A Group Of Parents Ask P-Noy And Supreme Court To Suspend K To 12 Program

A group of parents from the private and public schools submit petition citing the Supreme Court to stop the implementation of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, which led to the program K - 12 program to add two years of high school education .

Rey Vargas , founding chairman of Parents for Children 's Education or ( PACE ) , said that they are questioning the the legality of  Republic Act 10533 in the Sipreme Court. Which does not go through the proper procedure  when  signed by President Benigno Aquino III.

Also the parents are never consulted about the implementation of such legislation .

The group also feared that this might caused many students  to stopped their study in the additional costs resulting from additional years of study .

" Maybe it may further increased dropouts students due to the extra cost of tuition , " said by Vargas , he also said that adding  extra two years to stay in school does not give guarantee that student will get better in their study.

"First and foremost , we all know that the Filipinos, are excellent even 10 years ago  the education system  in the country , compared to other countries 12 years , " he said . " There is no guarantee that if you have an extra 2 years , will be better student ."

Vargas believes,that K - 12 program,is not the solution for a high quality education in the Philippines.

" If the quality of education is the one that needs, it does  not guarantee the extra two years , " he insisted . "I hope that they focus in  improving the facilities , teacher training, many things can do , they can also increase the subjects or increase school hours . "

the government also deprives students of the right to immediately find a job when they lasted two more years at school .

Despite of this , Vargas called other parents  to speak and put the emotions of resistance in K to 12 program .

"I'm calling to President Aquino and the Supreme Court to suspend the K to 12 program because they were not ready for our public education system and poor  parents cannot afford  additional two years of their son in high school ,"
source: GMA

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Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Requested To Be House Arrest Due To Health Problems

The camp of Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Announced that they may appeal to the court that Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to grant there request that the later to be house arrested in her house due to its health conditions. which is still remains in hospital arrest at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City.

According to the Arroyo's lawyer, Atty. Larry Gadon, said that former president condition does not getting any better.

Arroyo’s weight continues to drop because of unable to eat well. a possible solution to help her improve her health of the former president is if she will be allowed to stay in her house in La Vista.

Arroyo has a problem with her spine Arroyo which she has been bothering for several years and is under hospital arrest since 2012 due to facing plunder case which is currently pending in court .

Arroyo accused of alleged corruption in the use of intelligence funds of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office worth P366 million from 2008 to 2010 .

Recently a lawsuit was filed against the government of the Philippines, with the  international human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney , wife of Hollywood star actor George Clooney which has filled the the lawsuit in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights due to the continued detention of Former President Gloria Arroyo.

The continued hospital arrest on Arroyo would be considered human rights violations of the former president because of the condition of her health.

She added that Arroyo might be a victims of political persecution because the court allowed the other co-accused of former president to bail.
source: GMA

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AFP And BIFF Intensify Exchange Of Gunfire As 14 members Of The BIFF Were Killed

Allegedly the Armed Forces of the Philippines has finally trap the fleeing members of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters so the only option they have  is to surrender or take there chance and fight in the government troops .

AFP camp announced that at least 14 members of the BIFF were killed in an all-out military offensive conducted in Maguindanao to hunt down terrorist Basit Usman , which is sheltered by the BIFF .

In a separate report , there are four members of the BIFF is captured.

n this regard , Major General Edmundo Pangilinan , commander of the 6th Infantry Division , also visited  the soldiers wounded in the offensive , including three needs surgery .

According to the report , large fundamentally different from the latest military conducted airstrikes against BIFF compared to the previous two airstrikes .

In earlier airstrike last week allegedly immediately stopped the shooting because members BIFF flee and escape this Friday the exchange of gunfire intensify on both sides after performing an airstike by the government soldiers .

And because the BIFF group are finally cornered , there were no longer made the armed groups not to fight with the soldiers to find a way to slip through military force .

The latest information reported that the 6th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army , 13 soldiers were wounded in the offensive , three of them need surgery because of sustained gunshot wounds and shrapnel .

Minor injuries were also acquired by other wounded soldiers which visited by General Pangilinan said Saturday morning .

Meanwhile , an estimated 80,000 people who allegedly displaced in Maguindanao and Cotabato result of ongoing military operations against the BIFF .

Data from the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council , said with the number of displaced are affected by "rido " or clan war in the town of Pagalungan on February 9 .

The affected civilian consists of 16,111 families or 80,555 people from 59 villages in the province of Cotabato and Maguindanao .
source: GMA

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Dunsulan Falls Of Liyang, Pilar, Bataan

Dunsulan Falls is one of many other tourist attraction in Pilar, Bataan, aside from Mt. Samat. (The Bataan Shrine). The falls is located at the foot of Mt. Samat with coordinates of (14°36′52.7″N 120°29′33.8″E) northeast of the National Shrine in Brgy Liyang, in Pilar town.

 Dunsulan falls and the river is the main source of drainage on the crater side of Mount Samat. There are two ways to get there you can go through there by a zipline which is also a tourist attraction because it gives the wide view of the whole place of the town of Diwa and liyang Pilar, Bataan. Also the another way to get there is by walking through it.

The Falls, is very dangerous, especially for people not familiar with the place! You can swim in the river but don’t go through or jump on the falls because of some dangerous rock formation under the falls.

There are a lot of stone cottage in the area you can relax while eating and the ambiance of the place is so nature friendly, a lot of birds and trees.

 I used to be in this place where I was a kid, I was a residence of Diwa, Pilar, Bataan. So I know the place, family and friends of mind are used to get along and swim in Dunsulan Falls. My review in the Falls itself, is a bit Dangerous but also a nice place to visit after you visit Mt. Samat and get through Zipline.

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Tinago Falls Of Iligan City

Tinago Falls is a waterfall located in Iligan City , Lanao del Norte on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao . This is the main attraction for the tourists of the city , the city is also known as " City with amazing Waterfall ".

 Tinago is from the word " tinago" , the falls are hidden deep within a  valley, it is estimated that up to FIVE HUNDRED ( 500 ) steps to walk down the road to reach the hidden falls.

 The waterfall is too high, and the frigid water rustling its stunning deep and quiet lake basin shape appearing as blue lagoon . Under a waterfall  there is little cave that can go in person to listen the trickle of water .

According to legend there is an influential and powerful sultan  who was AGOK and his wife.they are assigned by their village to become king and Queen but they became arrogant and selfish

leadership of their village. At when people conceive the queen , a fairy who pretended to be a beggar , asked for help to the queen but rather to help  the fairy rejected and condemned because of  that the fairy cursed the queen that  here their child would be ugly but the queen ignored and eventually drove the fairy who pretended to be a beagar.

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And their son become ugly. the king' and Queen was sad and disappointed , they expected their children would be lovely as like the Queen. They hode their child in a cave to avoid embarrassment . Tin-ag was the  named of their child, which means " hidden face".

 And the child grew, and came out of the cave and she was amazed of what she see.she saw the fairy who cursed her parents she offered it to change her appearance in a memorable and luxurious beauty which she accepted and she became " Tinago Falls "

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