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Benguet retains crowns in RSPC, Techno.... Story on Page 2 DepEd Sec. Briones speaks during the RSPC 2nd day program, Dec. 10. Photo by Nerissa Barbosa Secretary Briones exhorts campus journalists to tell the ‘truth without bias’ in Benguet visit Education Secretary Leonor the Benguet Multi-Purpose biggest campus journalism Martin notified them about the Magtolis Briones exhorted Gym, Wangal, La Trinidad, event in the region. visit of the highest education more than 2,000 campus Benguet on December 10. Hundreds of teachers from official. journalists from the different The secretary, who attended Benguet especially from the A big number of school heads divisions of the Cordillera a conference in Teachers’ Camp, nearby districts of La Trinidad, in Benguet and Baguio, who to “always tell the truth and Baguio City two days earlier, Tublay, Itogon, Tuba and Sablan were having training under practice balance” when she willingly accepted the last also came in full force to listen to Module 3 of the School Heads graced the second day program minute invitation of DepEd- the messages of the new DepEd Development Program (SHDP) of the 29th Regional Schools CAR OIC Regional Director secretary after Schools Division Foundational Course in the Press Conference (RSPC) at Beatriz G. Torno to grace the Superintendent Federico P. city, also took a break from continued on page 2... SHOW OF FORCE. Municipal and pro- vincial officials led by Vice Gov Florence B. USEC Pascua graces Provincial Meet opening Tingbaoen join DepEd-CAR OIC Regional TWO DAYS after Education is hell-bent on eradicating. gap between fashionable gears by Director Beatriz G. Torno (center w/ lei), Secretary Leonor Magtolis Speaking before hundreds private school athletes to those SDS Federico Martin and OIC ASDS Nestor Briones visited Benguet for the of young athletes and Benguet worn by competitors from the Bolayo in posing for posterity with DepEd Undersecretary Alain del B. Pascua (middle RSPC, DepEd Undersecretary provincial and municipal officials public schools. with lei) after the opening ceremonies of the for Administration Alain del B. led by Vice Governor Florence According to him, there are 2016 Prov’l Athletic Meet, Dec. 12. Below Pascua also came to grace the Tingbaoen and the mayors of plans to make the Palarong SDS Martin (L) shares information with opening ceremonies of the 2016 the 13 towns, the undersecretary Pambansa every after two years USEC Pascua during the program. -- Photos Benguet Provincial Athletic Meet underscored the important role of but he countered that this plan is by Georaloy I. Palao-ay held morning of Dec 12 at the the LGUs in partnering with the prevented by a Republic Act which Benguet Sports Center, Wangal, national government to make sports mandates a yearly staging of the La Trinidad. a centerpiece towards equality, national games. USEC Pascua broke from his friendship and development for the OIC DepEd-CAR Regional hectic schedule to serve as keynote country’s youth. Director Beatriz G. Torno speaker of the biggest sporting event The undersecretary also went on introduced the undersecretary as in the province emphasizing on the to speak of sponsorships of external she herself painstakingly made the government’s strong support for stakeholders to carry the burden of effort to invite him to the sporting sports as a deterrent to illegal drugs uniforms similar for all athletes as event. – with reports from Jandale which the Duterte Administration he laments the seemingly apparent Sugot, Balitok Publication 2 Vol. 6 No. 2 August - December 2016 News Benguet retains supremacy in RSPC, Technolympics THE SCHOOLS division of for the year 2016 as he lauded as against Baguio City which TV Broadcasting-English while Benguet added another feathers the efforts of all the schools that accumulated 910 points. Tabuk Ampucao NHS bagged the first to its cap after dominating anew actively participated in these City landed third with 403 points place award in the secondary the Regional Schools Press undertakings. followed by Mountain Province collaborative publishing-Filipino. Conference (RSPC) held Dec The superintendent also expressed at fourth place overall with 357.5 Not to be outdone, the pupils 8-11 at the Benguet NHS and the gratitude to the Benguet Provincial points. Ifugao landed 5th with of La Trinidad Central School Regional Technolympics held Government, the different local 256 points; Kalinga settled for 6th garnered the championship in Dec 11-13 in Rizal, Kalinga. government units, the parents at 246.5 points; Abra came close the elementary Script and Radio Because of these twin victories and all other stakeholders for with 244 points for 7th place; and Broadcasting-Filipino. in December, Superintendent