iBooks 2 on the iPad Image Credit: Apple Apple unveiled iBooks 2 in an Apple press event held at New York‘s Guggenheim Museum on Thursday, January 19, 2012, technology news sites reported that day. According to reports, iBooks 2 will give a “new textbook experience” for the iPad. It is a free application for the [...]
Manila, Philippines – President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (PNoy) recently signed Executive Order 66 (EO 66), which is about the new rules for the suspension of classes and work during natural disasters such as typhoon. Philippine government logo Image Credit: Philippine government Twitter As noted on local news sites on Thursday, January 12, 2012, PNoy [...]
Durango High School (DHS) in Colorado banned a senior student named Sydney Spies from posting her photo in their yearbook, as shown in the photo below, suggesting that it violated their dress code. Sydney Spies yearbook photo Image Credit: Sydney Spies Facebook According to The Durango Herald on Thursday, January 5, 2012, Sydney Spies’ yearbook [...]
Manila, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that the afternoon classes in National Capital Region (NCR) including Metro Manila have been suspended on Friday, December 9, 2011. DepEd logo Image Credit: DepEd.gov.ph As reported at ABS-CBN’s ANC on Friday at around 11:30 a.m. (local time), DepEd announced the suspension of afternoon classes in [...]
Angela Zhang of Cupertino and Siemens CEO Eric Spiegel Image Credit: Siemens Foundation Angela Zhang, a senior at Monta Vista High School from Cupertino, California, won a $100,000 scholarship at the 2011 Siemens Foundation High School Science competition, according to reports by several international news sites on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. The 17-year-old Zhang won [...]
Emma Sullivan, a high school student from Kansas had refused to apologize for her tweet stating that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback “sucked.” Many had sympathized with her as evidenced by more than 9,000 Twitter followers who have listed her. This was disclosed by several U.S. news sites, November 28, 2011.
BATANGAS, Philippines – November 28, 2011, Monday, was declared as a non-working holiday for all Batangas City schools by Batangas City Mayor Vilma Abaya Dimacuha through Executive Order no. 23 series of 2011, on November 23, 2011. Batangas City Website Header Image Credit: Batangas City Official Website The declaration of a non-working holiday on November [...]
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Board for Professional Teachers (BPT) finally revealed the successful examinees in the September 2011 Teacher Licensure Examination, as announced by the official website of PRC, November 17, 2011. According to said report, 10,243 elementary teachers, 6 Accelerated Teacher Education Program (A.T.E.P.) graduates and 13,125 secondary teachers passed the [...]
Tom Bradley takes over for ex- football coach, Joe Paterno, for Penn State to coach the university’s team who will be playing against Nebraska on Saturday, November 12, 2011. This was revealed by various news sites, November 10, 2011.
California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 131 on Saturday, October 8, 2011, also known as the second bill of the California Dream Act. California Governor Jerry Brown, signing AB 131, California Dream Act second bill Image Credit: Getty Images As noted at US news sites that day, Governor Brown approved AB 131, which allows undocumented [...]
