mga instruction sa pagbabasa.
Kailangan ding bantayan ang oras sa paglalaro nito at limitahan ang mga bata sa pagpapagamit sa mga
digital gadget.
“Kailangan lang iregulate ninyo like you allow them to play foe about 30 min then tell them na
maglolowbat kasi anak. There are limitations din sa ginagamit niyang gadgets,” pahayag pa ni Pacao.
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25 million students seen helping plant trees

By Philippine Daily Inquirer

In response to the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to protect the environment, the Department of
Education (DepEd) plans to tap 25 million students nationwide for a campaign for every student to plant a
tree every year in schools, communities and other areas like watershed.

In a statement quoting him, Education Undersecretary Alain del Pascua said efforts to plant trees would
not only help repair deforested areas, but were acts that show “we love one another.”
n a speech at the Annual Million Tree Challenge (AMTC) Recognition and Pledging Day held recently,
Del Pascua said planting trees would also be a “manifestation of love of country.”

Del Pascua said “by involving our learners to each plant a tree every year, we will not only further
educate them about reforestation but also bring to their consciousness the importance of preservation and
conservation of one of the most basic resources: water.”

The AMTC, initiated by the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), was a call for
focus and priority on the environment.

In 2017, at least 1.2 million trees were planted in six watersheds—Ipo, Angat, Umiray, Marikina, La
Mesa and Laguna lake through the AMTC.

“It is timely in the wake of massive flooding, catastrophic landslides, and devastating loss of livelihood
and lives due to climate change,” del Pascua said.

“We all have to do our part,” he added.