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Can we name the Philippine Senators (past and present) who originally came or have Bol-anon origins? And can we also have a short biography of each please?

I know of a few names but if any of you can start the ball rolling that would be great.

This blog, Visit Bohol, aims to be a one stop shop for information about the fun island province of Bohol, primarily to a visitor who is a:

* tourist (foreign or local; short- or long-term; new or returning)
* visiting relative
* returning Bol-anon (or Boholano)

Visit Bohol blog is written from the perspective of a homesick Bol-anon who has lived far away in a foreign land for almost a decade now. By writing this blog, the author hopes to somehow ease the longing for Bohol. Personally, this blog is dedicated to the author's children. He wants them to know more about the rich cultural and natural heritage of their parents' homeland, which they have visited a few times already even at their young age.

Read more at http://visit-bohol.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/welcome-to-visit-bohol.html.

12-yr education cycle under Aquino mulled
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 06/15/2010 12:59 PM | Updated as of 06/15/2010 1:40 PM

MANILA, Philippines - A plan to add 2 more years to the country's basic education cycle will soon be a reality under the Aquino presidency, according to Aquino's campaign manager Florencio "Butch" Abad.

Abad, who is rumored to be the future education secretary of Aquino, said the 12-year education cycle is part of the 10-point agenda proposed by Liberal Party bet and President-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III during the campaign.

The 12-year education plan includes 7 years of primary (elementary) education, and five years of secondary (high school) education.

He said the proposal also includes one year of pre-school for pupils before entering Grade 1.

Abad said the current 10-year basic education cycle in the Philippines is already obsolete since most nations already implement a 12-year education plan.

He said one Japanese consultant noted that Filipino students end up being more tired than Japanese students "because we cram so many subjects in such a short period of time."

"What happens is that there are subjects that high school graduates don't really get to focus on, like introduction to calculus or the science and math subjects. Students aren't given enough time to study and delve deeper into the subjects," he told radio dzMM.

He added that in some countries, Filipino graduates are required to study for another 2 years to make up for the lack of years spent in school.

Abad said students in Japan and South Korea actually spend up to 14 years in school before entering college to make them more competitive.

He also noted that adding more education years would allow the Department of Education to focus on new subjects such as information and communications technology.

Abad said many parents complain about the proposed 12-year education cycle because they want their kids to finish high school and start working immediately.

"They don't want their kids to go to college. They just want the kids to work so that they will benefit from them," he said.

He said one option being studied by the new administration is to extend President Arroyo's conditional cash transfer program. The program gives P1,500 to impoverished families whose kids are in school.

"We may need to extend that program so that the parents will get some support or subsidy while their kids are in school," he said.

He also noted that the Aquino administration needs to address the classroom shortage in more than 45,000 public schools nationwide.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) earlier said the country needs an additional 61,343 classrooms to accommodate the more than 21 million students this year.

Woeful average class size is 65 pupils per teacher
Text by CANDICE MONTENEGRO, Infographic by ANALYN PEREZ
06/07/2010 | 11:15 AM

P185.5 billion of the country's budget for 2010 was allocated for education. This is an almost P20 billion increase from its 2009 budget. Every year, education gets the biggest budget allocation, yet the state of public education in the country remains dismal.

Year after year, public schools in the Philippines see these usual scenarios: an average of 1:65 teacher-student ratio, a 3:1 student-book ratio, cramped classrooms, dirty toilets, and underpaid teachers.

Because of this, enrolling in a private school is not so much a luxury as it is a necessity to guarantee a quality education. Parents work hard to send their children to private schools, but because of the continuous increase in tuition fees and other expenses, the last three years saw the highest transfer rate of students from private to public schools.

Here are figures from the Department of Education's latest Complete Basic Education Indicator Statistics as of 2008. In the last year, the Department of Education has reported some improvements in several schools' facilities and students' performance in achievement tests, but sadly most of the figures have gone from bad to worse, if not remaining the same.

This June, a new school year starts just a few weeks ahead of the new administration. Many are hoping that this brings a much needed breath of fresh air into the improvement of the public school system. - JPF, GMANews.TV

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To read the original article click on the link http://www.gmanews.tv/story/192849/65-students-per-teacher-among-woeful-school-conditions

The people of the Philippines have spoken. In fact, an overwhelming and historic figure of 75% (estimated) of voters participated in the first automated elections in the country. And the prayers made to the heavens were heard as it was also generally an honest, orderly and peaceful elections.

Congratulations are in order to those who came out as victors in this elections. Go celebrate and savour the taste of victory before you buckle down to work. Remember your promise to deliver greatness and economic development to the people you vowed to serve. You will be made accountable for this later on.

Commiserations to those who are vanquished during the elections. Take it all up on the chin with great dignity. It is not meant to be this time. Go quietly to reflect and heal the wounds. Live to fight another day.

Supporters of both the victors and the vanquished, it is time to put this elections behind us. Hurtful and insulting words have been exchanged. Such is the cruelty brought about by our passion for political partisanship. It is enough to make rational beings irrational.

