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News and Press Releases
MSD joins global fight to reduce maternal mortality
1 December 2011 Last Sept. 20, 2011, Merck Sharp and Dohme President and CEO Ken Frazier addressed the United Nations’ General Assembly and committed to use the global company’s best talents and financial resources to save women’s lives.
DepEd backs QC reading program
PRESS RELEASE 25 November 2011 The Department of Education (DepEd) supports Quezon City’s successful reading program, Araw ng Pag(b)asa. Started by former Third District councilor and now Rep. Jorge ‘Bolet’ Banal in 2008 and expanded as a citywide campaign in 2009, the annual advocacy commemorating the birth of Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr. was included by [...]
Ninoy’s bday, now ‘a day of learning, stories and hope’
PRESS RELEASE 25 November 2011 “Hindi lang buhay ang ibinigay niya, kungdi pag-asa,” says Rep. Jorge ‘Bolet’ Banal of the inspiration behind the annual advocacy, Araw ng Pag(b)asa, a play on the Filipino word and its typography to denote both reading and hope.
Reading awareness
25 November 2011 Thousands of teachers and students both in private and public schools nationwide simultaneously conducted story-telling sessions on Friday to celebrate “National Reading Day” or “Araw ng Pagbasa” as declared by the Department of Education (DepEd).
DepEd appeals to young people: read, read, read
11 November 2011 Stressing the need to inculcate in children the love for reading, the Department of Education has declared November 2011 as National Reading Month, to culminate with the “Araw ng Pagbasa” on November 25, 2011.
Pag-ibig sa pagbabasa, pag-asa sa pagbasa
19 November 2011 Sa tuwing papalapit na ang aking kaarawan o ‘di kaya naman ay muling sasapit ang araw ng Pasko, isa lang ang muli’t muli kong hinihiling na regalo — libro. Noong bata pa ako, lahat na yata ng makita kong may letra at puno ng salita ay mistulang aklat sa aking paningin. Naalala [...]
DepEd declares Nov as Reading Month
10 November 2011 The Department of Education (DepEd) is bracing to undertake activities in line with the declaration of November as National Reading Month, and the setting of November 25 as the “Araw ng Pagbasa”. Education Secretary Armin Luisto said the move was in support of the ten-point education agenda of the Aquino Administration and [...]
‘Inqspot-ted’ for the second year
9 October 2011 Students of some 40 schools in Luzon and Mindanao continue to enjoy the opportunity to read the Inquirer every day and keep abreast of developments and issues that may affect their present and future. For the second year, the Maynilad Water Services Inc., Representatives Jorge “Bolet” Banal Jr. of Quezon City’s third [...]
Amendments to AIDS law pushed
29 September 2011 Lawmakers are pushing for amendments to the 13-year-old AIDS Prevention and Control Law as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has spread faster, infecting seven Filipinos every 24 hours. Reps. Ma. Isabelle Climaco (Zamboanga City), Janette Garin (Iloilo), Jorge Banal (Quezon City), Arlene Bag-ao (Akbayan party-list), and Arnel Ty (LPGMA party-list) jointly authored [...]
