By Dr. Rex Casiple President Rodrigo Duterte pronounced a “no vaccine, no class policy” in schools. This means that a return to a normal campus life will depend on the availability of COVID-19 vaccines. It is observed that students, faculty and staff are not included in the priority list of the vaccination program of
March 31, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple Last year, President Rodrigo Duterte announced a “no vaccine no class” policy in schools. In other words, no school opening would happen without a vaccine. Few days before the first anniversary of the declaration of Enhance Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines in March 2020, the national vaccination program started with
March 23, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple Few days before the first anniversary of the declaration of Enhance Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines in March 2020, several coronavirus vaccines against the virus had been approved for emergency use, either by individual countries or groups of countries, such as the European Union and the World Health Organization
March 17, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple In the Bible, the first man and woman were Adam and Eve, the first parents of the whole human race. The first woman’s name is called Eve. This comes from a Hebrew word meaning “life,” and indicates that she was the mother of all the living, that is, of all
March 9, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple Student suicide was a serious problem in this year of pandemic. In the province of Iloilo, there were around 79 suicide cases from January to September 2020. On October 21, 2020, a 19-year-old Grade 10 student in San Joaquin, Iloilo committed suicide by hanging himself inside the hut meters away
March 2, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple In October 2020, the whole country was celebrating the 31st National Statistics Month (NSM). The theme of the 31st NSM Celebration was “Bridging Digital Gaps: Making Information Available to All”. The theme recognized the importance of digitalization but emphasized the need to address the social inequality in terms of access
February 23, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple In confronting the Covid-19 pandemic, hHigher education institutions (HEIs) around the world were studying how to move on with classes. This caused a massive education experiment in several countries in the world including top universities. Trent University in Canada has provided 500 Chromebooks or laptops to students who may have
February 16, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple In this period of COVID 19 pandemic and according to data compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), more than 1 billion students around the world were affected by school closures. The opening of classes in the different countries in the world during the COVID-19 pandemic
February 9, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple In June 2020, the government placed some cities and provinces in Western Visayas under the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). Higher education institutions (HEIs) were advised to adopt measures to safeguard the health and safety of their returning students, faculty and staff in the opening of classes for academic year
February 2, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple (Part IV) In this time of COVID-19 Pandemic some students and parents who were unable to pay tuition and other school fees appealed to private higher education institutions (PHEIs) for consideration. In line with this, PHEIs were advised not to collect tuition fees during the 30 day quarantine period, to
January 26, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple Higher education institutions (HEIs) in other regions outside the National Capital Region (NCR) suspended their classes within their respective jurisdiction provided that measures and arrangements are in place for the students to comply with their class requirements. Students were informed of the importance of staying in their homes during the
January 19, 2021
By Dr. Rex Casiple In the evening of March 14, 2020, the Department of Health (DOH) reported 13 new cases of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19, bringing the country total to 111. This came shortly after the agency reported a 53% increase in the number of cases from 64 to 98. Eight (8) deaths
January 12, 2021