Let us therefore extend our hands to each other as a gesture of goodwill and reconciliation. Let us rally behind the victors as they embark towards fulfilling their promise to us their constituents. It is just the beginning. As to the opposing side, continue to do so and be "a thorn on the side to afflict the comfortable."

For now, it is time to take stock of things that have happened and re-charge for the next battle in a few years time.

By Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net

First Posted 11:20:00 05/06/2010

MANILA, Philippinesâ€"Filipino temporary migrant workers tend to be younger and better educated than their domestic counterparts, a study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said.

They also tend to be women, said the study of PIDS senior research fellow Dr. Aniceto Orbeta Jr. and research analyst Michael Ralph Abrigo entitled, Philippine International Labor Migration in the Past 30 Years: Trends and Prospects.

“Around seven of every ten temporary migrant workers are of ages between 24 to 44 years old and half of them have at least some tertiary education...with majority of temporary migrant workers being women,” the study said.

The last 30 years saw international labor migration shape Philippine society and economy, and many see it as an enduring feature of Philippine development.

The study said that the drivers and prospects both in the local economy and in the major destination countries will define the future of migration streams in the country.

The number of Filipinos leaving the country for work shot up from around 36,000 workers in 1975 up to more than 1.2 million in 2007, it noted.

“The Middle East is the primary destination of land-based temporary migrants followed by Asia, particularly the newly industrialized countries which turned to labor importation to sustain their economic growth,” the study said.

Over the past 30 years, professionals (architects, engineers, health professionals, composers, and performing artists) dominated international labor migration in 1975, but were replaced by production process workers, transport workers, and laborers in the 1980s; this coincided with the construction boom in the Middle East.

“Unlike temporary workers who are mostly professionals and service workers (maids and housekeepers), the larger proportion of permanent migrants are unemployedâ€"housewives, students, and minorsâ€"dependents of professionals who emigrated because of more career advancement opportunities, over and above the differences in wages,” it said.

The situation with permanent migrants is principally defined by the United States, the primary destination of Filipino migrants.

“Permanent migrants are highly educated which may reflect US immigration policy “’o admit workers with skills needed by the economy.’ In terms of age, however, the 44 years old and above age category comprises the largest group, reflecting the preference of employers in hiring more experienced workers, in addition to the family reunification program in the US,” the study said.

Other destinations of Filipino permanent migrants are countries in Asia, Oceania, and Europe.

In the case of irregular migrants, a large proportion is likewise in North America but this “is already declining from 37 percent in 1997 to 28 percent in 2007. However, there is an increasing number of irregular migrants in East Asia, comprising around 30 percent of the total number of irregular migrants in 2007. Other regions with irregular migrants are Europe and the Middle East, representing 9 and 10 percent of all irregular migrants, respectively, in 2007,” the study said.

Montano's platform of government taken from his Facebook fan page:

K â€" rusada para sa kausaban batok sa hiwi ug corrupt nga sistema sa pangagamhanan sa probinsiya sa Bohol.
A â€" grikultura ug turismo palambuon, panginabuhian sa tanang katawhan dugangan ug hatagan ug dakong pagtagad.
U â€" sahon ug palig-onon ang tanang kabarangayan sa probinsiya aron sa pagpaluyo ug pagtabang sa labing epektibo ug mas maayong kalidad nga edukasyon alang sa mga kabataan.
S â€" uportang 100% alang sa mga mag-uuma ug mangingisda alang alternatibong panginabuhian .
A â€" momahon, ampingan ug irespeto ang kalikopan nga maoy tinubdan sa atong panginabuhian.
B- uligan ug organisahon ang kabataan, kababayen-an ug lumad nga maoy dakong tampo sa pagpalambo sa atong probinsiya sa Bohol.
A - timanon ang tanang katigulangan pinaagi sa paghatag ug mas maayong serbisyo(libreng panghospital ug medisina)
N â€" akigbisog nga makahatag ug mas maayo ug klarong serbisyo sa katawhang Bol-anon. Katilingbanong serbisyo ang prayoridad ug dili ang imprastruktura.

Your views?

Can I invite you to visit my blog Baclayon (Bohol) Blog at http://taga-baclayon.blogspot.com ?

Dala sa kamingaw sa aho-ang lungsod mao nga namugna kining blog. Bag-o pa ni pero ubay-ubay na ang sulod.

Hinaut nga malingaw mo ug basa. Ug kamo taga-Baclayon o duna moy mga experience sa Baclayon unya gusto niyo ipa-post please send me an email and I will be glad to post it. Usa sa ahong plano mao nga mahimo ning community blog pod pohon para sa mga Baclayonanon.

Mabuhi kitang mga Bol-anon!

P.S. Aduna pod koy blog bahin sa Bohol, ang Bohol On My Mind (http://boholonmymind.blogspot.com)

Mga Sano ug Sana

Atong suportahan ang kampanya para ang Chocolate Hills mamahimung usa sa New 7 Wonders of Nature. Alang sa dugang detalye palihung sunda ang "link" sa ubos:

http://boholonmymind.blogspot.com/2008/03/vote-for-chocolate-hills.html

Salamat daan!