their continuing all-out support. Apayao collected 136 points for In the individual writing contest, Federico P. Martin said Benguet For the sixth consecutive 8th place. eight elementary writers and 13 has more reasons to be grateful year, Benguet The Dongdong, the English high school campus journalists outranked campus publication of Longlong qualified for the National Schools Baguio City for ES, and Ang Duvas, the Filipino Press Conference (NSPC) on the RSPC overall campus publication of Lubas January 22-26 in Pagadian City, championship ES, both in La Trinidad, were Zamboanga Del Sur. The top 3 as the former adjudged as the best elementary winners in the RSPC will be the dominated the school papers while the Aming Cordillera region’s contestants for group contest Munting Tinig of Benguet SPED the NSPC. categories center took the best editorial and All in all, 42 budding journalists in both the best sports pages in Filipino. from Benguet together with 26 elementary In the secondary level, the Copper coaches will be joining the CAR and secondary Echoes of Lepanto NHS bagged contingent for the NSPC. levels involving the best English news page, the The first place winners in the competitions Mt. Ugo of Fianza Memorial NHS individual categories include in best campus took the best English editorial Christian Castillo of Ambiong ES paper pages as page while the Ang Bahaghari of for Copy Reading and Headline news, editorial, the Benguet NHS won the Best writing, Beatrice Alumno of feature, science Science and Technology Page Eastern La Trinidad NHS for and technology, in Filipino. Other high school Science and Technology Writing- TWIN CROWNS. SDS Federico P. Martin (left) sports and lay- campus papers such as the English, Esrael Bakidan of and OIC ASDS Nestor L. Bolayo gladly receive the out and design. Crafter of Tublay School of Home Tuba Central NHS for editorial championship trophies including other major awards Benguet Industries and the Alingawngaw cartooning-English, Mary Kryzel won by the Schools Division Office of Benguet in the tallied overall of Lepanto NHS raked in major Martin of Kibungan NHS for recently held RSPC and in the Regional Technolympics total points of awards in the different pages. feature writing-Filipino, and when these were presented after the flag raising962 from the In the team contest category, Dennie Faye Dayao of Sablan ceremony at the Adivay Hall, SDO Benguet, Dec. 19. individual and Benguet NHS took the NHS for Balitang Agham at group contests championship in the secondary Teknolohiya. –Mac Malanes Secretary Briones from page 1 events unfolding in the country “We in DepEd are advocates use for permanent teachers, and their sessions to join the almost were triggered by campus of the freedom of information. to students but only upon the 3,000 crowd of well-wishers at the journalism. With freedom of information approval of their parents. multi-purpose gym that included “Campus journalism sets up the there also goes accountability The crowd were also delighted the superintendents and assistant things happening in the country and responsibility. See to it that when the Secretary assured the superintendents of the eight like the EDSA Revolution and learners do not forget the things release of the Performance- divisions of CAR. other events that changed history,” taught to them,” Briones reminded Based Bonus (PBB) of teachers In her message, Secretary Briones she said. the teachers and administrators. and DepEd personnel which is emphasized to campus journalists The secretary advised the young The secretary outlined four on process at the Department of the spirit of competition ignited journalists to be discerning about “enhancements” which President Budget and Management (DBM). by the press conference which the issues they will be writing, Duterte instructed for DepEd to Director Torno and OIC Assistant likewise develops friendships that with the guidance of the teachers. undertake. Regional Director Soraya Faculo would last for a lifetime. She also reminded the teachers These include the enrichment ushered Secretary Briones while She also emphasized the need that the things taught in the of the curriculum on the anti- Schools Division Superintendent for young campus journalists elementary and high school are drug campaign especially in Federico P. Martin and OIC- to be accurate, not biased and the most basic and most important grades 3 and 4 through the use ASDS Nestor Bolayo led Benguet acknowledge mistakes whenever in the making of a person so of film, music, and theater and in hosting the highest education they made wrong report. there is a need for teachers to the mandatory drug-testing official. – with reports from The secretary noted that many be nurturing and discerning. of teacher-applicants, a high