Jul 11, 2010

CHEd vows again to close non-performing nursing schools

Kamakailan ay ibinalita natin dito sa Bandila na higit 187,000 nursing graduates ang walang trabaho ngayon. Ngayon naman, nagbanta na ang Commission on Higher Education na ipasasara ang higit sa kalahati ng kabuaang bilang ng nursing schools sa bansa! Iyan ay kung hindi nila maayos ang kalidad ng pagtuturo! Magba-Bandila si Gretchen Malalad. Bandila, Miyerkules, Hulyo 7, 2010
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/lifestyle/youth/07/07/10/ched-vows-again-close-non-performing-nursing-schools
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Ricky Carandang resigns from ABS-CBN

MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) - ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) anchor and correspondent Ricky Carandang resigned from the network on Friday.

"ANC Management accepted the resignation of Anchor Ricky Carandang, which he submitted Friday, July 9, 2010," the statement from ANC read.

According to sources, Carandang has accepted the offer to be part of the communications team of President Benigno Aquino III.

Carandang will reportedly craft the government's messages while BusinessWorld columnist Herminio Coloma will handle operations.

Earlier Friday, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa said that they were still talking to Carandang and former ANC's The Explainer host Manolo Quezon III to be part of the team.

Communications group

Meanwhile, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said earlier on Friday they were still finalizing the structure and composition of the communications group. They were also choosing who will lead the team.

The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) and the government-owned television and radio stations will also be part of the group.

Lacierda had said the team will be finalized within the week.

He also said that by next week, they will be able to name a deputy presidential spokesperson.

"We will leave it to the President to announce," Lacierda said. With a report from Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News

PINOY ABROAD Pinoy worker stabbed dead in Iran

A Filipino worker holding an Iranian tourist visa was stabbed dead July 1 in a reported altercation with foreign nationals on Kish Island, the Philippine Embassy in Iran confirmed.
Article:
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/195674/pinoy-worker-stabbed-dead-in-iran

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PINOY ABROAD 5 Pinoys killed in road accident in Saudi

Four members of a Filipino family, including a five-year-old boy, and their Filipino driver died instantly when their car figured in a vehicular accident in Al-Hassa in eastern Saudi Arabia Wednesday night.

Labor Attache David Dicang of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Al-Khobar identified the fatalities as Roberto Demetrio, a building transmission worker, and his wife Elizabeth, a teacher, both of whom were over 60 years old; their daughter Joyce Hassan, a nurse; and a five-year-old grandson Hope.

Also killed was Gener de Java, a friend of the family who was driving the car.

The lone survivor was identified as Pedro IbaƱez, who, along with de Java, accompanied the Demetrio family to the airport for a vacation in the Philippines.

The victims were from Kidapawan City in North Cotabato, Dicang said.

According to Dicang, the family was traveling Wednesday night along a highway in Al-Hassa, a province approximately 400 km away from the capital city of Riyadh, hoping to catch a flight to the Philippines when the accident happened.

The Demetrio family’s car was just among the five cars involved in a mishap caused by a speeding truck, which resulted in a total of at least 15 fatalities.

Reports are still sketchy, Dicang said, and the lone survivor said he was asleep and was unable to witness the accident.

“Philippine Embassy officials are now coordinating with the Filipinos’ employers with respect to their survivors’ entitlement to benefits and other arrangements," Foreign Affairs spokesperson Eduardo Malaya said in a text message.

Dicang said he is not aware if there are other family members in Al-Hassa or in any other part of Saudi Arabia.

Roberto and Elizabeth had been working in Saudi for over five years when the tragedy happened, while daughter Joyce had been working there for only two years.

Her husband is in the Philippines, Dicang added.

“We are working on the case, such as the issuance of police and medical reports and other requirements for the repatriation of their remains, and we will help the family secure entitlements from the victims’ companies," he explained.

The World Health Organization reported in 2009 that Saudi Arabia has the world’s highest number of deaths from road accidents, which make up the country’s principal cause of death particularly among adult males. - RJAB Jr., GMANews.TV